China isn't quite as mean as the Soviet Union, but it's four times bigger (relative to us), and a hell of a lot more economically competent.https://twitter.com/bopinion/status/1050915857445113857 …
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So, yeah, maybe China wants to kick our butts only 40% as much as the USSR wanted to, but they're like 700% more able to kick our butts.
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Replying to @Noahpinion
1/ 1/ Wait, are you saying that, if you compare (1) US military vs USSR military in 1958 vs (2) US military vs China military in 2018, that Chinese military is 8 times the threat that USSR military was? If so then what possible evidence could you have for that claim?
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2/ Current US Military is vastly superior to Chinese military. Situation vs USSR was a much closer thing. Also, when you say that they are 4 times bigger, it appears that you are referring to their population. Really, you think that is a decisive factor?
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Yeah population is a hugely important factor. Hitler's army was better but the Soviets crushed him. The Confederacy had all the experienced officers but the Union ground them down. It's not always decisive but it often tells in the end.
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1/ None of that is right. (1) Hitler was fighting a two front war (2) not at all clear German army was better See Richad Overy, Why the Allies won (3) Union superiority was industrial superiority, not sheer weight of numbers (4) Japan took over much of China despite much smaller
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1) USSR took much higher casualties than Germany but still won because they could afford them. 2) Industrial superiority matters, and China manufacturers more than we do (and the gap increases daily). 3) China fought us to a standstill in Korea at a much lower tech level.
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1/ this is already absurd. China manufactures more buttons than we do. you think that when it comes to military hardware China has greater manufacturing capacity than the US? That is nonsensical. Where is your evidence for that claim? China fought us to a standstill? More
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Where is my evidence for the claim that China fought us to a standstill in the Korean War?? Are you KIDDING me?!
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