Comments by "irresistablejewel" (@irresistablejewel) on "Soviet Union vs China comparison | John Mearsheimer and Lex Fridman" video.

  1.  @wlyiu4057  The growing "communication gap" isn't much to do with race, or racism, it's far more to do with: language; different cultural/moral codes and the mainly Western fascination with money/extracting financial profit. In other words, things don't work the Western way when a country has: a "soft currency"; the state control (not bank control) of finance and the virtual absence of "materialism" (open displays of wealth usually viewed as "crass"), it's minimalist (like the wage scales). So, for example, when: Biden called Xi a dictator; hosting a delegation from China (who were not answering the phone, re Ukraine), that might have appealed to certain America voters, but in other cultures (not just the Chinese one), whether that was true or not (it's not, the "commies" do things through committee) it was highly offensive, fighting talk even! Even in America: inviting someone to your house, then abusing them; would reflect badly on you (It's a lack of awareness, why come back for more?). The gap between the West and East is certainly growing: countries like China; Russia; India and others are moving to do things by their rules (not Western ones; that the West can't seem to follow and disadvantages the non-capitalists); what's more the Western inspired "globalist" economic model doesn't really work for the majority of people here (the rich tend to exploit the poor) or third world nations (the rich exploit the poor). In some ways it's the same communication problem here, not everyone wants to be a millionaire; but being treated as a number; trying to live on minimum wage and seeing people living on the streets (if that's what we are supposed to be fighting for, no way!) With American elections coming up, there will likely be more communication problems, the media have supporters of two parties at each other's throats; there's the problem. The simple message is that if the game is rigged so you can't win; people aren't going to play; they'll do something else (like sharpening pitchforks) While it's very difficult to take my government seriously when they try to lecture others on matters economic; because I wouldn't trust them to run a bath (look at the place). So (from my experience of living and working in America; Russia and China)... the Chinese view war as bad for their kind of business (manufacturing); Russia doesn't care what America says about Ukraine (it's old USSR business, they will deal with) and while American rules may work in America; they don't work elsewhere. Where i feel the American far-right are running into trouble is that they want others to: share their interests; follow their rules; talk the same language (but they don't and won't).
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