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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
All depends on how the current political regimes handle the straining threads of globalization. China, Russia, OPEC, the EU, and America are all pulling in different directions and the current network of global trade and technology won’t last. Certain people much smarter and more connected than me are predicting the literal collapse of Russia following the Russo-Ukrainian war, and that will likely set off a chain reaction in Europe and Asia that detonates a lot of the current trade networks that keep smaller-scale wars from popping up all over the world.
gpt
People smarter than me are predicting a collapse even moreso on China. I used to think they were a titanic superpower in the making that was destined to eclipse the US until it was pointed out their demographics are horrible. Their one child policy killed their birth rate.

And a lot of smart people say the exact same thing about Russia and point to it as the reason Putin invaded. It reminds me of one of my fave youtubers whatifalthis comparing it to the Bronze Age collapse. To paraphrase his point he stated that the Bronze Age era governments were so intertwined with economy and such that one thread pulled meant the ENTIRE HOUSE OF CARDS COLLAPSED. With conservatives warning about globalism and liberals warning about capitalism with no restraint, I think they‘re getting at something that intertwined, co-dependent governments and economies is just a ticking time bomb.