Topic: Here is a scary thought: the US government may collapse when China's real estate bubble pops.
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q started this discussion 13 years ago #27,154
I mean, how else do you think China funds our lavish lives and has enough money to just give it away to the US government? When their giant real-estate bubble bursts, we'll be fucked.
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #407,096
Since Walter is the one saying it, we can safely conclude that this is wrong.
Meta !PARAdoxiHw joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 56 seconds later, 1 minute after the original post[^] [v] #407,097
So? Ben Bernanke will just print billions more dollars and Timothy Geithner will just mint a bunch of trillion dollar platinum coins to fund deficit spending! Problem solved.
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #407,099
@407,096 (B)
Ad-hominem attack detected. You are a decadent statist.
@previous (Meta !PARAdoxiHw)
Perhaps we should take some more tips from Former Rhodesia on how to deal with the US economy and demographics.
Ad-hominem attack detected. You are a decadent statist.
@previous (Meta !PARAdoxiHw)
Perhaps we should take some more tips from Former Rhodesia on how to deal with the US economy and demographics.
Meta !PARAdoxiHw replied with this 13 years ago, 6 minutes later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #407,102
@previous (HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q)We should! They're all billionaires now!!!!
Obama should be taking notes from Robert Mugabe. This could be his legacy: Everyone a Millionaireâ„¢
Meta !PARAdoxiHw double-posted this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 12 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #407,103
How to enrich a country.Before
Meta !PARAdoxiHw triple-posted this 13 years ago, 13 seconds later, 12 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #407,104
AfterGoing from $10 to $100,000,000,000,000 is amazing. The Fed should just print a $100,000,000,000,000 note and then we could pay for fifty Afghanistan wars.
Not to mention spending that single $100,000,000,000,000 bill would increase US GDP by like 500% instantly!
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HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 18 minutes later, 31 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #407,107
@previous (Meta !PARAdoxiHw)
zimbabwe is so diverse! we should do anything we can do to become more like them
zimbabwe is so diverse! we should do anything we can do to become more like them
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 34 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #407,108
Meta !PARAdoxiHw replied with this 13 years ago, 7 minutes later, 41 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #407,110
@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)The land known as Zimbabwe now was first settled by Europeans from the British South Africa Company circa 1890. It was then named Rhodesia after Cecil Rhodes (who founded the DeBeers diamond company and the Rhodes scholarship). All basically went well until 1965, when the UK told Rhodesia that they could not become independent without majority (black) rule. The ruling party in the Rhodesian government, the Rhodesian Front felt that the black people weren't ready to take control of the country yet, so on 11 November 1965, they declared independence and basically went alone with only South Africa as an ally until 1980.
Rhodesia was ruled by this man, Ian Douglas Smith from 1965-1980 and then by Robert Mugabe from 1980-present. Under Smith's rule, Rhodesia was an exporter of food and industry boomed with the highest black and white living standards on the continent.
So yes, it was a British colony until 1965.
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