Karnal wrote on Mar 26
th, 2022 at 4:39pm:
Actually, Great, until you came here I questioned the China "threat" theory myself. Alas, you've made China's ambitions all too clear.
That only proves your blind 'sovereign individual rights' ideology renders you incapable of correctly reading a sentence.
Quote:You and Athos have both expressed your desire for Chinese military domination. You both expect China to assert itself upon the rest of us at some point.
No I expect the Chinese economy will be double the US before mid-century. China COULD dominate the world militarily, but I expect China has no interest in US-style global hegemony...and international law would save China from an insane nuclear arms race.
Quote:You've also made it clear that you have a beef with countries whose citizens vote.
I have a beef with the assumption that '
the right to rule' (an absurd proposition in itself, since rights don't exist, only Constitutional Law exists) can only be determined by ONE method.
Quote:I would have thought there'd be more subtlety in our discussions here, but no.
I would have thought distinguishing between rule by elected adversarial parties, and consensus meritocracies, was subtle enough,
Quote:You genuinely see the world in terms of vetocracies and autocraticies - hence your support for Russia.
No I don't support Russia, whose democracy-autocracy is a failure. I support China whose benevolent authority-meritocracy is producing remarkable outcomes for the people. (Russia's GDP has been going backwards since the GFC, China's GDP has doubled).
Quote:Until you confirmed this view in your own posts, I never would have seen this. Without you, I'd be hosing down talk of Chinese military expansion and domination. Unfortunately, you've confirmed it.
Explained above; you assumed I am a member of the CCP, which has distorted your thinking on the debate re China versus the West.
Quote:We don't have genuine democracy in Australia, but Australians do hold the ideal of democracy to be self evident, just from different angles. You don't value it at all.
I despise the
chronic, evasive and generational poverty entrenched in the neoliberal democracies.
[Actually, if Philip Lowe would utilize the
currency-issuing capacity of the Oz federal government to eliminate poverty, you might win me over, because in that case elections would be a contest between differing views on how to best mobilize the nation's resources, rather than getting bogged down in useless disputes over money, debt and deficits].
Quote:More, you're quite happy to support autocracies just for being autocratic, as you do with Putin, who has no socialist sympathies whatsoever.
Well at least these debates do allow for clarification of one's views, as outlined above.
Quote: You're quite comfortable for your party to ally with dictators in the struggle against Western liberal democracy.
Xi is not a dictator, and Xi is willing to let you have your liberal democracies. It's the US that can't stomach the idea of China replacing US global hegemony.
Quote:Therein lies a great divide, dear.
No, the divide is between
1. government based on delusional 'sovereign individual rights', and 'benevolent authority'.
2. The unyielding grip of private financiers on the ability to create money, and banning
currency-issuing governments the same ability/privilege.
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