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Machiavellian said:
LurkerJ said:

Happy the democrats have the senate, the house, and the white house, and a loud progressive wing in the congress. I will look at what that leads to in a year or so.

The first 2 years of Obama Presidency should give you a clue but who knows, Biden may go south.

Americans are finally more educated about what goes on in their country though, it wasn't the case before Trump. Biden and politicians should expect to be held accountable for their actions or lack of. 



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Machiavellian said:
Pemalite said:


As for China... At the moment there is a massive trade pivot occurring, the world is now start to look towards nations like Vietnam and Malaysia for manufacturing... But India is going to be the go-to, being the counterbalance to China and is also a democracy.
Could be an interesting 10+ years.

I do not believe India will be the go to place for manufacturing.  The reason is cost.  India has prospered and their people are now looking for higher pay because of it.  With higher pay, they do not look as interesting to manufacturing companies looking to keep cost down and margins up.  Instead you will see a bigger push in Africa where there is a huge population where cost is still very cheap.  

Big manufacturing plants are still a long way to go for Africa as a continent. There are only a few countries with a really big population and even less with a decent infrastructure and political stability. Which country in Africa is supposed to produce a huge amount of cars, smartphones or gaming consoles? 

I guess it will still take a few decades to see most African countries to be able to manufacture this stuff in masses for the planet. 



vivster said:

Imagine sitting there and not knowing if the terrorist leader and murderer of hundreds of thousands of people will get that 200k pension and secret service protection for life.

I think the worst part is that he can have I believe one million a year in travel expenses for the rest of his life. Which means he would be able to fly all the freaking time to his golf courses till his death and the public will pay for it^^



Raven said:
KLAMarine said:

White House might have been stormed instead.

Why would Trump incite his own base to attack him? 

Never said he would.



KLAMarine said:
Raven said:

Why would Trump incite his own base to attack him? 

Never said he would.

The left could never storm the White House, they would put actual police there.



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Barozi said:

^ costs aren't everything.
Infrastructure and political stability are huge factors as well. Africa has rather little of that.

Depends on the country, really. Some (actually, most of them) have been very stable now for decades. Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia  for instance are growing quite fast due to foreign investments rising sharply, most of the for manufacturing. For instance, in 2005 Ethiopia had only a GDP of $660 per capita; in 2017 they grew past $2000



Chrkeller said:
Bofferbrauer2 said:

I fear that's on the program for this or next week...

Storming the WH may end up a poor idea.  I'm would guess the armed guards at the WH will not be as easy going as those at the Capital.  

If them coming also with guns, we might end up in a standoff and the debut of a new civil war. I seriously hope not, but with those guys, I can't exclude the possibility.

Also, something being a poor idea has never stopped them so far...



vivster said:
KLAMarine said:

Never said he would.

The left could never storm the White House, they would put actual police there.

Theres black people among them as well. So thats immediately cause for a small army.



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Asshat president gives other asshat the Medal of Freedom behind closed doors.



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