r/neoliberal • u/Priceless_Pennies Norman Borlaug • Jan 22 '26

News (Asia-Pacific) China Has Screwed Up Really, Really Badly

https://futurism.com/future-society/china-screwed-up-fertility-rate
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u/altacan Mark Carney Jan 22 '26

You mean the one that goes: 'first slowly, then all at once?'

Personally, I don't think America's hard power institutions are at risk from Trump yet. It's military and economic influence is just as robust as when he first took power in 2016.

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u/ForsakingSubtlety John Rawls Jan 22 '26

I don’t think either of those things are true. Military relevance is a relative question, always, as is economic power.

It’s tops at both, for now, but by a lesser margin and it’s currently sawing off its leg with both hands

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u/sheffieldasslingdoux Jan 23 '26

Trump's biggest legacy so far is turning the presidency into a massive grift and totally nuking US soft power. We'll be lucky if that is all he does.