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Wow. An amazing turnaround from a ridiculous rant that several people said was a good, or better, or best post (and mokwit even reading into it his own racist tendencies) to actual common sense, like, "every nation has economic cycles."
Why the switch? Because it is a switch, bub.
And Alex, thanks for pointing out that the Chinese were inventive geniuses. I guess I should point out that they still are pretty good to excellent in this field of human endeavor?
And I guess I should ask among those countries that had colonies in China, how many of them still do?
DISCLOSURE: Why am I interested in this thread? Sick of all the wrong information (not the opinions, just the stupid shit) in the China bashing threads maybe, and so here I am again, feeding the fucking trolls? Could be...I'll go over it with my therapist.
The first post was in response to the OP's "American's become closer to that "Third World" country called Mexico." I think what you were trying to say is that I was supposed to smile and not say anything in response to that.
The post was sarcasm, irony, exaggeration and humor mixed with truth. Read into it whatever your expectations are.
Hardly a switch nor a turnaround. It sounded like you needed a simple summary as I was afraid that you were loaded up 100% on China ADRs, etc. and didn't want to hear otherwise. Go ahead, I should not care, it sounds like a permabuy.
Why the sarcasm?
I don't like it when my country is getting a bad deal from starting this globalization for the benefit of other countries without, at the very least, the right to say anything negative.
The county that I live in has a population of 55k and has lost 6000+ jobs over a year ago. The county's largest employer and its suppliers moved to China. There is absolutely no opportunity here. 6000 families with no sustainable income. Where are they supposed to move to? How could they move with mortgage payments on houses that no one would ever buy as no one from anywhere would move here? We've got nothing because we gave it all away.
What do they get in return for losing their livelihood? Unfair trade, tires that blow out and kill, toxic food, toxic toys, tainted prescription drugs that sicken and injure, air pollution on the formerly cleaned up West Coast coming from China, etc.
This is the harsh reality that we must live here, and do you believe that no one must say anything negative about China? We have a hard life here with people burning their furniture for heat this winter. Maybe they will just burn their worthless houses down. How's it going for you?
My fellow globalizationers, we are being mistreated, misrepresented and without a voice. I simply ask you, are we supposed to accept all that has been taken from us and not say a word? Are we not to be offended by dangerous imported products? Are we supposed to have smiles on our faces and keep our mouths shut as we allow ourselves to get the crap beat unfairly out of us?