"Good ol boys" like myself?
I'm Minnesotan. Uffda.
As it is, I would much rather see the US remain the Arsenal of Democracy, than see it knuckle under to the Arsenal of Maoism.
Hint: many Chinese want to come to the States, and then stay. Happens with people from all over the world. Very few want to go to the Third-World economic disaster sites like China.
Cheers!
I'm Minnesotan. Uffda.
I believe the good ol boys are in all parts of the country. But you maybe right, a co-worker of mine (an African American) years ago told me I needed to be a little more mindful who I referred to as a good ol boy and said I didn't know what a good ol boy was until I lived in the deep South :) So, I take him at his word. He was from Mississippi.
As it is, I would much rather see the US remain the Arsenal of Democracy, than see it knuckle under to the Arsenal of Maoism.
You'll find more Maoist outside of China than inside China. And greater numbers in countries that have less people than some of China's cities. But most Chinese want a deterent force, but they in no way want to compete with the US in that area. Americans seem to value fatigues more than Chinese do. Chinese value the lab coat and business suit. So, I think there should be no disagreements. However, over the course of the next 4-5 decades, it will be increasingly taxing for Americans to keep that edge as China industrializes.
Hint: many Chinese want to come to the States, and then stay. Happens with people from all over the world. Very few want to go to the Third-World economic disaster sites like China.
I have no misgivings about China, I know they are still relatively poor. But I also know my history. Ireland was once one of the poorest country in Europe, along with Italy and Spain. Yet, today, those countries are classiefied as developed nations. Many came to the US to excsape their impoverished homeland. This was also true with Japan and more recently with South Korea (less Koreans are immigrating to the US than just a couple decades ago). South Korea is teetering on being classified as a developed nation, and yet, 50 years ago, it was an improverished agricultural society.
Heck, even the Scandanavians and Germans came over in large numbers (in the 1800's). So what assumption can we say about the homeland they left behind?
China is changing, so much so, that half the world's construction now occur in China. And I'm convinced, over the next decade and half, more than half the world's construction will occur. Some reverse migration is already happening with Chinese immigrants (the youth anyway).