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The demise of the Soviet Union was economic. China, on the other hand, supplies the consumer market in the United States. If the Soviet Union had been a preferred trading partner of the United States, they would probably still be around.

Beating the Chinese with a stick about democracy would require the purchase of the stick from the Chinese. Besides, you democracy requires people to want it, something a few key people seem to have not understood recently.

Food for thought. :-)

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