China would LOVE to see Israel and Us - US hit. They would reap the spoils of a conversion from a superpower founded in Liberty to a nation reeling with a paranoid Monster as President. They could then spread the “wonder of Mao” to the rest of the free nations and re-order human existence from a celebration of individual prosperity to a state of collective misery.
In fact, the decadent West is ironically reminiscent of 18th and 19th century China, so encumbered by decadence that it was unable of prevent small European nations from picking its bones, forcing it to accept European laws, carving off chunks of China--e.g. Hong King, Macau, etc.--to use as they pleased.
If anyone understands the cycles of ascendancy and decadence, it's the Chinese.
And the Muslim world, only a short time ago, was similarly taken over and divided up by European nations, who, today, lack the will even to survive!
So decadent are Europeans that they cannot prevent Arabs and their agents from moving in and taking over the entire continent.
Russia's dwindling population is hoping against hope that the Chinese and the Muslims won't divide Russia between themselves like Hitler and Stalin divided Poland.
Right now the Chinese, the Iranians, and the Arabs are doubled over with laughter! Slapping their knees! Falling all over each other! Quoting Charles Krauthammer in Mandarin and Arabic! (See tagline.)
Do not buy Made in China.
Since I moved, I have been replacing stuff that I sold and buying stuff that I need. I have gone ahead and paid more for a lot of items because it did not have Made in China on it. It is hard, because a lot of crap is made there. Like, the rings for my shower curtain. Everyone I looked at was made in China. I could have shopped harder for them, but I wanted to shower or should I say, I needed to shower :-)
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