Comments by "Fredinno" (@innosam123) on "Why US economists are obsessed with 'Japanification' | FT" video.

  1. Antonio Renteria It’s also arguably bad for geopolitical reasons because it basically means China is going to become the greater Superpower. Hate the US’s foreign policy or not, China is not a better tiger’s mouth to jump into.
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  2. dasnad I don’t defend the CIA. However: https://www.newsweek.com/china-involved-90-percent-economic-espionage-and-industrial-secrets-theft-1255908 And Yes, China was based off settler colonialism as well. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-662-44575-4_13 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Taiwan#Kingdom_of_Tungning Not to mention, China went from being a small civilization on the Yellow River Valley to span from Beijing to Vietnam. How did that happen? Everyone is guilty of imperialism. The West was only more successful- but attempted murder is still treated like murder.
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  3. dasnad Tell me when Modern America tries to annex other nations for its land claims. Tell me when the USA steals civilian technology using industrial espionage. The most comparable thing for the USA was Iraq, which is not US soil despite ‘winning’, and is considered a universal disaster by everyone, including both sides of American politicians.
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  4. 12 den No, they said they’re worried about Japanification here because the mix of inequality and Japanification would be toxic.
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