Comments by "Doncarlo" (@doujinflip) on "Why do Chinese think China will overtake the US? The author of Unrestricted Warfare explains" video.

  1. Efficiency and resilience are diametrically opposing tensions -- as the COVID supply shocks showed, it is very possible to be too efficient due to the lack of standby alternatives and explorations into possibly better ways of operation. America has been "on the verge of collapse" since 1812. And various Panics. The Civil War. The Anarcho-Communist insurrection, the Great Depression, and the assassination-a-month Civil Rights Movement -- the current "woke" vs MAGA battle is mild compared to what the US has survived before. What America lacks in "efficiency" it more than makes up in surprising resilience. By contrast the classically autocratic China throughout history suffers violent internal revolt just as often as it enjoys harmonious prosperity.
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