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Paul, a very interesting synopsis and essay whilst underscoring a major point.. that being it was the U.S government that aided and abetted the rise of China, however the most salient point that you missed, albeit vaguely touched upon your comment regarding 66 billionaires residing the U.S when this all began, was that your government was merely acting as the vehicle on behalf of the main protagonists responsible for the denigrating of U.S manufacturing …. the Owners of the many companies that transferred and outsourced American jobs to China.

It is these people who are primarily responsible for the decline, nay, eliminating and hollowing out of the U.S middle and lower classes…

These assholes in order to enrich themselves by saving on the wages costs and especially the future wage costs plus the prospects of earning extra pennies per unit of goods sold, assiduously lobbied the U.S government via your representatives in both the House and Senate to fulfil that wet dream.. making extra pennies on the dollar and increasing their profits by eliminating American jobs outsourcing whilst still having the gall to represent their products as American… now that is truly sick.

Latterly these same assholes have petitioned and lobbied your government again via your treasonous representatives in both the house and senate, essentially a full court press, to open your borders and bring in millions of young migrants to staff the factories they plan on reopening given the geo political machinations and anti China rhetoric and anathema that has been the main discourse of late…

They, these miscreant owners, many of them billionaires, fund managers, investment management companies, private equity essentially now refuse to pay a living wage to American workers in the factories that are to be on-shored from China, a situation as bizarre and a dichotomy from events 1990 - accelerated Clinton, through recent years, worse, after treating Americans in this crass and brazen manner, they then rely and depend upon them to buy their crap, all whilst lobbying for migrants to be allowed into the nation in droves, the plan being the migrant community they know and have schemed can readily be manipulated and will accept below average wages… to undertake the work Americans ought be doing but would t do at the slave rates they will offer… it is a cynical, demented scheme done without cognisance or giving a damn for their fellow Americans or the nation… for them it’s all about ka Ching, ka Ching, dollars baby, growing wealth… well the filthiest dirtiest pox on that I say…

Americans still hold the greatest leverage and power, their pocketbooks, close them I say, boycott every single corporate that treats an American worker in such a brutal way, let these assholes realise with their share prices tanking, sales ledgers falling into decline that the American populace will not condone nor support any entity, or owner, shareholders who undertake such economic and national malfeasance, note the Congress men and women the senate members who advocate and support policies antithetical to American jobs, employment and thus security…

Finally, I refute your comments about China being thieves, they have done economically espionage no worse than any western nation, what you cannot deny however is their undoubted education system that churns out well qualified graduates in a number of disciplines by the millions vs the Wests hundreds of thousands per annum… apply that brain power to R and D and little wonder they are making huge strides in the high tech sector across so many strata… we need to be careful of just shooting barbs without being truly cognisant of all of the facts.

On my many trips up to China, I can assure you it is not a nation built upon the need to steal I.P or copyright from others, far from it, the6 are an industrious, inventive highly educated people’s deserving in my view of due recognition for so much that they, through hard work and endeavour achieved… space limitations unfortunately prohibit from detailing just a few of the more exceptional examples… but rest assured there is much they have developed of real benefit to the industrialised world… just saying… but an excellent piece, Paul, truly enjoyed it.

Kia Kaha from New Zealand

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Herb's avatar

We need more truth tellers like you Paul. There are many, but far more are needed now to WAKE UP our sleeping, complacent, voting citizens. Maybe we haven't hit a collective "bottom" yet...

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