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Originally posted by ahlamalek the continuing decline of the american empire

laughable

You're starting to sound like a certain group of Jews long ago who thought that their leader would throw down the empire of the day.
Enough of my shabby attempt at irony.

But seriously, the two trends of exploding population in the developing world vs. shrinking 'native' population in the developed world will change the structure of economies, governments and lives.
(ie: How safe is a real estate investment? The market is predicated on increasing scarcity of houses. If pop. drops, house values will drop too.)

There seem to be a lot of doomsayers here. I'll write that off to youthful cynicism.

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hehe laugh all you can wurm, i'm not the first one saying that the American empire is on the decline

in 10-12 years, China will have the same GDP as the USA and the Dragon will roar!

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Encirclement is already underway to limit Commie growth.

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Secular Jews have an average of 2 kids per family.

you realize that reading too far into statistics does not help matters. An average is based on everything, does that help because you have certain families with no kids and some with 5 kids, all computed into the avg. Birth rate is on the rise in most places..

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Originally posted by torontotrance you realize that reading too far into statistics does not help matters. An average is based on everything, does that help because you have certain families with no kids and some with 5 kids, all computed into the avg. Birth rate is on the rise in most places..

What?

Yes, you described the function of a mathematical mean.

Would the mode or the median have been more appropriate?

The mean is useful when describing trends occurring over large groups of people.

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i hate stats...grrr....lame course in college

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Birth rate is on the rise in most places..

Where the hell did you get that from?

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Originally posted by Wurm Encirclement is already underway to limit Commie growth.

I know that... but it only proves that the US knows its superiority is coming to an end... hence doing whatever it can now to limit the damage in the future

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Originally posted by ahlamalek I know that... but it only proves that the US knows its superiority is coming to an end... hence doing whatever it can now to limit the damage in the future

Proves nothing!

I could say it shows that the US 'knows' it's more superior, and is using its power to make sure no one even moderately threatens its international position.

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Originally posted by melech_mike Proves nothing! I could say it shows that the US 'knows' it's more superior, and is using its power to make sure no one even moderately threatens its international position.

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Originally posted by melech_mike Proves nothing! I could say it shows that the US 'knows' it's more superior, and is using its power to make sure no one even moderately threatens its international position.

If the US is so "superior",then why the hell would it bother to use its power so that its national position isn't threatened,seeing as there is no threat in the first place?That would only be a waste of resources if you ask me,resources that are desperately needed elsewhere.

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Originally posted by Sand Leaper If the US is so "superior",then why the hell would it bother to use its power so that its national position isn't threatened,seeing as there is no threat in the first place?That would only be a waste of resources if you ask me,resources that are desperately needed elsewhere.

Think of it like this:
You have a multi-billion dollar company that is on top of its game in every aspect right now. It's powerful, respected, and feared... all the good stuff.

Would you insure this company?
Although there is no threat to it at this moment, how do you know what will happen a minute from now. Terror attacks, earthquakes etc...

So just like this company gets insurance to protect it from future loss, so does the US in using its power to set itself up in certain defence positions against future would be "enemies".

These resources may be needed elsewhere, but I hope that you would never think the US would compromise its "insurance", over helping the governments of other nations.

The US administration is thinking more along these lines:
'We need to be assured before we can go out and re-assure others.'

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