Democracy Now!: Nov. 19, 2009: Obama China Trip
President Barack Obama’s first official trip to China resulted in no firm agreements and has been criticized as being tightly scripted by Beijing. British journalist Martin Jacques, author of “When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order,” discusses Obama’s visit and the future of US–Chinese relations. Iraqi political analyst Raed Jarrar talks about plans for Iraq to hold elections in January which are now up in the air after Iraq’s vice president vetoed part of an election law over the allocation of seats to Iraqis displaced by the U.S. invasion and occupation. And as Wall Street posts record profits and U.S. hunger rate grows, Robert Scheer asks: "Where is the community organizer we elected?" "Democracy Now!" is a daily independent newshour.
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China is different...uh, huh:
China is different...uh, huh: a culture needs resources, it over-exploits those locally available and looks for them less locally, over exploits those to the 'chagrin' of the locals assimilated, usurped or destroyed; now it looks less locally. In the process of adventurous exploitation it identifies those assimilated, usurped or destroyed as less powerful, less cultural, less important, backward, worthless... I only describe the attitudes of every past civilization on earth: USA against African and North American Natives; Australia against its Natives; England, France, Nederlands against African and Asian and Oceanic Natives; Spain against South American Natives; Portugal against African and Asian Natives; Germanic/Frankish tribes against the Romans; Romans against the Europe and the Mediterraneans... How far back should I go? The Han-isation of Chinese controlled territory and its economic allies elswhere is no different... Racism, why not? It worked and still works in the US, Europe and any country you care to mention. Culture: We probably eat as many soybeans cole crops, etc as they; they have their literature, we have ours; we have our technology and have given it to them: just like the USA usurped British tech 1-200 years ago, and Europe usurped Roman, and Roman usurped Greek and Levantine tech. Hierarchy works fine too. Go to work an exert your Magna Carta, US Bill of Rights, or Droit d'Homme, Okay, so you get a sixth of your life to watch television and pay your ISP for online advertising and catalogs, don't be silly, consumerism isn't freedom. Religion? Mine is always better than yours, even if I have none. What is so different? The language? Mine is better than yours, so what. Grow up people, China will take over, it has more people and money to throw at us (what ever the competition) than we at them, plus we're afraid to die (except virtually). But different? I think not. Maybe we should analyze ourselves, see what we did, to avoid the fate we delivered on our vanquished. Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it. It may be western civilization's turn to repeat it.
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