[Askel5]

And by the West ignoring/missing these things, the West is full of idiots.

If you place your faith in the "saving graces of Western materialism", you're prone to all sorts of errors in judgment.

Such as not realizing that perhaps a deal is too good to be true.

(See also, "Trade with China".)

[enrg]

If you place your faith in the "saving graces of Western materialism", you're prone to all sorts of errors in judgment.

Such as not realizing that perhaps a deal is too good to be true.

Agreed.

But is everything else I said what the article is attempting to state or did i read it wrong?