Here, we continue on our exploration of China from the comfort of our own personal computer, personal laptop, or personal media device. This is a multi-part post because too many videos will prevent the post from loading, and also, I tend to get sidetracked on various issues.
Also, please keep in mind that the purpose of this post is to illustrate that the rest of the world, outside of America, has moved on with their lives. That while they might not be as great as America is, they are doing just fine thank you.
And while America has been squandering it’s money, decimating it’s resources, and just being cavalier with it’s military, the rest of the world has done the opposite. They have husbanded their day to day fortunes, and you can see this in their day-to-day lives.
This is the fifth of a mighty mega-post.
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Enjoying Life (video 25 A&B)
Again, once you are now throwing money away on waste, bribes, corruption, wars in far off nations, and other useless pursuits, you can spend it on yourself. You can spend the money on your friends, and on your nation. They money can go towards “good” causes. Like improving the environment, taking care of sick people, and building the local environment to make it more attractive and livable.
Which is about a vibrant nightlife when everyone walks about and enjoys the night air together.
You can be yourself. You can do the things that have value to you. You can make your own life meaningful, delicious, and worthy of your time. Not only that, but it is cheaper to do so. The value of the paper that we use as money goes up. You can do more things with it!
When America was involved in only one war, not eight, the price of beer was quite low, don’t ya know.
The only way the evil oligarchy can control you is to keep you in fear. That is the only way. So they feed a constant fear-based narrative to you 24-7. They want you living as serfs under their control. Do not allow them this.
Take life by the horns and live it, and to heck what anyone else thinks. Live your life on your terms. Do not allow the wealthy and the powerful to control you. Don’t jump when they pull the puppet strings. And of course, don’t react to every news article you read.
Um. Maybe I have been ramming home the idea that money should be spent wisely by the government. This isn’t a very popular opinion.
My opinions are not popular.
But the truth is that Americans have been living like the North Koreans have. In North Korea it’s a never ending threat of war with America. It’s a 24-7 broadcast news about war, and the need to get ready to defend Korea from dangerous aggressors.
Well, it’s the same thing in America.
The mainstream media is all fear-based broadcasting. And the constant need to spend more money on “defense”, and to “protect American interests“. How many time have you heard that phrase, eh?
While America has been burning money, the rest of the world hasn’t. Instead, they have been using it to improve the lives of THEIR CITIZENS. They have been building roads, bridges, tunnels, hospitals, infrastructure, and much, much more.
Unless America gets control of the lust-for-war that seems to preoccupy Congress and the mainstream media, the days ahead will be grayer and more sober for Americans. The halcyon days of “riding the gravy train of success” are over.
The game has changed, and America and Americans must step up to the plate and “up our game”.
Both the IMF and the World Bank now rate China as the world’s largest economy based on Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), a measure that adjusts countries’ GDPs for differences in prices. In simple terms, this means that because your money stretches further in China than it would in the US, China’s GDP is adjusted upwards. And it won’t be too long before China’s economy surpasses the US’s by other measures, too. The Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) predicts it will happen in 2029. China is well on its way to becoming the world’s leading economy, and is already there in PPP terms. However, in order to surpass the US’s highly diversified, tertiary economy, there’s more to do: China still needs to make the all-important transition from a resource-intensive manufacturing hub to a modern, consumer-driven economy. -World Economic Forum 2016
All of this, when taken together, points to a very clear picture. That for America to remain the dominant global superpower, it needs to seriously curtail it’s love for war. Otherwise, it will fail to compete.
For America to remain a global leader it must curtail it’s participation in wars.
- We’re drifting toward war with Iran.
- Who Wants This War With Iran?
- The Trump team has already built its case for Iran war – NBC
Who wants us to plunge back into the Middle East, to fight a new and wider war than the ones we fought already this century in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen? Answer: Pompeo and Bolton, Bibi Netanyahu, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the Sunni kings, princes, emirs, sultans and the other assorted Jeffersonian democrats on the south shore of the Persian Gulf. And lest we forget, the never-Trumpers and neocons in exile nursing their bruised egos, whose idea of sweet revenge is a U.S. return to the Mideast in a war with Iran, which then brings an end to the Trump presidency. -Pat Bucanan
Think about this all for a while. Let it simmer.
In the meantime, let’s just run through some videos and hold back on the narrative for a spell. OK?
Stairs. Lots and lots of stairs. (Video 26)
China is about stairs. Everything always seems to go straight up into the stratosphere. This is true for parks, and buildings, as well as for just about everything else. China is a land that is very friendly to mountain goats.
Amazing Parks (Video 27)
China is also about amazing parks.
I wrote another series of posts on this subject. It might be worth your time to visit them. You can click on the link below, and it will open up in another link. That way you can stay on this thread and keep on reading.
Anyways, parks in China are really quite beautiful. Check out this really nice video to give you a better idea of what I am talking about…
Maybe after seeing this video you might want to go to a park and visit it. You know, you don’t need to book a flight to China and go there to experience the beauty of a park. America is filled with parks all over the place. Why not spend some time and visit one or two yourself locally?
Swarm Drones (video 28)
China is all about swarm drones.
China has mastered this technology and they have applied it toward public light displays that are nothing sort of amazing. I do believe that eventually it will eventually replace firework displays. This technology has been in Chinese incubation labs for the last five years or so at least.
I am confident that there are military applications of this that the Chinese are exploiting, but of course, it’s not public knowledge. Not in China, and of course, not in the Untied States.
Swarm drones. Check it out.
Robotic Luggage (Video 29)
China is also about robotic luggage. I mean why not. Eh? They make robotic sex dolls, robotic assembly equipment, robotic construction equipment, and robotic patrol boats, why not luggage?
Continued…
OK. At numerous videos for this part, let’s go and move on to the next part of this post which covers more videos and further commentary about China.
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Contemporaneous Chinese Music
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Parks in China
The parks in China are very unique. They are enormous and tend to be very mountainous. Here we take a look at this most interesting of subjects.
Really Strange China
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