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I actually agree with you @Luca!! But you absolutely have the WRONG premise. Middle class wages are shrinking BECAUSE the USA is move more toward socialism and farther from capitalism! Government interferes in all aspects of Americans lives- “government will take care of everything, don’t you worry “ That’s why America is failing.

“Common Prosperity = Equality of Outcome = Facism “ That pretty much sums up your links… Give the State all the Power - and we’ll take care of all of you Don’t worry @Luca - the USA isn’t far behind…

Well this is actually true as the Biden administration, the corrupt media and corporate interests actually have millions of $$ to lose if China becomes an international pariah like Russia.

Come on @Luca “common prosperity for all people “ is just a fancy word for “Communism “! Its great that the West “failed “ at common prosperity- that means that meritocracy and capitalism actually works!

^^^ it’s a good point, but in the process Russia will go broke, especially if the Europeans, who have the most to lose, pitch in with spending.

Hahahaha- they really ARE that dumb!

^^^ The difference is if you cross the border illegally into the USA from Canada- you are NOT allowed to stay in the USA - you are immediately removed from the country. I’d much rather have thousands of illegal Canadians here with skills than millions of destitute poor mixed with criminals destroying our country.

That’s a very romanticized version of Mexico - a country run by a corrupt government in the back pocket of murdering drug cartels. Our greatest enemy has to be Mexico followed by China. Yeah, we really don’t need a border… We lose 100,000 citizens a year to fentanyl- 2X what we lost during the Vietnam war - so that Mexico and China can line their pockets. There is no bigger problem in our country today than organized crime from Mexico killing our young people. Mexico makes the Mafia look like a street gang.

Not really. The difference is , they are coming and staying, specifically for the social services of an increasing welfare state. Why go back to Mexico when you can have schools, health care, hospitals for nothing? The USA is an escape valve for a hugely corrupt Mexican government that refuses to take any care of their poor. Mexico willingly exports their poor to the good old USA while the cartels and corrupt government gets rich. And actually the worst part about the whole situation is 100,000 fentanyl dead USA citizens courtesy of Mexican cartels supplied by China. And we worry about combat deaths in Afghanistan….

Hey - you forgot the biggest disaster which is the southern border. We’ll protect the Ukraine and Canada border - but not the Mexican! But the answer to your question: it’s happening because of corrupt leadership that is setting the USA back for years - while they enrich themselves at the expense of the citizens. Just as Obama, Hillary and Hunter.

Haha - funny cause that would be the truth. He’s in deep shit these days.

Gotta hand it to the Chinese- no gender nonsense there! While we lose our minds here debating nonsense like gender, the Chinese rely on science like xx or xy chromosomes . Luca is right - in the long run they’ll kick our ass!

^^^ I think that’ makes sense. China will do well - but foreign investors may not. Again comes down to trust in the system. lots of brilliant, talented people won’t protect the investor

Oh shit - spit my coke out!

Oh believe me , I have - and I don’t need anymore scars. Happened with both China and Russia.

Feel free to look past the ghost cities & COVID coverup. That will only lead you to a military takeover of Taiwan, followed by the Chinese naval control of the South China Sea- which is shared by so many Asian nations. Say goodbye to those supply chains. A world dependent on free trade finally sees through President Xi.

Yeah , it’s a good thing they built all those ghost cities, so people could live in concrete pipes.

^^^ what fundamentally changed is that China unleashed the greatest biological disaster in 100 years upon the world and then covered it up. So the world does not trust China and are pulling their supply chains right and left.

Whoa- that’s a hell of a read!

What makes me laugh is how proponents easily dismiss the tail events that are truly life & death. Aw, don’t worry about it - we will handle it just like all our models always do - we’re so smart. Don’t be an old fuddie-duddie stuck in the past.

^^^ And of course, the advocates will tell you - it'll all be ok and be handled. Just like all those financial models that blow up with the 1 in 100 year events that happen every couple of years. Like anyone is going to risk their family's safety and welfare...

Will everyone on the Gulf coast give up their car ownership with the inevitable hurricane evacuation coming down the pike? Can you imagine the chaos? I doubt it

^^ No body like the dilution, but it's pretty insignificant if you are building the right business. The fiber subscriber growth looks pretty damn good - so I really do think they are building the right business.

^^^ Damn - Looks pretty damn ugly right now!!

Couldn't agree more. 10 years ago, on this very board I got this lengthy lecture from one of the members how in 5 years, autonomous driving would be fairly mainstream. It got very heated. I brought up some of these things, also insurance issues, which I felt the kinks needed to be worked out, etc. The guy is long gone - but here we are 10 years later - and still treading water..