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[–] Grebgreb@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

The country that leads the world in mass shootings shouldn't be labeling other countries as "ticking time bombs."

[–] marx_mentat@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (72 children)

There's something extremely funny about the president of the US looking at what's going on China and saying out loud, "Their economy is a ticking time bomb." This is almost an onion news story.

[–] immuredanchorite@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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Listen, Fat! The US economy is doing better than any economy has every done in history, Jack. I call it Bidenomics. Get with the program.

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[–] Fissionami@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I'm disappointed, there's no representation of him having interaction with supernatural beings.

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

If you think China's economy is a time bomb wait til you hear about what it means when the dollar is no longer the reserve currency around the world.

[–] gnuhaut@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah yeah, I've heard that before. There's a whole cottage industry of "experts" that have predicted the imminent collapse of China going back decades. Call me when it actually happens.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

China's economy is stacked like a house of cards and could come crumbling down due to some unforeseen global financial shock, but then again that sounds like most modern economies. I think people just pick on China because, instead of having a group of billionaires stack up the cards, the government does it themselves.

[–] somename@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Even if that shock happens, China will still be in a better situation. Like, they actually manufacture stuff there, and the government builds infrastructure aggressively. That’s two massive benefits to economic security and health.

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[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

By my estimates, China has only 70 more years until complete and utter collapse!

[–] Flinch@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Man leading country with the largest homeless population in the world says country which eliminated extreme poverty within its borders is about to collapse, of course this is true and should be taken seriously very-intelligent

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