But debt is the problem. Sure the US can keep on building up the...

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    But debt is the problem. Sure the US can keep on building up the military, like the Soviets did in the 1980s. Then they collapsed.

    Without the economy to fund that military and big Mexican walls, tax cuts for billionaires etc., eventually debt overwhelms the government. At the moment US gross debt to GDP ratio is running at about 110%. Australia's is about 35%, China's at about 65%. If China can grow its infrastructure, military, economy and trade while maintaining that ratio, then use the BRI to leverage the yuan as the principal trading currency, they will be in control in ten years.

    Then once US debt goes over, say, 150-200% of GDP and the world doesn't judge its worth in US dollars, the new China hegemony can begin. The US can collapse internally like the city of Detroit did, but the rest of the world will survive under Chinese economic leadership.
 
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