paxamericana Posted January 3 Author Report Posted January 3 1 hour ago, John Stone said: Where this is headed is anyone's guess. It’s headed back to the 19th century with a multipolar world. There will be sphere of influence. Russia and China will be up for grabs from maybe the Mongolian descendants of the Stan countries. India will remain India. The Middle East is for Turkey and Israel to decide. Europe, will become a backwater. The western Americas will be American… Quote
Army Guy Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 On 1/1/2026 at 11:42 PM, herbie said: Wasn't referring to Canada obviously.... It is literally in your 2 and sentence. Quote Bring back the draft. Canada could use an influx of educated English speaking culturally compatible people. Conservatives should be all for that! Quote We, the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have now done so much for so long with so little, we are now capable of doing anything with nothing.
Army Guy Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 On 1/2/2026 at 4:54 PM, gatomontes99 said: I don't tend to propose solutions to things that are not a problem. I kind of figure the problem has to come first. I know...I am weird like that. Well according to NATO chair, most of Europe is doing just that , in the first stages of mobilization...massive military spending, contemplating mandatory service, rapidly expanding their militaries, expanding their military industrial complex....So the problem is here you just got to look for it... Quote We, the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have now done so much for so long with so little, we are now capable of doing anything with nothing.
Barquentine Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 On 1/3/2026 at 9:42 AM, paxamericana said: China, while a threat, will not outlive this decade. They now have more people over 55 than below. Not much difference in China and US: Median Age: China (around 40.6) vs. U.S. (around 39.3) – China's population is aging faster. Young (0-14 years): U.S. has a larger share (around 17.3%) than China (around 16%). Working Age (15-64/65): China has a massive working-age population (around 975M), but the U.S. has a substantial share of its population in this bracket too. 1 Quote
paxamericana Posted January 4 Author Report Posted January 4 (edited) 4 hours ago, Barquentine said: Not much difference in China and US: Median Age: China (around 40.6) vs. U.S. (around 39.3) – China's population is aging faster. Young (0-14 years): U.S. has a larger share (around 17.3%) than China (around 16%). Working Age (15-64/65): China has a massive working-age population (around 975M), but the U.S. has a substantial share of its population in this bracket too. And you believe their official numbers? They’ve been implementing one child for over 45 years. This decade IS the last Chinese decade. Edited January 4 by paxamericana Quote
User Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 3 hours ago, Barquentine said: Not much difference in China and US: Median Age: China (around 40.6) vs. U.S. (around 39.3) – China's population is aging faster. Young (0-14 years): U.S. has a larger share (around 17.3%) than China (around 16%). Working Age (15-64/65): China has a massive working-age population (around 975M), but the U.S. has a substantial share of its population in this bracket too. I learned a long time ago, about reading gages. The important thing is not neccisarily what the gage is currently reading, but how fast it got there and is still rising. I don't know why folks like you insist on trying to quibble of things like this, when you need to look at the birth rates, and trajectory, which was the entire point. China's population is aging much faster than America's. Quote
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