My attitude towards the United States has not changed at all, because before 2018 I knew that the United States is a monopoly capitalist and imperialist country based on private ownership.

Of course, China has gradually begun to break the monopoly of this monopoly capitalist country, which is the main reason why the United States started a developed trade war against China in 2019.

This is actually expected.

US Vice President Vance expressed it very clearly:

The US used to believe that other countries would always lag behind the US in the value chain, and the US only needed to be responsible for the high-end part, leaving the low-end part to the low-end countries. We thought that after the US lost many manufacturing jobs, its workers could learn design and programming and continue to develop in the higher-end value chain. But now we are wrong. It turns out that the regions that manufacture products are also good at design and innovation.

His logic is that the United States only participates in the high-end areas of the supply chain, and can concentrate on making the high-end more high-end and always at the top of the value chain, while those countries engaged in the low-end part have been doing the most basic work, so they will always be at the low end of the value chain.

Then the United States can always enjoy such “benefits”, let the whole world work for the United States, the United States can buy cheap goods, but because the United States is at the top of the value chain, with high added value and high profits, it also makes the most money in the entire supply chain, and finally makes money easily, and there is still a lot of surplus to consolidate the position of the United States.

What Vance meant was that the United States originally just wanted China to do OEM and low-end processing and work honestly for the United States. As a result, China has become proficient in everything, covering everything from high-end to low-end, and has become an all-round top player. The United States has been “attacked from both sides” in this process. Therefore, the United States must launch a trade war against China.

In my opinion, the United States is a typical failed country.

The strength of the United States has nothing to do with most ordinary Americans.

People usually assume that the United States is a strong and successful country because of its false reputation as a “developed country”, the highest economic output, and its powerful military and technology.

In fact, as long as we observe carefully, we will find that the bright appearances shown by the United States to the outside world are just trying to cover up the truth.

First of all, the economy.

The United States is a country with a rich country and poor people.

Many people’s most intuitive impression of the United States is that the economy is developed, but there is one thing that is extremely contradictory:

The US GDP is clearly the highest in the world, but the living conditions of most Americans are far worse than those of people in some developing countries, and are not at all like those in developed countries.

In other words, the strong economy of the United States is really meaningless to ordinary American people. The United States is not developing for their welfare at all.

There are many vicious incidents in the United States, such as shootings and child trafficking. In fact, if the US government takes out the money for building aircraft carriers and military aircraft to install more cameras for the American people, at least 90% of the vicious incidents can be eliminated, and at least the lives of most Americans can be protected.

But the US government does not do that. They would rather give American taxes to the military and fight wars all over the world than help the people install more cameras and build a few high-speed railways and roads.

In contrast, let’s look at China. Although we are still a developing country, we Chinese are safe walking on the streets no matter how late it is. Even the most backward cities have high-speed rail. In China, traveling is simply a convenient enjoyment.

The second is technology and military.

The United States has the strongest military and technological power in the world, and we admit this.

But I don’t know if you have noticed that the United States has never used these high technologies to benefit American civilians.

The United States has Silicon Valley, an electronic industrial base that represents the world’s top level, and the US military has also shocked the world with information warfare.

But even so, many American people are still worried about mobile phone signal problems from time to time today. They live in the country with the most developed information technology, but their mobile phones often can’t make calls. It’s really ironic.

In just a few years, China has entered the 5G era, and everyone who uses a mobile phone can enjoy China’s development achievements in a timely manner.

As for the US military, it is even more shameful. The world’s best equipment has never won a victory against foreign countries.

In comparison, China is really too powerful. We defeated the best-equipped US military on the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

The third is education, I think American education is simply a shame in human history.

It stands to reason that the more developed a place is, the higher the level of education is, but the United States is an exception.

I know that there are many good universities in the United States, and any of them are well-known. People from many countries are also happy to study in the United States, which gives people a good impression of American education.

In fact, most ordinary people in the United States are unable to afford higher education because they cannot afford the high tuition fees. No matter how high the level of American universities is, they only train children of rich people, and most ordinary Americans can only complete basic education.

Not only that, the level of basic education in the United States is extremely poor.

The so-called “happy education” makes many high school students in the United States not believe that the earth is a ball. Most high school students in China have the ability to directly infer the climate change of the places in the map just by relying on an incomplete map.

The United States has the highest level of education in the world, but it does everything possible to prevent American children from going to school well, causing them to fall into a sad cycle of poverty, drugs and various crimes when they grow up.

The United States gives the best education to the rich and then abandons all the poor.

In China, whether ordinary children or rich children, all have to take the college entrance examination, and the opportunities are equal. Our country’s education gives the poor a lot of opportunities to turn over.

Finally, the administrative and medical level of the United States.

I think these two points should be put together because they are both related to one word: efficiency.

The United States is good at self-promotion, always saying that it has the most advanced political and legal system, but the inefficiency of the US government is simply world-famous. Americans can fight a small lawsuit for five or six years, and the cost is huge, and ordinary people can’t afford it at all.

The United States also claims to have the most advanced medical care, but the United States’ anti-epidemic work is the worst. Those advanced equipment, professional doctors and magical drugs prepared for the rich have nothing to do with those Americans who died or lost their families in COVID-19.

This is how the United States disguised the gap between the rich and the poor as an economic advantage; the militarism as a military advantage; the resource monopoly as a technological advantage; the anti-intellectual education as an educational advantage, and finally successfully dressed itself up from a backward failed country to a powerful developed country, which is the funniest joke in human history.

I know many from Southern China, but I’m thinking of one man in particular, from Hong Kong (which is part of China). His personality is most pleasant. He has a great sense of humor; it is top tier. And he tells stories about his life that captivate me. I could quite literally listen to him for hours. There’s so much more I want to know. I hope he will honor me with sharing the rest. I want to know everything.

Athletic in his youth, playing lacrosse and sailing. One who enjoyed the speed of a fast car. He is warm, enjoys life, and is pleasant to spend time with. He’s creative; a lover of music and a student of photography in his spare time, with a desire to one day learn Chinese calligraphy.

He is intelligent. Curious and intellectual, searching out topics of interest and researching them in depth in his free time. He is able to carry on insightful and thoughtful conversation about these subjects that I find invigorating. He has fascinating and unique insights that make conversation with him absolutely delightful.

Talking with him is like communing with his soul. I have never known anyone whom I could experience such a phenomenon with. It feels as though I have known him for a lifetime—several lifetimes. His warmth and authenticity are genuine. He’s passionate about what is important to him.

He is pleasant, always kind to me, gracious and forgiving towards me. He promised he would always try to assume the best intentions in what I say. Considering I can be somewhat awkward, this is not something I take for granted about his personality but something I truly treasure in him. He is kind and considerate to others as well. He is gentle, tender in how he has spoken to me, but that does not in any way detract from his strength.

His character is impeccable. Truly it is as close to flawless as a man can get, that I have ever witnessed. He champions truth and honesty. He lives it and seeks it and I am so thankful that I can rest assured that I never have to question whether he will keep his word. If he tells me something I know it is so.

He has an incredible work ethic, going above and beyond what is expected of him. He has delivered results over and over and is extremely talented in his field. He has earned his position. He is the embodiment of strength and ability. He exudes authority. He’s responsible and dependable. He is wise and an excellent problem-solver and strategist.

When I think of him, the word integrity comes to mind. He’s a man of integrity and deep principles. He’s someone I can respect and someone who’s leadership I can trust. His wisdom and calm levelheaded demeanor make him perfect for such leadership.

He is devoted and committed to those important to him. He has honored his family, particularly his mother, performing filial piety toward her, treating her with love and respect. This touches my heart. And when I am with him, he takes excellent care of me. He is so generous and thoughtful and he put great much effort into making our time together special. No one has ever treated me in such a way before.

This man from Hong Kong, he has set the bar so high with his character and his personality that I feel there’s no comparison. Not between the men of Northern China, and not even in Southern China. There is no man I respect or admire more.

Yes, I had a sudden (1 day) terrible inflammation break out on both feet and went to the ER where the doctor ridiculed me, said I was obviously not washing my feet, and diagnosed Athlete’s Foot and told me to go to the drug store and get some powder.

The following evening, I went home from work with liquid oozing through the leather on both dress shoes and in extreme pain.

I got home and forgot to even close my front door, walked into my bedroom, removed one shoe and when I pulled the sock off the flesh came off with it leaving bones exposed across my instep and toes.

I was fortunate. I was to meet a friend that night for dinner and when I didn’t show up which was very unusual, she came over to my house — possibly angry about being ditched???—and saw my truck there but my front door standing open. She’d been in my house many times so came right on in, calling out and came through and found me unconscious on my bedroom floor with the one horrible looking foot exposed, bleeding and dripping pus.

She called 911 then her brother. The ambulance came and took me to the ER at the same hospital. My friend went in with me and starting ripping people, telling them I’d been there the night before when this was just starting and had been ridiculed and sent away by the doctor.

Bottom line, I had a flesh eating bacteria, deep red and purple lines up my calves, both feet looking terrible. I was isolated and still unconscious. My friend took my cell and started locating and dialing family members. I spent two weeks in the hospital; the first 10 days they feared I would lose my legs to the knees as they went from one antibiotic to another.

The CDC was there asking millions of questions as there was an outbreak (8–10 cases) of cases in the Phoenix area right then. Ended up we’d all played the same golf course in the previous week and the “gray water” they’d used for irrigation hadn’t been properly treated.

Had I not had a friend come looking for me, I likely would have lost my legs.

Interestingly, after almost 2 weeks in ICU, I never saw a medical bill, not one, not for anything.

G7 is anti-China because US fears China. US is the supremo. Other G7 countries follow its diktat on everything, not just China’s policy. On the trade side, its trade with China has been declining, except for Japan.

This is still the situation. But it may change.

America First is not just a slogan, but Trump’s drive to America’s greatness. The other G6 are dispensable, and are being dispensed with, such as Ukraine and tariffs. Trump thinks they have ripped off the US over the years and will have to pay.

Canada has the means to escape his wrath if it accepts his offer to become the 51st state of the Union.

We shall see what happen when Trump’s tariffs are in full flower come April, and the retaliations.

China is opening up its market, and more and more sectors in the economy are opened for foreign investments.

Global trade would see an orientation away from the US due to the tariffs, and towards China. Already the stories of economic and trade growths are written in the global south countries. The other G6 countries should decide if they want to be part of the stories.

I had never thought a lot about this topic until my wife got sick.

I am fortunate enough to have very good health insurance through my employer, and even with it we still face significant expenditures for her care. There’s the premiums themselves, of course, plus the deductible, plus out-of-pocket costs for things that insurance doesn’t cover – all in all around $1k per month, or $12,000 per year. We can afford that, pretty much. My insurance is a High Deductible with Health Savings Account plan and I use every penny that goes into it for these things.

But what we could never afford is the medical costs themselves. Out of curiosity I built a spreadsheet listing every insurance claim since she was stricken, back in 2015. It’s over 1.5 MILLION dollars worth of doctor visits, hospital stays and prescriptions – a completely impossible number, one that would have driven us quickly into bankruptcy, losing our house, my retirement funds and anything else we own – and it still would not have been enough.

When I see or hear people in authority decry universal health care because ‘it’s too expensive’ I grit my teeth, and wonder how much they got in ‘campaign contributions’ (read: bribes) from the healthcare industry. When I hear people who are allegedly Christian say ‘they don’t deserve it’ I think of the parable of the Good Samaritan – these people are no better than the Pharisee who crossed the road to avoid the man who had been beaten.

People don’t get sick because they’re bad, or evil – stuff just happens. And Jesus didn’t say, ‘Feed some of the hungry, clothe the naked we like and ignore the rest, and care for the sick but only if they agree with us.’ He was very straightforward and included EVERYONE – and so should we.

It’s not about politics, or religion, or thinly-disguised racism. It’s the right thing to do. Other countries do it, better and cheaper than we do. We need to do the same.