Comments by "Al Loomis" (@alloomis1635) on "Cyrus Janssen"
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it's true, the 2nd amendment offers a protection against government, and i would support holding on to it. unfortunately, it doesn't work. usa society accepts the ideas of capitalism, and poverty, gun crime and pervasive drug crime result. in principle, having a judge stand between arrest by the government and the individual is a good idea, but somehow the rich get away with fraud more often than the poor.
most chinese seem well- satisfied with their government, and it's not just the current prosperity. that's clearly helpful, but i lived there in the 90's and everyone was uncertain about the future, but most thought the central committee had the situation under control. deng xiao ping is never going to be the giant figure that was mao, but his guidance was the second half of the modern resurgence of china, they should put his picture beside mao on tiananmen.
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it's very easy to lie and spread lies on the web, everyday there is a new 'private' blog denigrating china. but reality is still available, because of genuine private channels such as this one.
it is not difficult to spot the real evil, just look at the objective news: 'iranian government officer [and several bystanders] murdered by drone.' 'venezuelan trade interdicted by us navy' and of course there is the 16 year occupation of iraq, floating on a monstrous lie.
i decided, back in vietnam days, that the government of my native land was entirely in the hands of sociopathic monsters who would hang if they did not direct the biggest military establishment in the world. if anything it has gotten worse, frequently shameless and unrestrained in their crimes.
saves a lot of thought. usa--- bad! anyone else, possibly good, certainly not as bad.
'On 3 January 2020, a United States drone strike near Baghdad International Airport targeted and killed Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani while he was purportedly planning to meet Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi in Baghdad.'
when did public murder become an acceptable tool of foreign affairs?
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you may not know, but speaking chinese is no big deal. not only are there lots, and lots, of chinese, but more, and more, non-chinese see it in their personal interest to speak mandarin, and the good news, it's easier than french, or even spanish.
simplest structure of any major language, very few anomalies, no sounds that are hard for english speakers.
tones? well, do yer best and they will probably understand, and smile politely. musical people will catch on, the rest of us just plod on.
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does biden run usa? unlikely. but whoever is calling the shots is no patriot. they are protecting wealth corporate and private, at whatever cost.
bad luck for the serfs, but their control over public affairs is nil. ironic in view of the continual reference to 'democracy.' which they have never had, the elite having grasped the principle of newspeak and doublethink way ahead of orwell.
there is no 'good guy' in this struggle, but prc is being directed for the improvement of the nation, with visible and remarkable results. doubly admirable since being accomplished in the face of fear and hatred from the evil empire and its clients.
will they win? good guys always win, since winners define good guys.
virtue has little place in human affairs. 20 years from now, the struggle may still be visible, if nuclear warfare is avoided.
alas, usa has demonstrated a willingness to exterminate cities, russia and prc will certainly strike back.
interesting times...
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i am convinced that humanity can only survive if we establish democracy widely, since it is visibly clear that elite rule creates sociopathic rulers. threat of war and now climate catastrophe comes with them.
prc is about as far from democracy as you can get, without lapsing into psychotic society. even so, i find myself agreeing with their government, in its struggle with the usa. in spite of the pretense to democracy, usa is, in fact, psychotic. a danger to us all.
and there is nothing to be done, no cure. we must walk a tight-rope between submission, and triggering nuclear war. 'we,' of course, is primarily the managers of prc.
i'm sure xjp takes great satisfaction in being the current great helmsman. but, how well does he sleep?
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usa was never designed to be well-run. the people who designed the usa, chiefly james madison, wanted a nation that was static. slave plantation grandees were on top, and he did all he could to make sure it stayed that way for as long as possible.
with great success, 4 of the first 5 presidents were those grandees, and the 5th promised not to rock the slave ship.
but after the civil war, slavery was illegal, but the management of the nation was locked away from the people, still.
the constitution has precluded good management, on purpose. the rich were meant to rule from the beginning, and still do- it's not an accident.
so, in 20 years, prc has come from nowhere to 2nd biggest economy in the world, while usa has decayed.
any oligarchy will decay, since predation is much easier than development, and the desire to enrich one's children regardless of their capabilities means too much development money is in the hands of selfish and greedy incompetents.
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well, a golf pro would be a very unthreatening ambassador, and a very typical feature of the emergence of a cosmopolitan middle class in prc.
they aren't a communist nation, anymore. barely socialist. better to think of them as a new mandarinate, educated professionals who claim to rule the nation as the inheritors of marx, lenin, mao and deng. no tincture of democracy, nor ever likely to be, but a much better sample of china than the usa politician rulers, whose only expertise is lying, bribery and the occasional brief career in law. cp-prc is trying to control corruption, with some success, future may be less rosy.
right now they are running china very well, and tired old usa can not compete. so usa will consider going to war, that is their only remaining strong point. i hope prc is strong enough to dissuade them. there would be no winners.
the recent asean treaty shows that china's neighbors are at least remaining neutral, and even oz and japan want a piece of the pie, while conspiring to throttle china with military strictures.
interesting times.
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there is no clear path to peace. the usg reacts as the great commercial forces of the usa direct, and they fear declining wealth, since it is already clear that usa iis losing market dominance. similar conditions led to ww2, and usa is in the habit of using military force to shape and control world markets.
i think, i hope, prc is already strong enough to deter actual war by the principals, but peripheral wars are certain. venezuels remains under immediate threat, iran is struggling under sanctions, but recent contracts with china and russia may relieve the stress.
the usa people are going to solve nothing. they have no power to direct their nation. they have heard of democracy, but prefer to be ruled by politicians, acting for plutocrats. they are not citizen quality people. sorry, mr janssen, you don't have the power to ease tension, and those who do, don't want to.
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khomeini characterized the usa with the phrase 'great satan.' it seemed accurate at the time, if a bit florid- i'm not religious. but he was right enough, usa seeks profit through murder, piecemeal and wholesale. so, while i applaud any effort to educate ordinary usans in understanding prc, i am inclined to think it will not change the nature of usa politicians and public officials. there is also a great number of ordinary usans who are simply sociopaths, unfussed at murder done abroad is search of a market. you won't meet them on this site, i suppose, but they make their presence known elsewhere on the web.
as a simple example, consider the presence of usa in iraq and afghanistan, sanctions on iran and venezuela [plus a coup attempt!] and the continuing story of cuba.
and there's plenty of sordid history in south and central america.
so i wonder if becoming friends with the great satan is suitable to people striving for ethical life. shouldn't we be attempting to sanction usa?
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only the swiss have any kind of democracy, flawed and being degraded by being encircled by eu.
many usa states have some or all the attributes of democracy, except the vital one of independence.
usa is an elective oligarchy, not a democracy. the politicians tend to be rich, and usually in the service of wealth, private or corporate, so it can be called a functional plutocracy.
prc doesn't pretend to be a democracy. it is an oligarchy, dependent on the pla for its authority.
even so, for historical reasons, the central committee tends to look after the welfare of nation and people much better than usa. because initially 'communist,' the whole world was their enemy, and the strength of the nation was the only defense of the party.
the chinese people are not citizens, merely civilians. they play no role in the management of the nation, much less direct it.
this equally true of all nations, except the swiss.
why then, is 'democracy' claimed and discussed?
because applying the word 'democracy' to all those varieties of oligarchy has killed the meaning of the word, and reduced chances of the people organizing to get democracy. it works wonderfully well.
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you are wrong, mr janssen, to blame corrupt politicians. they are what they are because to social/political structure selects them. hyenas are unlovable, and watching them may disturb the softhearted. they are the politicians of the veldt. politician and hyena both evolve from nature.
this should be obvious to all. the nation was born to protect slavery, enable expropriation of the natives, and ensure the rule of the rich. the constitution reflects those goals, and guides the character of the nation.
the rich are entitled, the politicians crooked, the people cynical and frustrated, and frequently desperate, whence the shooting eruptions.
there is no quick and easy cure. in my view, there is no cure at all. there is no non-violent way to make massive change, and neither is there sufficient leadership in view to undertake radical change.
as a nation, you will follow rome into decay and history. please don't destroy the earth on the way out.
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you are on the side of the angels, more or less, but the devil bats first, last, and when he wants.
greed and arrogance characterize every elite, and the usa version has overwhelming military power to support its masters.
if sanity prevails and war is prevented, prc may come to be the most powerful nation. at present, that seems like the best situation available. usa must be humbled, if we are to survive.
but prc is human too, so this can only be a reprieve, not a solution.
we must get democracy as the only possibility of establishing a balance with nature and population. elites must always have 'more,' citizens can be satisfied with 'enough.'
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