On 2008-05-18 14:39 +0100, nada allegedly wrote:
> On May 18, 4:51 am, Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>> On 2008-05-18 00:44 +0100, nada allegedly wrote:
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>>> Well, no, not exactly. The fact that there are like maybe 2 workers
>>> states anywhere in the world (Cuba and N.Korea...the last one being
>>> questionable btw) is not the point. In fact, it goes more our British
>>> globalist Vngelis's POV that an "economic war" exists between China
>>> and the US goes to China's capitalist nature more than anything else.
>>> Of course if it was a 'war' you'd see the US treating China like N.
>>> Korea or Burma, clearly something it does not do. US investment in
>>> China has about doubled every year for 10 years and the Chinese are
>>> tied to the US economy to the tune of 30% of their GNP, so hardly a
>>> 'war'. Ah...'competition' is what it is, similiarly to two rival
>>> capitalist states.
>> IMO it /is/ competition between two capitalist states, or between one
>> capitalist state and one nigh-capitalist one. But how isn't that a war?
>>
>
> Because neither side is either accusing each other of something or not
> competing within the realm of capitalist trade relations. There is
> only manouvering to gain profit. That's not war. It could lead to war
> but that would like a real war fought by other means: quotas, tarrifs,
> cutting off trade, boycotts etc...like the US does with Burma now. The
> US loves China because the ruling class is making too much money
> barrowing from it, investing in it, trading with it, etc. Hardly looks
> like a war to me.
Oh come on, that's a very thin distinction, especially if the experience
from WWI is anything to shout about.
At least a part of the US ideologues seem very wary of China to me.
They're complaining about how much US-assets they hold et caetera.
They're treating it as a rival -- and you won't hear the same tone about
Russia. According to what I hear, the Chinese gov't could crash the
dollar. All right, one could argue they won't. I'd grant that's
unlikely. But if they did, it would deal the US greater a blow than it'd
deal China. China's producing. The US are consuming on debt. A
confrontation seems inevitable -- unless the US manages to get a hold of
Chinese political power.
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