The former head of the Natl Intelligence Council thinks America is falling apart -- civilly, or towards civil war? Civility?
"In a country whose extreme violence...can only be accounted for by the omnipresence of guns, we would be foolhardy to bet on it."
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"In a country whose extreme violence...can only be accounted for by the omnipresence of guns, we would be foolhardy to bet on it."
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At FT @gideonrachman cites the above, adding:
"The mood of near-despair in #America is nurturing the opposite emotion among the #Chinese elite — a growing conviction that their country is outperforming the US and will eventually displace it as the world’s dominant power."
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"The mood of near-despair in #America is nurturing the opposite emotion among the #Chinese elite — a growing conviction that their country is outperforming the US and will eventually displace it as the world’s dominant power."
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2/"#XiJinping proclaimed that 'the east is rising & the west is in decline'.
The fact that America has suffered 800,000 deaths as a result of the #Covid19 #pandemic, while #China claims a toll of below 5,000, is cited as evidence of the superiority of the Chinese system."
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The fact that America has suffered 800,000 deaths as a result of the #Covid19 #pandemic, while #China claims a toll of below 5,000, is cited as evidence of the superiority of the Chinese system."
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3/"When Antony Blinken condemned Chinese actions over #HongKong & #Taiwan, his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi reacted: “The US does not have the qualifications to say that it wants to speak to China from a position of strength.”
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