oren — 1/4/2026, 8:26:36 PM

People say that America is losing its position to China, but at least militarily only America has a world-spanning military force. We’re the only country that can invade a country on a different continent (Venezuela) and capture their leader, invade Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, etc. China could literally never do any of that.

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ajskateboarder:

this might be a given but im sure china would have a lot more leverage if it were to gain more control of taiwan

1/8/2026, 11:51:08 PM
oren:

Yeah it will actually pretty hard for them to do that though

1/9/2026, 12:46:37 AM
justaseacow:

I don’t think military force will be super important. We both have militaries large enough that a direct attack on the other would potentially be very difficult/unlikely, and China is making a lot of developing countries dependent on them economically and politically. Meanwhile the US is pissing everyone off by (threatening to) invade them.

I agree with everything you wrote, but I think it won’t be a major factor in who comes out on top.

1/5/2026, 7:13:34 PM
oren:

Yeah this is true

1/5/2026, 7:15:26 PM