Comment Re:A big boat! (Score 2) 116
The Panama Canal is being expanded to handle larger ships. These are "superpanamax".
In the US, harbors are in the middle of legal entanglements by environmentalists to deepen harbors by 5 feet to handle them, 7+ year battles, longer than the canal took.
Meanwhile, China is building an even bigger canal for even bigger ships.
The center of empire has shifted. The empire that keeps the trade routes open prospers. An empire that turns to lording over its own people falters.
Goodnight, Irene. Your kids will live in an economically broken.1984-like panopticon state ruled by populist memes.
Words don't matter. Actions and history do.