• lorez@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      Yeah stop using them to manufacture goods sold in the West, see how well they fare…

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        11 months ago

        Uhh then they have more resources? And we have less affordable goods.

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          11 months ago

          The modern Chinese economy is very dependent on trade with the West and other East Asian nations that are generally more favorable of the west.

          Those resources aren’t shit if they can’t make them into shit others will buy.

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          11 months ago

          Yes congrats on proving that economics really is a zero-sum game and every econ professor has been wrong this whole time.