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[–] piratse ago 

To be fair, most of Voat is also financially and economically ignorant. 90% of people I see comment here throw the tired line of "We owe China HURRRRRR amount of money!!! Dey gonna own us!!!" While ignoring that China owes us more than we owe them. I think average people don't understand the scope of economics and just latch on to single or few parts and extrapolate them out over the whole model. Just a little quick note for you goats outside China owing us over $1 trillion: "China depends on the US in a way the US does not depend on China. Nearly 4% of China’s GDP comes directly from exports to the US, while the equivalent figure for the US is less than 1%. There are several other countries that could provide the US with the manufactured goods it gets from China, but China would have real trouble finding an alternative to the US as an export market.