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angrychair

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26. Exactly right

Reply to popsdenver (Reply #24)

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 05:02 PM

13 hrs ago

You didn't have a culture that last thousands of years by being aggressive and violent.
You last that long by playing the long game.

Interestingly, China has never been shy about sharing that strategy. They have, for a very, very, very, long time said exactly this openly and without hesitation.

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Potentially hard times ahead [View all] angrychair 17 hrs ago OP

Dollar erosion is a major concern bucolic_frolic 17 hrs ago #1

Not positive angrychair 16 hrs ago #2

prepare for interest rates to zoom. mopinko 16 hrs ago #3

MAGA don't care about educated professional people losing their jobs. They have jobs chasin MexuRicans. ChicagoTeamster 15 hrs ago #4

May Take Awhile modrepub 15 hrs ago #5

So maybe we need a Mark Carney type person for President? mwooldri 15 hrs ago #6

Can I ask in this very important thread how does one prepare? ALBliberal 15 hrs ago #7

I agree that the US is on a trajectory of economic disaster but I take one exception Bev54 15 hrs ago #8

Then add the upcoming climate disasters... ananda 14 hrs ago #22

It is convenient to popsdenver 15 hrs ago #9

Yes angrychair 14 hrs ago #10

But when he is gone popsdenver 14 hrs ago #12

Fair point angrychair 14 hrs ago #14

Hey AC popsdenver 14 hrs ago #17

I've been saying this forever. People still don't get how much language matters. live love laugh 14 hrs ago #16

Hey popsdenver 14 hrs ago #18

That's what makes me throw things at the TV and 90% of online/Youtube postings! BComplex 14 hrs ago #20

You are more than welcome BC popsdenver 14 hrs ago #23

Except China and Russias' economies are also in the tank. mwmisses4289 14 hrs ago #11

Very different reasons angrychair 14 hrs ago #13

China is in the "shadows" popsdenver 14 hrs ago #24

Exactly right angrychair 13 hrs ago #26

American Jinga live love laugh 14 hrs ago #15

Elections have far greater consequences than what side gets owned on social media. Initech 14 hrs ago #19

No, Initech: This is the world that THE REPUBLICAN PARTY built. BComplex 14 hrs ago #21

I repeat popsdenver 14 hrs ago #25

True, but they are the face of the GOP. Initech 12 hrs ago #28

If you look at the evidence in the Trump fraud case brought by Letitia James Jarqui 13 hrs ago #27

77 million morons voted for him. Turbineguy 12 hrs ago #29

over 70 million voted for him timms139 6 hrs ago #38

China won the economic war. Roc2020 11 hrs ago #30

It will be all Biden's fault. milestogo 11 hrs ago #31

We've all watched this unfold in real time FoggyLake 11 hrs ago #32

I must disagree with your title. Strike the words Potentially and ahead. Hard times are here and getting worse. flashman13 11 hrs ago #33

Don't forget AI coming for entry level white collar jobs trumpisapdf 10 hrs ago #34

love ur screen name here is a welcome heart gopiscrap 8 hrs ago #37

I'm not concerned. OldBaldy1701E 10 hrs ago #35

Elections have consequences gulliver 10 hrs ago #36