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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (127625)7/27/2005 8:59:33 AM
From: Mary Cluney  Read Replies (1) of 793756
 
It is hard to fight demographics. Unless something really strange happens China will have the largest economy in the world by 2020 - 2040.

Don't sell us short. We are by far the dominant super power (economics, Military, and cultural).

Naturally, there is some resentment, envy, and other strange emotions directed towards us. Everyone else is playing catch up. By nature, the rest of the world will not let us get further ahead of the pack. Playing catch up is much easier than being the standard bearer. They can take short cuts to catch up.

Of course the gap will narrow - that is not difficult to see. Staying ahead and being the leader is not easy. One thing we can't do is play small ball - being reactionary is playing small ball. That is like playing while being scared.

It is relatively easy to say what we shouldn't do, but it is more difficult to say what we should be doing.

But being magnanimous and doing the right stuff (love thy neighbor) and all that other good stuff can't hurt.
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