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    RL>  AT> What would happen if their economy collapsed? I think the worst that   
    RL>  AT> could happen to them is they lose a bunch of money, and take it out o   
    RL>  AT> other people afterwards. But I'd expect them to bounce back.   
    RL>    
    RL> It's at a point now where I think the result would be like the "opium   
    RL> war" or "Boxer Rebellion" that China had back in the late 1800's (not   
    RL> the 1966 Cultural Revolution).   
    RL>    
    RL> This war was primarily against the West selling opium in China, but they   
    RL> expanded to a complete rejection of **all** "western" things and a   
    RL> return to the "old" Chinese way of doing things.   
      
   That sounds responsible (not getting to that point, but to return to old ways.)   
      
   Globalism was never a good idea. Selling stuff to people in other countries   
   who want what you've got a surplus of sounds good, but it leads to other   
   problems. Seclusion is the way to go.   
      
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