Read more Beijing says US ‘blatantly bullying’ Chinese companies as sanctions against major chip maker loom Yglesias frets that against the burgeoning numbers of Chinese – 1.4 billion to be exact – the United States is just a “little dog” on the block. That distinction goes to China, the rising superpower of the East that is just begging for an American response. Russia will be relieved to know that in this latest American ‘crisis’ it is not the arch villain. The author has a quintessentially liberal solution for reaching that astronomic number – “more immigrants and more programs to support people who want … additional children.” What emergency could be so pressing that the United States needs another 700 million Americans vying for living space on an already crowded planet? Spanking the dragon The premise is simple to the point of absurdity, and I quote: “To stay on top, we probably need to grow the country threefold – to one billion Americans.” ‘One Billion Americans’ by Vox journalist Matt Yglesias promises to be that book. Occasionally a book comes along that captivates the imagination of the establishment gatekeepers less by the intellectual foundation upon which it is built than by its extreme ideological tilt. The argument carries a number of dangerous trapdoors that need to be exposed. In a book to be released this month, a controversial case is presented for America reasserting itself on the global stage by sheer numbers alone.
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