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I guess you are covering all your bases ? It's the kneeling and cow towing to the guy up front that made me an agnostic plus a knowledge of history of the cruelty and absurdity of religion.

Ever reached the Raffles Hotel ? The humidity and heat got me down a bit.

Sounds like a big tax overhaul is needed. The point of Chinese overtaking English is interesting. When I worked in Hong Kong the guy from Shanghai had to talk to the local guys from Canton in .....you guessed it, English ! China is really about 5 major different countries with dozens of others...

A lot of craftsmen who made things like cutlery, linen, woollens etc. were put out of business in the 19th century by machines and mass production. Much the same as US and Europe were easy targets for low wage economies later.

Some manage to achieve this.

The rich are draining the country's industries on huge wages while the people at the bottom are having to work 2 jobs to pay all the bills. Unfair or what.

Mostly people disliked being mugged, defrauded etc. I guess you are an exception ?

Some of the so called advanced countries could learn a lot from Singapore on how to run a country. No gangsters, feral underworld types, beggars etc.

He is always smart enough to let others take the fall. How many times has he been bankrupted and still keeps his billions ? What a system ! It encourages crooks.

Good ole pump and dump. The clown in the White House makes it even easier.

Of course Ronald could on a whim banish technology as the work of the devil or something. That would mean jobs for all but life like the Amish. Well he is daft enough !

Not all protectionism is bad imho. For instance as far as I know the patents registered are open to anyone who cares to look except a few on the secret list. This could be changed to anyone wishing to inspect patents must get the patent holder's permission first. Might stop a lot of the copying...

Globalisation is going to happen more and more even if the US pulls up the barriers for a while. The rest of the world is keen to expand trade and cultural ideas. The US can do what it did in the 1930s and turn in on itself if the POTUS wants. Nobody much cares. Other countries will be delighted...

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The developed countries are trying to grapple with many problems and a major one is the decline of the middle class. The reasons are :- 1. The Capitalist system is not geared to the preservation of any particular class. The company owners are not interested in the steady middle class...

Looks like another U turn by Trump as he assures G7 that the US isn't going protectionist. Nobody believes a word he says anyway.

Well that must be reassuring for the US's many enemies. I don't suppose they have really bothered too much on that issue. The only sensible course of action is to annually reduce ALL nuclear arsenals by about 10% per year until they are gone for good. The current trend of crazy people getting to...

GREAT. Both the US, UK, China and Russia are going to spend more on their militaries. Getting secure systems in place might be a better investment. There are already enough bombs to wipe out life on planet earth.

Which religion if any makes the best traders ?

I think a lot of luck is involved. No nasty wars. A good predecessor setting it all up right.