Yep, it's the US' turn to be poor and insular and starve & brutalize its citizens.
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So when did China stop brutalising its citizens?
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Will be there soon. When it will have placed cameras at every corner with advanced AI, plus social networks for delation of citizens who step a bit outside the norm to ostracize them from society. No job, no home, nothing for political opponents. Violence won't be needed anymore.
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Yeah, like the U.S.A. only started wars when it was poor. Will it be rich enough to stop starting wars soon?
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Nevermind the the dictatorship...
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Cato is not a reputable news source for anything.
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Yes, they are such a free and open society... Just ask Guo Wengui - or look at events around Liu Xiaobo - or the media and internet crackdowns - or South China Sea events. Then there is Xi's recent consolidation of power. Naive at best...https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/media-censorship-china …
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Sometimes rationalism and optimism don’t go together
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"it was when the United States was poor and insular that it started wars"... no, wait a minute. Most definitely not.
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Interesting point. Of course, we're only just now seeing the new China. It also sounds like the type of thing people used to say before WW1. Not arguing, just considering.https://www.amazon.com/Origins-War-Preservation-Peace/dp/0385423756/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1513985587&sr=8-1&keywords=on+the+origins+of+war+and+the+preservation+of+peace …
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. “When goods don’t cross borders, Soldiers will." Claude Frédéric Bastiat (apocryphal)
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The peak of international trade and interdependency was in 1914.
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Interesting claim, and counterintuitive, given the size of current-day populations, economies, and modern global supply chains. I’d be interested in any supporting research. Very brief research on my part yielded this:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2014/04/01/what-world-war-i-can-tell-us-about-international-commerce-and-war-today/?utm_term=.4b3643156b73 …
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If the strong economic ties between Germany and Britain/France in 1914 weren't enough to prevent war - and they weren't - thesis is weak at best. Thucydides is a better guide.
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I’ll look into it. And while extensive trade may not be sufficient to prevent war, surely decreasing it can’t be seen as helpful. Any opinions about the analysis at the link (reduced regional interdependence allowing conflicts which drew in allies)?
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If crappy little Serbia was more powerful than the pacifying effects of close trade ties, those ties had weak effects.
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Good point.
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@sapinker‘s original point & the one possibly espoused by Hayek, I’d argue that greater trade leads to greater prosperity, and greater prosperity decreases at least one motive for war making. War may occur for other reasons, but less trade and more poverty are negatives.
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