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Originally Posted by El Blanco
The Old Guard of the Moa Communists is dying off. The new leaders are realizing the benefits of a capitalist society and why its a good idea to play nice with th rest of the world. Any military build up can be attributed for wanting to project power to protect their interests.
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I think they are learning the benefits of a heavily state-monitored free market, what it can produce, what it can get you, particularly since wages remain low, rights remain low, free press remains nada, etc.
I think Eye Tie is right about the threat China poses compared to that of terrorism. Don't get me wrong, I think the latter is a crucial struggle, but it may end up hurting us in terms of where we stand against China. China is bouncing all around the world, locking up resources for their production needs, and they're flaunting their military might just a bit to show that they can protect those resources. So their navy sucks
now, they only have some of the brightest minds in the world, along with millions of people to toss into it.
We are distancing ourselves from states that support terrorism, and demanding that they clean up their act. Our relationship with Uzbekistan (rightfully, IMO) has become jeopardized due to their terrible human rights record. But China isn't squeemish about picking up where we've left off. They've embraced Uzbekistan, they've embraced Mugabe, and they'll go wherever the advantage is.
I don't think we need to nuke China, but we do need to encourage some kind of a progressive movement
within China, similar to our own of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Capitalist production needs to go along with a free press, civil rights, workers rights, environmental protections, and all of the other annoying stuff that might impede China from just growing and growing and growing.....
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