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> What would (Xi) Jinping do?

Make himself dictator for life and purge his party of dissenters?

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But also expand through trade and renewables, rather than war and oil.

Much nuance, wow.

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Yes and then what? Bankrupt his empire by getting into global wars? Yeah sure.
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Luckily that can never happen in America.
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Sure it can’t. History suggests democracy is fleeting and unusual.
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