Lol, iron ore hasnt "halved " in price. Its gone down 23 percent in the last year, the previous year it went up by 150 percent. Now its on the way back up , over $100 a tonne, Chinas in a no win situation due to XIs temper tantrum. Chinas economic growth is directly tied to the price of iron ore, if they want the economy to keep growing that will push up the price. A smart leader would have negotiated with Australia for a fixed price. A stupid leader would irritate the country which feeds and provides the resources for continued  economic growth. Lets talk about the price of beef too, he thought, ok we dont need Aussie beef, we will buy it from countries like Argentina, turns out demand was so high from China the Argies sold them a lot of their breeding cattle, so basically they oversold causing a shorage and now the price is also at record highs. Stupid continual emotionally based decisions by Chinas leader, hes like a child who doesnt get his own way and does not care to think through any ramifications of his behaviour. And that is the problem with the one party totalitarian system, no media scrutiny of poor decisions, dissent not allowed, thats what you end up with. XI has set back China 20 years, hes advising his people to stock up on food for goodness sake, try and spin that one.

The cartel's greatest weakness excretes itself from the Chinese cultural value of 'saving face'; and as the cartel realises the impossibility of a successful invasion of Taiwan, it will focus on every petty bitch fight it has already got itself into (and will generate more) with regional nations. The point being, to shore up its faux sense of superiority and to prevent its loss of face with the Chinese people.

Even Old White Joe has come out and said that the Chinkers are being totally silly trying to subjugate Australia... never gonna happen...

Frank wrote on Dec 1^st, 2021 at 1:49pm:


No,  your "individual freedom" ideology IS the sinister force maintaining the status quo in our broken world. Your concept  of "freedom" amounts  to 'survival of the fittest', by definition. 

"individual freedom" must be regulated if we want  common prosperity, and a world without 70 million refugees and entrenched poverty even in the wealthiest nations.

Commonsense, really.

Frank wrote on Dec 2^nd, 2021 at 12:23pm:


So you think government should rely on private "charity',  to manage a successful economy? While 2  million Australians are involuntarily un- or underemployed?

Just so you can maintain your delusional (instinctive) 'survival of the fittest', 'individual freedom' ideology?

I already posted a link to a SCMP article outlining why Chinese students are increasingly preferring to live in China with its "better living conditions".

Your conception of 'freedom' is flawed, and directly responsible for our broken world.

The solution is an international rules-based system backed by eg, a UNSC without veto.