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“Start learning mandarin _now_ people!” — quote from a guy in my office who is only learning mandarin because he is sure Chinese will take over world in coming decade

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That is funny. I remember a rancher friend taking me on a tour of his property here in rural NorCal a few years back. He pointed at a gap in the distant hills and said, "when they come, that's where they'll come from. And when they do...we'll be ready." I had to hold back the laughter.

I believe this mental exercise was mainly just the motor component for his gun hobby, a little convenience of the subconscious.

And at the same time I also 100% believe he could hold off PLAN marines better than the average guy. :D

Like Japan was supposed to in the 1990s.

Sure the concerns over Japan buying up US real estate and driving US companies out of business seem ridiculous now. But the difference is that at Japan's economic peak they had only about half the US population, whereas now China has about four times the current US population. That's a huge difference in scale.

I was concerned when Deng was in power, but not anymore. China always seem to get in their own way.

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