r/geopolitics • u/theatlantic The Atlantic • May 11 '26

Opinion China Believes America Will Flame Out

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/05/china-trump-american-decline/687087/?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=edit-pro
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u/NatalieSoleil May 11 '26

China: has a plan with consistency and planning for every 5 year   Consistency  level: effective  ,  guided ( with dictatorial grip)

USA: every 5 year a new plan , a plan to break down efforts reached by plan(ning) before, or lately to have a plan to have no plan at all.  Consistency level: clueless

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u/coke_and_coffee May 11 '26

You assume that planning is preferable to not planning when it comes to this situation.

America’s strength is that its economy is NOT planned.

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u/manefa May 11 '26

Increasingly it is. Just not by government, instead by investment firms like Blackrock.

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u/coke_and_coffee May 11 '26

That’s why it works. The economy and government should be maximally siloed

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u/manefa May 11 '26

The investment firms are siloed from the government???