Gary wrote:

> Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> > On 2019-07-21 9:15 a.m., Gary wrote:
> > > Bruce wrote:
> > >>
> > >> And pub food isn't considered restaurant food in Europe, even though
> > >> it's in a higher league than fast food.
> > >
> > > Who cares about Europe? Just a collection of ancient "horse and
> > > buggy" countries. No significance other than ancient/historic
> > > relics for tourists to gawk at and take pictures of.
> > >
> >
> > That has to be one of the stupidest things you have ever said.
>
> Obviously I was teasing but with a bit of truth thrown in. Tell
> me just what do the european countries contribute to life these
> days. Tourist value. That's all they've got.
> >
> > > Many ruled the world once but that's all gone now. Give it up.
> > > Times have changed.
>
> > Empires come and go, usually over the course of just a few centuries.
> > The US is likely to follow suit.
>
> I'll agree with you there, USA is in it's last days and much
> quicker fail-time than other ruling countries in the past. The
> chinese will win next, I suspect.


Doubtful...China already is experienceing a severe demographic crisis and also economic woes...and besides who in their right minds would want to move *to* China, it is a corrupt and repressive communist dictatorship, it's the kind of place peeps eventually want to *leave*...witness all the Chinese investing in or moving to places like Vancouver, Oz, the US...and unlike the US, no one is storming China's borders in a desperate attempt at a better life...and the US economy still dwarfs China's...not to mention US worldwide power and influence...

And China is still generally a poor place, here are the figures:

https://www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-ec...tandards-china

Real per capita GDP (2014):

China: $12,473

USA: $52,292

The figure shows that Chinas average real per capita income is $12,472.51, which is in line with the world median income but far below the world average..."

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