In a totalitarian nation where the elite live in palaces and their 1.5 billion slaves are lucky to have a dirt floor to call their own, it's easy to believe they have about 1000 riots per week that need suppression via the military. ever hear about those in the news? No? I wonder why.
Now add to that already simmering pot the Chinese economy tanking, and I think we have the right mixture for revolution. I can't think of anything the chicom leadership fears more. If it gets scary enough for them they'll go to war to divert their slave's attentions. War would inflame the slaves against an external enemy of the masters choosing, and increase economic activity.
The thing that many international observers continually forget (or perhaps find inconvenient to admit) is that totalitarian regimes regard all aspects of their national 'prowess' as fodder for prestige which can be attributed to the regime to bolster legitimacy. And when one form of artificially inflated national 'excellence' proves impossible to sustain, alternatives will be sought.
China has been investing in military and asymmetric capabilities in preparation for the eventual failure of their pretense of a 'miracle economy'. The global impact of their market collapse and currency devaluations will be significant, but we overlook their clearly nominated replacement for the loss of national economic prestige at our peril.
"As China Staggers, The World Trembles"
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In a totalitarian nation where the elite live in palaces and their 1.5 billion slaves are lucky to have a dirt floor to call their own, it's easy to believe they have about 1000 riots per week that need suppression via the military. ever hear about those in the news? No? I wonder why.
Now add to that already simmering pot the Chinese economy tanking, and I think we have the right mixture for revolution. I can't think of anything the chicom leadership fears more. If it gets scary enough for them they'll go to war to divert their slave's attentions. War would inflame the slaves against an external enemy of the masters choosing, and increase economic activity.
http://www.rense.com/general85/China'sPlanToConquer.htm
August 17, 2015 at 1:01 PM
The thing that many international observers continually forget (or perhaps find inconvenient to admit) is that totalitarian regimes regard all aspects of their national 'prowess' as fodder for prestige which can be attributed to the regime to bolster legitimacy. And when one form of artificially inflated national 'excellence' proves impossible to sustain, alternatives will be sought.
China has been investing in military and asymmetric capabilities in preparation for the eventual failure of their pretense of a 'miracle economy'. The global impact of their market collapse and currency devaluations will be significant, but we overlook their clearly nominated replacement for the loss of national economic prestige at our peril.
August 17, 2015 at 1:11 PM