Comments on: One World Economy Who’s World will it be?

By: champion

champion — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:32:19 +0000

sadly you are right on the money,
Western Civilization is failing due to stupidity.
Invest in Rosetta stone language tapes, learn Chinese,
The good news, some of us have survived for thousands of years by using intellegince and education We Will Survive!

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:37:34 +0000

China also has over a billion people, vs our 300 million. I’m amazed we have maintained the power we have for this long.

You know, I was thinking about this today for some reason. We have some 50,000 troops stationed in Germany. Whether that’s leftover from a post ww2/cold war era, or if it’s still a strategic position, I’m not sure. But that thought alone led me to think about ww2 itself, in which a nation of…1/3 to 1/4 of our population if not fewer at the time, was able to make such a major push and almost take over the entire western world. Sure they had Italy and Japan on their side, but we had Britain, what was left of France, and Russia, as well as Canada (if you can count them : P ) Australia, and several others to a lesser degree.

Now imagine a world in which a nation with 3 times our resources…
No, not even. We had a cold war with Russia. Imagine a nation bigger than them at war with us. China doesn’t even need to fight us. Their sheer numbers, along with our poor choices, huge debt and diminishing prominence in technology will let them beat us out sooner rather than later. I read a headline recently that said it was the century of China’s dominance. I believe it. I do what I can to avoid it…but I believe it.

By: Clemento

Clemento — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:39:26 +0000

Interesting and informative. But will you write about this one more?

By: champion

champion — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:07:42 +0000

China India Brazil etc are already becoming the new world powers, China holds more of our Government bonds than any other country and they are in a position to push us, not to be pushed. The world as a place of freedom is great, a world of repressive dictators is no acceptable
when the world becomes free, then I am all for equality of proples
Remember animal farm
with dictators all animals are equal some animals are more equal than others
I want good people to survive and thrive
not equality for appearance sake, but for quality sake

By: Drew

Drew — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:13:18 +0000

Well of course…but from a personal perspective, why wait for the outside forces to bring us together? I was half kidding as I’m sure you could tell, but the world will go in this direction whether you want it to or not. The only way to stop it is to continue to exploit those who can’t defend themselves against us. However, as those people (china, india, etc etc) gain more economic and political strength, the best thing to do, in my opinion, is to embrace it, and find your path in a new world where we as Americans will only succeed if we earn that right with better products, advanced technology and more efficient ways of doing things.

At the same time, it is also important to remember that we are all people, whether Spanish, Japanese or Zimbabwean, and the time of exploitation in this global economy can’t last much longer. Replicators and phasers may be a thing of the future, but the ideas of a peaceful existence with a global economy only needs a handful of people to step forward and agree to a discourse of mutual respect.

By: champion

champion — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:58:33 +0000

When we have replicators and other technological fantasies such as the ability to beam ourselves from one place to another, the dynamics of society and the struggle for survival will be very different

By: Drew

Drew — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:24:54 +0000

I think one day, with the invention of the replicator and phasers, we will have a global economy/government, and it will be awesome. Either technology will bring it on, or the alien invasion will bring it on. Either way, maybe we should embrace the positive aspects of that.