ryan_mcbain

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20%
Yes
Apr 17, 2025 to Oct 17, 2025
80%
No
Apr 17, 2025 to Oct 17, 2025
Why do you think you're right?

I think the decision is highly contingent on how destabilized the global economy is, the extent to which the current administration's institutes a tariff regime, and other countries' responses. 

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Why might you be wrong?

I expect may assigned probability to "yes" is higher than the average person's--simply because a direct invasion or attack would be unprecedented in recent history, apart from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. I think any attack by China would not be a direct power grab; it would need an opportunistic rationale. 

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