• gnuhaut@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    61
    arrow-down
    9
    ·
    2 years ago

    Yeah yeah, I’ve heard that before. There’s a whole cottage industry of “experts” that have predicted the imminent collapse of China going back decades. Call me when it actually happens.

    • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      47
      arrow-down
      10
      ·
      2 years ago

      China’s economy is stacked like a house of cards and could come crumbling down due to some unforeseen global financial shock, but then again that sounds like most modern economies. I think people just pick on China because, instead of having a group of billionaires stack up the cards, the government does it themselves.

      • defunct_punk@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        17
        arrow-down
        9
        ·
        2 years ago

        You just described the US, UK, and much of the western world entirely. The global economy is just a bunch of "IOU"s