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China Is Rapidly Overtaking the United States as the World's Scientific Superpower (futurism.com)
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[–] -4 points 7 months ago (10 children)

You can't compete with a nation that doesn't feel bad about exploitation of workers. If the workers cooperate then you can get a crazy amount of productivity out of them. The united states is losing its power because we aren't willing to work as we used to. It's a tradeoff, but I'm fine with it except that I'm not sure I trust China/Xi Jinping as the world's superpower. He eliminated term limits when he took power, and I'm sure has no intention of going anywhere for a long time. Everyone so busy celebrating Trump looking bad, but forgetting that it could be and will be a lot worse for the western world under a Chinese dictator.

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    What a stupid take! Americans are working longer and harder for less pay and disappearing benefits, with a bleak future and risk of financial ruin of you get sick or terminated.

    China is funding research universities and subsidizing Chinese students, while the US is killing scholarships and starting fights with top universities over politics.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Americans are working longer and harder for less pay and disappearing benefits, with a bleak future and risk of financial ruin of you get sick or terminated.

    I mean you're right and that's bad; I'm just pointing out that China has had gruesome 996 working weeks (72 hours/week) for decades IIRC and i'm not sure if chinese people work that much voluntarily or involuntarily.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    @gandalf_der_12te @3abas China sustains a far larger population than the USA because their system is simply better. They produce more talent because they are less oppressive and more people have a chance to grow naturally. No hierarchical system is perfect, to be clear. Order is a product of freedom, and Chinese people enjoy more of it than Americans. Harmony is a word the west would do well to learn. Our Vampirism and parasitism are killing us all.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Wait, you claim the US feels bad about the exploitation of workers? That the workers productivity hasn't skyrocketed while wages are stagnant?

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Worker benefits are better than they were 10 years ago, and way better than 20 years ago. Wages have gone up, and keeping pace with inflation with varying degrees of success over the years. People work less than they used to is what I'm saying. I work less than my parents did and I think it's a good thing. But the economy will slow down because of it.

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