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Incoming US Secretary of State
Marco Rubio has said:
"that in less then 10 year China will rule everything:
"If we stay on the road we are on right now - in less than 10 years, virtually everything that matters to us in life will depend on whether China allows us to have it or not."
Happening far quicker than my Dad said is would.
Xi Jinping is hugely popular within the CCP having basically eradicated corruption from the base up while creating a consumer economy.
And China hasn't started any wars
When China sneezes the world catches a cold.
When the previous idiotic conservative Aust government insulted China over wine imports China froze Oz out resulting in catastrophic losses in 100s of vineyards.
Now repaired by the current government the export to Chine wine trade business is booming
In Trump's previous term he imposed tariffs on China who then dropped US Soya Bean imports devastating the US industry. China turned to South America who now control the market.
Whatever happened to let's work with them instead of against them? Even Putin understands this. If every Chinaman jumps up and down at the same time it will cause a Tsunami that would engulf the West. Allegedly. Thst's power for you.
Downing Street Cat wrote: Whatever happened to let's work with them instead of against them? Even Putin understands this. If every Chinaman jumps up and down at the same time it will cause a Tsunami that would engulf the West. Allegedly. Thst's power for you.
I doubt you could organize for them to all jump at the same time but it would be interesting.
It's so difficult to try and comprehend the sheer humanity and how so many people can co-operate in the vast China experiment.
In the 70s my father was teaching young Chinese students about western banking. What amazed him was the cleverness of his students who he said picked up and absorbed knowledge in half the time western students did.
He once had lunch with an "anti-establishment" Chinese activist who somehow was tolerated because he was a major pop star..
The activist had concluded that despite his calls for "freedom" he really didn't think China could be governed any other way than by Communism.
He also went out to regions and encountered vast cities and met local "governors" who would had control over a mere 200 million people.
## It's in your library:
a very interesting book is "I'm Coming To Take You To Lunch" by Simon Napier Bell (JK is bound to know him)
It's about his successful 3 years effort to get WHAM as the first western band to appear in China.
Very much confirms things my father said about how complicated it is to do business in China.
Downing Street Cat wrote: Whatever happened to let's work with them instead of against them? Even Putin understands this. If every Chinaman jumps up and down at the same time it will cause a Tsunami that would engulf the West. Allegedly. Thst's power for you.
Did you know if everyone on earth farted at the same exact second it would cause such a wind that the earth would blow out of its orbit direct into the sun within the week and explode so fiercely the sun would expand to become a red giant. True you know, not alleged. Physics and all that!
Rich wrote: Downing Street Cat wrote: Whatever happened to let's work with them instead of against them? Even Putin understands this. If every Chinaman jumps up and down at the same time it will cause a Tsunami that would engulf the West. Allegedly. Thst's power for you.
Did you know if everyone on earth farted at the same exact second it would cause such a wind that the earth would blow out of its orbit direct into the sun within the week and explode so fiercely the sun would expand to become a red giant. True you know, not alleged. Physics and all that! That would take some organisation. 59813
BRICS will shake up the world just as the UK leaves the power of the EU.
Perhaps Trump is wise to curry favour with Putin.
Putin called in about 100 Oligachs years ago and told them to pledge him unfettered support and they could operate freely. A few who didn't had "accidents".
I'm not sure though that Trump can rely on Musk who seems to be very chaotic with little understanding how power works.
Some of Trump's appointments are real loons guaranteed to cause him problems.
I believe Elon thinks his enormous wealth protects him from window falls.
## Guaranteed that Putin is easily as wealthy as the top mega billionaires.
Downing Street Cat wrote: We shall see GM. Prepared to give him chance. But he needs to drop Musk.
I disagree Cat, my daughters are American. I care more about America than the UK. Even Ireland is fucked to buggery.
The UK had their chance of Utopia but ended up Dystopia. The USA is the last country in the West that must not collapse. However it's starting to since Biden. If anything happens to Trump, we are very close to a NWO.
Green Man wrote: Downing Street Cat wrote: We shall see GM. Prepared to give him chance. But he needs to drop Musk.
I disagree Cat, my daughters are American. I care more about America than the UK. Even Ireland is fucked to buggery.
The UK had their chance of Utopia but ended up Dystopia. The USA is the last country in the West that must not collapse. However it's starting to since Biden. If anything happens to Trump, we are very close to a NWO.
Nothing will change my mind on that Cat.
So a 'utopia' is cutting welfare and medicare and slashing taxes for the wealthiest? Okay.
Downing Street Cat wrote: Green Man wrote: Downing Street Cat wrote: We shall see GM. Prepared to give him chance. But he needs to drop Musk.
I disagree Cat, my daughters are American. I care more about America than the UK. Even Ireland is fucked to buggery.
The UK had their chance of Utopia but ended up Dystopia. The USA is the last country in the West that must not collapse. However it's starting to since Biden. If anything happens to Trump, we are very close to a NWO.
Nothing will change my mind on that Cat.
So a 'utopia' is cutting welfare and medicare and slashing taxes for the wealthiest? Okay.
What's truly scary is that there are now tens of millions of Americans who seem oblivious to various oppressive style of governments , who think the US is now "communist".
Yet they really are facing Fascism under Donald Trump with a billionaire Oligarchy ..just as Hitler had in the 30s, supporting him.
Since the greatest US president FDR adopted classic Kensyeian policies (that also saved a bankrupt Britain after WW2) the US has had a Capitalist system with large doses of social welfare policies that rocketed multi millions of people into the Middle Class and made the US fabulously wealthy. Until Reagan came along.
Downing Street Cat wrote: It's what Trump and Musk are doing GM. Screwing the 99%...
I make a bet with you if you like. If the economy is stronger, Yanks are better health, health foods affordable and Medicare covers more than it under Biden. You owe me. How does that sound?
I don't believe much from the newspapers, only the price tag.