Posted on 03/15/2021 11:46:58 AM PDT by Hojczyk
But maybe so. David Goldman foresees China vastly outstripping America because it is a merciless meritocracy whereas America increasingly is at war with that very idea (the NFL and other sports leagues excepted). America will no longer offer, as an alternative to China, “a democratic meritocracy that rewards achievement while honoring the rights of the individual.” And since “meritocracy will win, because it always does, and all the more so in a high-tech, winner-take-all world,” the Chinese version of it — “a merciless meritocracy that treats the losers like so much detritus” — will prevail in the absence of a different version.
I was particularly struck by this passage in Goldman’s piece:
China graduates six times as many STEM students as we do. A third of undergrads major in engineering vs 5%-6% in the U.S. China’s educational system, to be sure, favors the grind who memorizes exam answers over the maverick who asks deep questions. As we turn our schools into ideological indoctrination centers, though, what kind of creative minds will survive them?
U.S. education, at least at the K-12 level, has long been less rigorous not just than China’s but than that of advanced European nations, too. Our competitive advantage has been the fostering of creativity and at the university level.
But, as Goldman makes clear, that advantage is being squandered by ideological indoctrination, including at universities. This probably means we will be left disadvantaged across the board. And, if so, probably doomed.
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Just finished 2034, a novel about the next world war. Interesting. Suggest it for all interested in the topic.
Well then, how does the CCP fix their problem of tens of millions of very unhappy unemployed Chinese? My guess: War. DING!
Tough times if one doesn’t have that hope.
Too bad. You Texans should have never joined the US and remained an autonomous nation. With your resources and traditional values (Austin excluded), you would have been bigger than California. Traditional patriots would have been flocking to you long ago and Austin would have not occurred. Texas was my last hope. Oh well.
In the end, this tragedy will eat all of the Woketopians also.
Amen to that. I played this on my phone while driving home last night:
Days of Elijah (great song - last 1/2 is especially awesome)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIbVn67tjCA
It’s all over but the shooting.
And yes, there WILL be shooting.
I would say that it died when the Kenyan was somehow elected in 2008, but evidence of the fading existence go back way before that. FDR, Johnson, Clinton - many just in my lifetime (no, I wasn’t around for FDR)...
Quite possibly the first POTUS candidate in history to be endorsed by his opponent.
Yes, it was. At 71, I feel fortunate to experience the best that a society can be, even with it's flaws, which were corrected. I also feel fortunate that I was allowed as a stupid biker at 25 to join the US Navy. It was the most rewarding time of my life, while being targeted by Soviet subs.
Now that the USA is heading towards socialism/communism, I cry for the Country I once knew that I defended against such. Glad I'm on the home stretch. I'm really curious what is beyond the checkered flag.
I’m a few years behind ya friend
Keep looking up!
Luke 21:34-36
That can’t be right — if it were, thousands of heavily-armed troops would have to be stationed in Washington, to secure the Capitol and White House.
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Oh!? Wait a minute ... just forget what I said.
Yes but we are way ahead in the amount of dancing around in TV commercials.
Exactly. In November it turned into a One Party state. The GOP is just too stupid to know their gig is up.
I got peace when I let the USA go, and put my eyes on the Kingdom. I realized my 20 years in the Marines was a complete waste of time, amounting to pissing my life away.
China is a meritocracy? You mean that the strongest slaves get fed? The others, too young, too old, not indoctrinated, all can starve. Ah, the wonderful world of FASCISM!
When you elect Godless, corrupt, cowardly people, you end up with tyranny. Here we are. It’s done.
The first crack appeared on June 5, 1933.
All downhill from there.
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