With more than two billion residents, the world’s most spoken language and a booming economy, China is undoubtedly a rising global superpower. Suddenly America is faced with the prospect of a country whose financial and military power could soon rival its own, prompting many to wonder if China is a friend or foe. Is China really a red flag for the U.S.?
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Is China a Threat to the U.S.?
Not only China
Since we defend individual right so much (sometimes to absurdity) all nations that are up and coming as well as those already established are a threat. Other countries can only not be a threat when we give up the "individual" as the basis for everything and start working on logical global solutions to questions of production of industrial materials and food.
A poorly questioned debate. Lets make a list all the countries that are a threat to us. France, Germany, England, Russia, Saudia Arabia, Canada... OK, I'm not going to type out every nation's name but they all threaten our individuality because we have to place ourselves above them. Let's start debating logical solutions and an attitude of solidarity.
It gets tiring listening to the contradictions presented as logical arguments. For example, our economy is faltering because American workers aren't competitive. So we allowed US businesses to go find cheap labor abroad. Then we criticize other countries for having cheaper labor and being able to undersell us. Somehow, our "stone age" unions don't understand the financial problems of the companies they work for. Give me a break. I have an argument with union politics too. But mine start from solidarity not from selfish self interest. Let automakers and any other industry open up factories in other countries but we should force them to pay those workers in other countries the same wages as our workers make.
In other words there is way to reduce the threat we feel from others but it means we have to work together and put aside our individual selfishness and stop limiting the organization of production to nations. It makes much more sense for our species to organize on a global scale.
- mangueken
November 23, 2008 5:56PM
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