Comments by "Pepe Le Pew" (@pepelepew1227) on "VisualPolitik EN" channel.

  1. china is following the footsteps of the west. none of what china does is new, it's the reason for the difficulties in defending your position. think about it, what lesson does the world learn from western imperialism? you can get away with centuries of plunder with the passing of time and media whitewashing. the non-aligned countries know free lunch dont exist. those foreign aid are not charity, they are loans with strings attached to mandatory military purchases (aid diplomacy) as evidenced by a country's current account balance. colonies still exist today in different forms. while the us picks leaders of developing countries, china make friends with whoever is in charge. there is not a need to argue which side is brainwashed. just read more from all sides and remember what you read.
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  2. you should add the afghan govt was elected by only 5% of the population on a 25% turnout. it never had popular support to begin with, hence the corruption because every faction positioned to benefit themselves most. however authoritarian they may be, the taliban is the best bet to uniting the country (by force). for afghans to have a future, a general amnesty must be demonstrated to stem the brain drain. the centuries of wars resulted in millions of afghans abroad, many of them educated. however westernised they are, their presence along with western ideology are something that must be tolerated in order to contribute skills for their home country. these are vital times of the beginning and the taliban need smart minds, western-educated minds to navigate the intricacies of business in order not to get screwed by investors in the long run. nice balanced reporting as always, neutrality is rare these days.
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  3.  @anthonybelyea1964  no he's not. when it comes to rare earth processing, chinese firms have a monopoly. stop being brainwashed and pick up a book. its been in the business news for years. at one point there were voices within japan to declare war on china due to the threat of rare earth export bans.
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  4.  @anthonybelyea1964  i dont think southkorea taiwan singapore china would be what they are today without auhoritarian leaders. democracy serves too many masters and, in poor countries, it leads to corruption because every elected leader wants a bigger slice of the pie. i have seen rapid progress unfold before my eyes under a competent dictator and also see regression under incompetent democracy. democracy is prone to foreign influence and expensive but transition of power is peaceful. dictatorship instills more unity and more efficient but transition is usually bloody. each system has pluses and minuses. with china's feudal history and worship of money, a democracy would see the country's trajectory mimic india's. like i said twice before, pick up a book to lessen the effects of brainwash.
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  5. ban non-deliverable contracts for coffee. prices should be set by supply and demand, not speculative trading.
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  6. what happens when there are no raw material for semiconductors and lithium-ion batteries? pick up a book.
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  7.  @thomasridley8675  why? because xinjiang proves china has an axe to grind with islam? if thats the case, it's best that you stick to cnn because this channel explores both sides of the story.
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  8.  @thomasridley8675  it's well-established china dont interfere with domestic policies that divides locals for generations to come e.g. american invasions always recruit disgruntled minorities. the western mainstream sold the world a propaganda of khalifahs wanting to convert all "infidels" of the world. they dont, they simply wanted foreigners out of their land and unify(subvert) the arab world. countries who respected that (e.g. east asians japan, taiwan, south korea, china etc) see very little suicide bombers.
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  9.  @thomasridley8675  didnt i tell you to stick to cnn? the bias is showing. what do you call the imf & world bank? the institutions imposing austerity to this day which their researchers as early as 2004 said didnt work, that also resulted in privatisation (forced sale) with western multinationals as ultimate beneficiaries (firesale prices or ultra long term natural resource licenses). iirc the world bank president is exclusively american. oow i came from one of the countries the world bank & imf held ransom during the late 90s. nothing china does today is new. even the claim on south china sea is reminiscent to america's unilateral decision to defy the unclos sea boundary, which to this day it's still not a participant to (that also means the us has no right to freedom of navigation under unclos - ofc uncle veto power is an untouchable). stick to cnn and stay white.
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  10.  @thomasridley8675  btw is that your real profile picture? if it is, you might remember the west doing the exact same bs to japan accusing them of currency manipulation, taking away jobs, intellectual property thefts and imperialism (even though the allies imposed restrictions on germany and japan's military size). as far as i see it, the west will denounce any country it sees as a threat. it was the soviet, then japan and today china - a boogeyman for every generation to unite their insecure squabbling citizens. and ofc that "islam will kill every infidel" lie - which tbh the west would have no problems with had they stayed out of the middle east and kept their armies home like the other 190 countries.
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  11.  @thomasridley8675   "money always come with a contract. Sign it or dont. Nobody is forced to take the money." "China is the mafia loan shark" there you go .... stay white stay biased 😅 while you are being brainwashed, here's how the world works: non-desperate countries issue their own bonds while desperate countries go to imf, world bank and adb (china). also privatised industries means most of the profit dont flow back to the govt and, in the case of foreign investors, reflect negatively on the balance of payment. 😅 you are a prime example why the world should adopt eugenics. letting stupid people live to a ripe old age means they spread more stupidity over a longer period of time.
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  12.  @thomasridley8675  going back to your ignorant comment abt china and taliban. when you cant repay loans, it's only natural the collateral is forfeited. but in the case of the west (imf & world bank), they wanted a pro-western leader in charge along with the adoption of western values. china (adb)stops at the collateral and they make friends with whoever is in charge. coming out of a country that had been a victim of imf policies and divisive politics adopted from the western model, i know more than you because you are brainwashed.
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  13.  @thomasridley8675  japan didnt downsize the military on their own accord, it was forced upon them. the nationalist in their congress are fighting over repealing that law. secondly the targeting of japan in the 80s are reminiscent of today's feud with china. it's fear of competition, plain and simple. thirdly the us should look into the history of its own backyard. the world has had enough of american hypocrisy invading others in the pretense of democracy and making friends with despots for convenience. it's shameful the west particularly americans are largely unaware of these incidents. even in afghanistan, presidents were elected only by a mere 5% of the population on a 25% turnout - a puppet govt plain and simple where 90% of aid are spent on hunting the taliban with nothing to show for as this video has indicated. western citizens would be furious had they been the target of this sham instead of sitting on the fence in light of this disgraceful behavior.
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  14.  @thomasridley8675  thats all true but none of that is new. this was what america did to expand to this size e.g. the southwest grab from mexico, the multiple invasion attempt on canada, the usurping of hawaii etc. but that was 100 years ago and if china successfully grab the 9 dash line, nobody will remember by 2100 too. china is an avid student of history ever since a dozen colonies occupied the country (at the same time) and followed the footsteps of the west - the debt trap, ignoring the un, creating border disputes etc. history has taught the world that military might makes right. even the veto powers of the un today are held by the victors of ww2 (the west wouldnt have won without soviet help or china holding down japan).
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  15.  @thomasridley8675  china signed the unclos convention, the us didnt yet make incursions under unclos freedom of navigation. you do realise china is just following the united states in ignoring international conventions, right? might makes right and the big fish doesnt have to listen to the small ones. it's something you also choose to ignore, out of brainwashed patriotism. im not worried abt the china economy. your favorite propaganda the western mainstream has been predicting china's imminent hard landing for 2 decades and it hasnt happened. wall street reports a more balanced view to their wealthy clients with bezos buffett etc making money. the state controls most of the banks backed by foreign reserves 15x larger than the feds on a gdp thats 2/3 of america. authoritarianism has its upside and the prc isnt crashing anytime soon. when incumbents do not worry abt the next election, they can plan long term.
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  16.  @thomasridley8675  because the us is a bully with glaring double standards and tens of millions have suffered for it. why do you act surprised when china follow the footsteps of the us in becoming a regional bully?
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  17.  @thomasridley8675  wow ... you do read cnn all the time. economic setback, sinking islands and electricity shortage....wow the prc is in deep trouble - just one tiny question: why has china's gdp continued to rise every single month in the last 18 months? lets skip the fake statistics rant i know you will engage in. my source is moody's. wow i didnt know mao killed that many. as far as i can recall the spanish flu, swine flu, hiroshima & nagasaki* are all made in america and ofc the killing of natives ... which put america's murder count at more than 150 million people. 😑 *the death toll from nuclear radiation go way beyond japan and are still present to this day in food. any wine expert will tell you the same.
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  18.  @thomasridley8675  after 70 years of endless invasions and countless covert foreign operations, only the brainwashed still think america is the good guy and stand for freedom. julian assange begs to differ.
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  19.  @thomasridley8675  most of the nearly 2 hundred countries on this planet do not meddle in the domestic politics of others. im bored of hearing that "china, soviet, japan, russia is a bigger threat" bs. these are games the superpowers play for global hegemony. these superpowers were former friends who won world war 2 and used the un veto powers to cover up their bad deeds. not one superpower is better than the other and every non-aligned nations need to look after themselves during negotiations. my origin country was on the receiving end of these american games that ended up replacing a stable dictatorship with high growth with a chaotic albeit pro-western democracy, and as a consequence my family fell hard during those times. so dont tell me america is benevolent. but if you want to side with the shade you are born as, thats your choice.
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  20.  @thomasridley8675  just about every country wants a us base? i have heard that bs one too many times 😆😆😆 you are clearly on america's side. countries were invaded and governments toppled precisely because they do not want a us military base on their soil. sure japan and south korea wants one out of direct threat from their neighbors but most dont. the aseans dont, the middle east minus saudi dont and south america certainly dont. america had to pay $1b in rent to the arabs for these bases. the iraqi congress gave the us a formal persona non grata and trump openly refuse to leave - go check his twitter. i didnt even know america could do that....i mean it's their land !!! 😆😆
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  21.  @thomasridley8675   hey did you even know iraq is actually a colony? like literally. not only was the invasion illegal, the geneva conventions and occupation law are broken. the minute america declared victory, the military administrator change the domestic constitution to favor the west among others: 1) all foreigners were exempted from iraqi civil & penal law. this puts every foreigner on equal footing as diplomatic immunity. 2) business disputes with domestic institutions are out of reach of the iraqi jurisdiction. these rules were so outrageous and so scantly covered by the western mainstream that i had them posted on facebook. yet here you are being so brainwashed that you actually think the us is doing one giant favor to the world. 😆😆😆 this is too funny. like i pointed out on my first reply, stick to cnn because visualpolitik is not a channel for one-sided truth.
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  22.  @thomasridley8675  guess who follows america's lead in ignoring the un and other international conventions - china .... who quickly learns military might makes one right. and it too has a un veto power.
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  23.  @thomasridley8675  europe & australia would follow the us narrative blindly just like you did. it's the very definition of being brainwashed like i said abt you right from the beginning. that attitude of bullying is the reason people are rooting for china. not because china is benevolent but more towards keeping the us in check. the global hegemony landscape is going to change in a decade whether you like it or not. africa, south america and even new zealand have started switching sides. unlike japan and soviet, china had too much colonial trauma to bend over and too homogeneous for dissolution.
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  24.  @TUMTUMTUM981  americans are famous for blindly trusting their media. it's the reason they so readily believe the taliban's quick advance is due to afghani corruption & laziness, when in reality the govt was never popularly elected to begin with (only 5% of the population voted on a 25% turnout - a puppet govt). what americans dont realise is their media are transparent only for domestic coverage while toeing the govt line within a tolerance level for geopolitical news. (xinhua & al-jazeera also possess variations of this duality.) a person would need to read what the other side is reporting and intelligent enough to differentiate between fact & opinion, which i doubt these couch potatoes are capable of doing.
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  25.  @thomasridley8675  china dont engage in all that stuff. apples to apples. they are doing an expansionist territory grab like the americans did in the 19-20th century as with america, nobody is going to remember 50 or 100 years later. ps: the civil war wasnt for slave ideology, thats just a rallying cry. it's a territorial grab after the mexican war - the confederates wanted independence
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  26.  @thomasridley8675  im sure china doesnt want to be like the us. interfering with domestic policies was never a chinese thing even going back to the days when zheng he ruled the seas 😆 except in propaganda videos, the us has rarely achieved resounding victory in wars. afghanistan is a great example of that. and typical in american democracies, here comes the excuses of blaming someone else even after 20 years of rule 😆 i dont get why brainwashed westerners are proud of the us military. it's insanely corrupt with trillions of dollars in assets unaccounted for and they are wasting $700 billion annually at the expense of their people - sacrificing teachers, half a million homeless, increasing violent crimes and best of all budget cuts on law enforcement. the us has the spending mindset of kim jong un 😆
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  27.  @thomasridley8675  its funny to see arguments with americans in every forum. every time they accuse another country of some atrocity be it russia china philippines afghans turkey panama or venezuela, the us has done the exact same thing under democracy. ofc the internet is quick to point out the hypocrisies 😅 they are the only citizens with tons of rule governing every walk of life who actually possess the illusion of feeling "free". sad ....
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  28.  @thomasridley8675  it's laughable because you are brainwashed to say so by the media? there are tons of countries out there with very little rules and the rest of the world does not fancy being obnoxious like an american. stop being entitled, travel more and stop buying things you dont need. i live in NEW YORK and your people are lazy. the only undeniable great thing about america is the money. as long as you can save, retiring at 40 is a realistic goal simply because few have the discipline to do that
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  29.  @thomasridley8675  i pay my taxes so i havent lost any right to complain. plus my taxes aint going where it should be - keeping me safe because democracy just so happen to be on the side of giving criminals more rights. the voters down here have few brain cells.
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  30.  @thomasridley8675  ofc i have every right to complain, i didnt come here via the refugee line i came here via the merits of a h1b and survived trump's visa lapse. america is the only country who has the money to make its people happy but instead chose to be like rome. look at your military budget, america engaged in so much war that 1/3 goes to veteran affairs. $50,000 for annual upkeep of criminals? dole that money out in the form of micro-loans and it would have taken at least 3 people off the path of crime. where's the priority? other countries "infringes human rights" because it's cheaper to put out fires that way and they didnt have the money to do things the "western way". except for the few cases where their safety is a concern, do you see many asians picketing like fools for fringe causes? no ! why? because they have priorities.
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  31.  @thomasridley8675  a comp science degree along with the cfa designation and international taxes. like i said, i didnt come here by boat and survived trump's bias out of luck (my sister didnt).
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  32.  @thomasridley8675  i came primarily for the money, it's the #1 reason immigrants anywhere move to a richer country. nobody will refuse to be paid more for doing the same job. somehow a lot of people mistakenly confuse a richer country for a better system. want proof? come to the greatest city in the world. the food & entertainment are great though .... but a superior mindset? nope.
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  33.  @thomasridley8675  our mom raised us to be frugal and experience taught us not to sell anything (and lend to anybody) so we are unscathed throughout the pandemic. together with the chicken joints and rentals back home, i have already reached my retirement goal. i even jokingly told the cfo to fire me when we were doing budgets last year. thanks to my independent wife, i have never been afraid to lose my job and take calculated risks all the time.
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  34.  @thomasridley8675  we are not a miracle story, most people just dont get their priorities straight.
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  35.  @thomasridley8675  i didnt come here by crossing the rio grande. im not one who would be dead or starving instead of living the middle class life in america as cooks housekeepers etc. reserve that condescending tone for the mexicans. my designations are rare and coveted back home - studying is not "luck".
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  36.  @thomasridley8675  nobody with a h1b will starve anywhere else in the world, unlike a h2 visa. find out why.
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  37.  @lukemurray4950  the us will find itself another boogeyman in due time, probably india and there is a million negative things to jeer there. if an old man like thomas couldnt recall japan was once a target of the same negative propaganda during their gdp's meteoric rise, what hope is there for the rest of the world.
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  38.  @thomasridley8675  luke is the second guy in this thread alone who says china is not in afghanistan to control the taliban. he's also the second guy implying you have been brainwashed 😆
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  39.  @thomasridley8675  zero is how much you mean to everyone around you too. that attitude is telling, i bet you do handclaps for attention during conversations.
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  40.  @thomasridley8675  more handclaps i see 😆 stick to cnn gramps, thats all you are good for. leave the geopolitics to the proper educated. pretty sad to live this old only to be a victim of propaganda.
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  41.  @thomasridley8675  it's the whole point of privacy gramps. you dont even know why your profile is telling 😆 it's the combination of those groups you identify with, the beliefs are contradictory. people are what they are based on individual circumstances. keep clapping for attention 😅
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  42.  @thomasridley8675  you are welcomed to pose that question to fellow americans .... as a self-admitted liberal 😂 and that ladies and gentlemen is contradiction #1
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  43.  @thomasridley8675  it's the combination of contradicting beliefs thats telling, not just one of them. besides you will be 6ft under long before liberal idealism prevails and as an atheist none of that matters (contradiction #2). once again you are more than welcomed to ask the average american on their illogical view of privacy - that would be my answer to your simplistic query.
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  44.  @thomasridley8675  the liberal idealism is on steroids just like it was with communism. it's an implosion, not an improvement. those changes liberals demand today has an implicit assumption the state has unlimited money to spend.
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  45.  @thomasridley8675   which part of my post equate liberalism with communism? you simply saw what you wanted to jump on the "mistake" .... another sign of contradiction 😆 funny i have never gotten a single dollar of benefits handouts in my life. not here, not back home. probably the reason im all for frugality and common sense.
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  46.  @thomasridley8675  every step to enforce the american-style of liberalism cost money. oow you didnt realise that? money dont grow on trees you know. it's also the reason america bullies the world under the guise of liberalism and guess what ...most countries cant afford that.
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  47.  @FarBetterThanIDeserve  abt the idea generation part predicted by lee kuan yew, it hasnt manifested so far though it probably will in the future when gdp per capita is >$20k. yes net benefit will increase with critical mass but population growth also comes with a greater social cost - the poor tend to breed more. what singapore do is import the good ones (intelligence, grit, wealth) hoping they will integrate by the second generation. im not worried abt the doom-and-gloom reports abt china, the west has upped that ante since 2010. a few examples: the "war" on megacompanies are abt antitrust and deleveraging that started in 2016 (re: overcapacity) which would be good for long term growth. aging demographics is being countered by a 3-child policy just enacted a few months ago. judging from the population pyramid, there will be a 10 year imbalance gap but china has a great savings rate to tide them over and most of the non-financial debt mentioned in this video .... are mortgages (which ties a person down).
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  48. how do you know he is? is there a handbook for the water army thats translated in english because it looks like you cant read mandarin. the rare earth specialty is a well-known fact within the industry including purchasing department who needs these materials. you got the improvement on pollution part wrong too 😆like i said, pick up a book
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  49.  @anthonybelyea1964   @Anthony Belyea  your name doesnt have a tick next to it, nobody knows your real name either and it has nothing to do with topic. standing up for china does not mean they are paid. if you like being brainwashed, thats your problem. people living in glass houses shouldnt throw stones - low iq should get off the internet and bring back eugenics. pick up a book 😆
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  50.  @anthonybelyea1964  germany wouldnt be where they are today without nazi's rapid industrialisation for global dominance. neither would japan. china's challenge towards the superpowers is good for the rest of the world, giving an alternative for allegiance. i know you are brainwashed to believe in the american way of life but i dont because i see things for what they are. china is no more evil than the western superpowers, merely following the latter's footsteps. none of their tricks are new or original.
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