The West and China
You Ain’t Asian.
In Thor’s last interlude with sobriety he came across various pieces of information that seems to indicate the potential for trouble between you and the Yellow River folk. The large quantities of your mineral resources being purchased by the Han, a declining US influence, the need for Australia to ramp up it’s defense spend. This all spells trouble.
Thor agrees with the need for his “beer guzzling, milk drinking, pig eating, dog loving, war mongering, ferociously independent children” to maintain a position where you are not subject to the whim of the Yellow River tribes. You get along well enough as partners as long as you don’t interfere in each others affairs, but having one of you subject to the other just does not work. Chalk and Cheese I am afraid.
There used to be a rather large mountain range and the sub continent between Europe and China which with the notable exception of the Hun generally kept you from each others throats. The problem now you have extended your territories is that it puts you in contact with a people who are far more cohesive than you are. These guys do think about themselves as a united people, they do have long term strategies for themselves and unlike yourselves they don’t have trouble thinking further down the road than a year or so. Their social networks are stronger, they do business and trade far better than you do.
Militarily you recent history hasn’t put too many runs on the board against them either. Remember Vietnam and Korea? They were only buffer states. Taking on the Han on Han territory is not a fight you can win without the mandate of heaven and that is rarely granted.
So be on your toes. China will act in China’s interest while you lot wallow in a game of politically correct “fairness and equality to all” that no one apart from your selves is playing. A game your competitors – which is everyone – are quite happy to use against you.
The truth of the matter is life isn’t fair and you are not all equal any more than you are the same height. It’s dog eat dog and going to get worse as that planet of yours gets even more crowded.
The rules you want to play by only work if everyone is playing by them as well. Think about the cost of the welfare state that burdens up all your goods that is not paid by your competitors. The same goes for your attempts to clean up the planet by imposing a carbon tax on your products that your competitors don’t. Admirable sentiments for sure, but harmful policy.
The only way to level the playing field is for you to impose your social political and legal standards across every nation. That isn’t going to happen because it contradicts the basic tenant of independence that is the basis of your ethical system. You simply do not have the political will to impose yourselves on others to that extent. Strike another one up for the paradox of civilization I am afraid.
But back to the point. Thor’s children need to maintain their military, political and economic independence from everyone else. You can not put your selves in a position where your Liberty is subject to the whim of ethical systems that to your mind are alien. You are not the same as each other and no amount of political correct gas bagging is going to change that fact.
Do business with other people, trade with other people, marry other people, but never ever forget you are not and never will be as important to other cultures as their own people are.
Different people, different places, different problems, different solutions.
May 03 2009 12:25 pm | Thoughts of Thor
