[ok_dad]

We did that shit to ourselves with our offshoring and MBA bullshit. China just took advantage of it like any superpower would. America's commercial greed is what will cause it's downfall to China, if anything. Not that I even ascribe to the idea that China and the US should even be enemies, that's just more "red scare" BS.

[dchichkov]

China have a "Made-in-China" plan, one of its goal is good old control of means of production. Is there something like that in the US?

[ok_dad]

Yea, the trillions we spent being the world police for decades, our political push for oil to be priced in usd, etc.

[namlem]

The petrodollar/dollarization of the global economic. Also global naval hegemony. Who do you think polices all the world's trade routes?

[MichaelZuo]

It's not quite so clear anymore, e.g. Black Sea

[ok_dad]

I wonder why they didn't this year? Freedom of navigation exercises are like bread and butter for US Navy sailors! It's one of the very few things I think are important for the US military to continue, even if we draw-down from being the world police.

https://gcaptain.com/us-navy-ships-stay-home-nato-flexes-bla...