What is truly sad, is that it is an unintended result of our otherwise civilian manufacturing being exported to China, which is I believe creating a more dangerous China.
China and America have a differing view of equality.
America sees equality as a good thing. Most everything we do, is focused on it, and it is a cornerstone of how we look at the world.
China by contrast is not focused on equality. To China, how you great someone is dependent upon your relative status.
Up until now, America’s relative status to China has been high. The has meant that China has behaved this way.
Americans have (incorrectly) presumed this means the Chinese are our buddies.
Now I am not saying the Chinese can’t be our buddies. In fact I think there are very real things we hold in common. But we will see as China increases in relative power, the behavior of the country will also change.
China has five times America’s population.
We need to take China much more seriously than we do, and we also need to compete with China.
Bring back manufacturing from China.
Stop sending our manufacturing there.
I’m serious.
America needs to build up our own nation.
You bet. The Russians at least did not pay for the Japanese fleet that eventually defeated them.
But today the USA is shoveling money over to China. And China is converting a good amount of that money into modern armaments.
But who cares? Because of China I can buy a hammer for $2 instead of $3. However, I suspect that my grandchildren will have to care about China's rise, and care very much.