[indthkr]

"As China moves into modernity......they will be out in front more and more. The 50s have come and gone."

The good news for the average American is that we will be able to buy the majority of our advanced weapons systems from the Chinese, and can therefore drastically reduce the Defense Budget, reduce the size of the government, and the necessary taxation.

(BTW, sorry to take the words out of your mouth if that was going to be your next comment).

[RightWhale]

sorry to take the words out of your mouth

No, I wasn't going to continue. We can see that will eventually be the case provided we haven't collapsed utterly and they can somehow keep their 'capitalism miracle' going.