You folks are living in the past. In 1933, the US was a highly effective country and could help defeat Nazi Germany. What about now? My favorite line on this point is
“China is now very good at building dams. The US is now very good at enforcing PC. What country/system will dominate the 21st century?”
Yes. This conversation made me think the situation in China is especially dire, specifically the disastrous results of the one child policy which led to such a huge gender disparity. I'd add the caveat that this Zeihan character sounds like kind a real doom and gloom kinda guy. Still, I found the conversation fascinating. I'll probably re-listen to it when I need to ruin a good mood: https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/288-the-end-of-global-order
You folks are living in the past. In 1933, the US was a highly effective country and could help defeat Nazi Germany. What about now? My favorite line on this point is
“China is now very good at building dams. The US is now very good at enforcing PC. What country/system will dominate the 21st century?”
Yes. This conversation made me think the situation in China is especially dire, specifically the disastrous results of the one child policy which led to such a huge gender disparity. I'd add the caveat that this Zeihan character sounds like kind a real doom and gloom kinda guy. Still, I found the conversation fascinating. I'll probably re-listen to it when I need to ruin a good mood: https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/288-the-end-of-global-order