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by jbirer 787 days ago
I am expecting a Brexit-like situation where it starts out with nationalistic euphoria and then dreams come crashing when people realize the reality of doing everything at home (tm). Globalism is so succesful for a reason.
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As an american everyone has an opinion, and belongs to some sort of clique.

China has state media, censorship, and there are some very loud voices that parrot what the party wants. I have the understanding that many Chinese see through a lot of the bullshit (and because of personal experience at that).

What there has been is more protests in china. From the white paper to recent wage protests. It's getting harder to cover over the dissatisfaction and people are being vocal. And the youth movement of lying flat is fascinating in light of the demographics.

The colapse there is going to be sudden, sharp and will impact the globe.

It's not that people want everything made in the US, it's that they don't want everything made in China.
Just get Putin and Xi Jinping back on board and we're fine then.