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[-] marx_mentat@hexbear.net 182 points 10 months ago

There's something extremely funny about the president of the US looking at what's going on China and saying out loud, "Their economy is a ticking time bomb." This is almost an onion news story.

[-] immuredanchorite@hexbear.net 85 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

dem

Listen, Fat! The US economy is doing better than any economy has every done in history, Jack. I call it Bidenomics. Get with the program.

biden-nibble biden-rember biden-point DaBiden

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[-] gnuhaut@lemmy.ml 150 points 10 months ago

Yeah yeah, I've heard that before. There's a whole cottage industry of "experts" that have predicted the imminent collapse of China going back decades. Call me when it actually happens.

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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 118 points 10 months ago

If you think China's economy is a time bomb wait til you hear about what it means when the dollar is no longer the reserve currency around the world.

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[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 102 points 10 months ago

By my estimates, China has only 70 more years until complete and utter collapse!

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[-] Grebgreb@hexbear.net 97 points 10 months ago

The country that leads the world in mass shootings shouldn't be labeling other countries as "ticking time bombs."

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[-] Parsani@hexbear.net 90 points 10 months ago

The old federation is dying, the new one struggles to be born. Now is the time of unlimited China struggle sessions.

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[-] kristina@hexbear.net 80 points 10 months ago

ANY DAY NOW

[-] Flinch@hexbear.net 75 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Man leading country with the largest homeless population in the world says country which eliminated extreme poverty within its borders is about to collapse, of course this is true and should be taken seriously very-intelligent

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[-] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 74 points 10 months ago

What troubles?

Can you describe the troubles?

Are the troubles in the room with us?

[-] mar_k@hexbear.net 75 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They're straight up gaslighting LMAO. This is an actual, recent headline from the wsj:

https://archive.is/SBNOE

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[-] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 74 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Me upvoting a comment and when it refreshes, seeing it's been upvoted 8 times since I navigated to the page sicko-pog

[-] Tofu_Lewis@hexbear.net 72 points 10 months ago

CHINA COLLAPSING ANY DAY NOW

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[-] booty@hexbear.net 69 points 10 months ago

man in glass house throws stones

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[-] Flaps@hexbear.net 67 points 10 months ago

Well ima call the US a ticking timebomb, how about that Jack biden-alert

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