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Originally posted by j2k4@26 May 2003 - 23:10
Echidna-
You are not entirely off-base, here.
I've always been curious at China's political 'recalcitrance', which, I suspect, is actually smugness.
They KNOW they will eventually (just HOW eventually is up in the air) dominate due to their sheer numbers; even given their clumsy methods of population control, their level of technological development gives them the edge over India in this regard.
In light of all this, when the North American/North European decline is complete, and the "white" races are gone, the only conflict left will be between Asian and Islamic peoples.
I don't know if our fellow debaters are aware of our impending "doom", but as none of this is likely to happen in our lifetime, I, for one, will be happy to
'go' with the current flow. B)
i don't think it might be that long - the USA seems less than stable [as i have mentioned] from afar.