08-27-2022, 04:19 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-27-2022, 04:19 AM by Eric the Green.)
Well, China has been an autocratic empire for about 3000 years or more. So I don't think they are going to fall apart on that account. But they are and always have been vulnerable to periodic civil war, and more-recently revolution-civil war.
Being a libertarian, I doubt Zeihan is right about very much here. Sounds like exaggeration to me.
The idea that they import 85% of their energy, mostly from the Persian Gulf, seems absurd given all their coal plants and their huge solar energy farms. The assertions of poor agricultural output seems strange considering most of their population still pursues agriculture. The assertions of such a drastic population decrease and related assertions are ridiculous.
But, if even a bit of his claims are true, it would seem unlikely that they will be the overwhelmingly greatest superpower in the world. But we in the USA sure have been making their prospects for becoming #1 easier over the last 40 years with the policies that your author believes in!
Being a libertarian, I doubt Zeihan is right about very much here. Sounds like exaggeration to me.
The idea that they import 85% of their energy, mostly from the Persian Gulf, seems absurd given all their coal plants and their huge solar energy farms. The assertions of poor agricultural output seems strange considering most of their population still pursues agriculture. The assertions of such a drastic population decrease and related assertions are ridiculous.
But, if even a bit of his claims are true, it would seem unlikely that they will be the overwhelmingly greatest superpower in the world. But we in the USA sure have been making their prospects for becoming #1 easier over the last 40 years with the policies that your author believes in!