Since we’re in the mood, let’s begin today with a question: Do you think your kids or grandkids will be worse off than you?
We’ll give you a moment to think about it.
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Fifty-seven percent of Americans responding to a similar question posed by The Hill predict today’s young people won’t live better lives than their parents.
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How China Will Defeat America
Don’t expect spending on the pentagon to decrease. Not with our nation’s security at stake. And not with China posing an ever-greater threat.
An article by Yan Xuetong, translated from mandarin, tells “How China can defeat America.” The gist of Mr. Xuetong’s thought is that rising hegemons are a lot nicer than declining ones. Besides that, history is on the side of the rising power.
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