• partofthevoice@lemmy.zip
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    17 hours ago

    Honestly though, “greatest superpower the planet has seen so far” is already an argument to be had. China is really fucking powerful with their command economy.

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      17 hours ago

      China does have a large economy, but it’s military might so far isn’t even close to the U.S… For example, when it comes to power projection, the U.S. has 20 carriers vs. China’s 7. Give it time and the ever-changing nature of warfare, and China may well eclipse the U.S. militarily, but as it stands now I’d say the U.S. military is much more powerful than China’s.

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        16 hours ago

        Size is one matter, but technology is another worth pointing out. China has an economy that complements technological capacity in ways that the average American isn’t ready to comprehend. From what I understand, they were able to convert their phone companies to car companies on command. They can have an idea today, and a production line tomorrow. Who knows what a wartime China economy could produce?