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Why is China your enemy? China couldn’t care less about the US. They’re doing their thing now, and they’ll keep doing their thing when China overtakes the US as the top global power.

Why are you so afraid of China?

Do you think there will be a war with the US? I find that extremely unlikely given both nations have atomic bombs and nothing to gain from war.

Do you think the US is gonna get economically bullied by China? Well, that’s what the US does to the rest of the world right now. Ironically, that’s why most of Africa would rather partner with China for economic development than with the western powers. But even then, the US is big enough that it can insulate itself from most of that.

Are you afraid that China will start a war in Taiwan? They might, but didn’t the US start a war in Iraq as recently as 20 years ago. Not to mention all of the other middle east conflicts the US is involved in.

You can’t stop China. They have 4x as many people as the US, and just as big a landmass with plenty of resources. China will become the top global power. But that doesn’t mean that your life will be any worse.

It means that your politicians won’t be able to act with impunity as they have for the past century. It means your billionaires will have to compete with China’s billionaires for investment. It means companies will have more competition.

But at the end of the day, your life won’t change. It will probably get better if we’re being honest. China is not your enemy.