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  • Not declined military, but there have been a real significant shift to special forces. I think these groups will still be utilized for foreign industry interest. It’s pretty effective.

    Ironically, assuming we don’t destroy our own infrastructure, a modern police state might better fit for the lionshare of US military. Lack of infrastructure and basic services were a huge part of the reconstruction or whatever failing in both states. Plus air superiority just comes free.

    Anti-insurgency and occupation are really the only thing the military at large has proved itself capable of supporting.

    I don’t think we have the capacity to invade hold, and strip mine Venezuela, but with Europe looking East, I guess we could shift to a wartime economy and make it a project.





  • They just have so many people. They could replace entire major foreign industries and still have people left over.

    Couple that with a government willing to do whatever infrastructure and monitary policy and you end up with a ton of growth.

    The US may have just had a corporate takeover and will end probably end up looking more like China or Russia going forward.

    There are a lot of natural resources here and if you’re not particularly concerned with the local environment or economy, you could probably get a lot done.

    I also can’t imagine a future without China having the largest consumer class going forward and that probably represents a valuable market.