"The only thing the Outlaw US Empire did for Laos was to pollute it with tons of bombs... Why its participation is welcome is always a puzzlement."
The USA's treatment of Laos was pure evil, but it perhaps got off easy compared to what the US did to Cambodia and Vietnam. So yeah, one has to believe that some countries are gritting their teeth with Washington sitting at the table. But with Japan, South Korea and Philippines all pushing the USA's agenda, I guess there's no stopping them.
South-east Asia is one of the great cradles of humanity, I wish them a NATO-free existence forever.
That's how Marx was interpreted by Elites, not what he actually wrote. Public ownership of Capital and Capital's facilitators meant now private ownership of the most important assets related to industrial capitalism, which was still capitalism with complete public ownership. Private property still existed but not within the political-economy that was to benefit all. Lots of theory back in the 1800s into the 1900s. Only now in the 2000s do we see some aspects of application where the model is now a mixture of public and private with both closely regulated by a publicly controlled government. Rich still exist but not as a controlling class as over the past many centuries. And we're still at the beginning phase of the conflict which is indeed ideological.
The situation with the Philippines is disappointing given the unending interference in the countries affairs. Will it be one of those states that doesn't so much throw out the US and its bases rather the US is so stretched and poor that it can't support and evacuation, that seems likely to me.
Financing the overseas empire has yet to become a problem. What’s becoming the problem is Resistance, particularly the forward areas in conflict zones. the Outlaw US Empire remains a Maritime Empire in that its logistical chains require secure sea lanes, the proper types of vessels and secure ports to unload their cargo. Garrison bases can easily become hostages like the Fire Bases used in Vietnam that also failed. Military power still remains the basis for Geopolitical power, and the Outlaw US Empire is no longer #1 in that arena.
I'd add that the US is enamored of things like aircraft carriers; expensive to build and now vulnerable to weapons at a fraction of the cost. Britain was the leading maritime power and after WWII the atrophy was rapid having begun the process of losing empire. WWII's factory to the world can't compare in scaling that China can achieve. When you look at the use of USD compared to twenty years ago the trend is clear. It seems by now threatening China's banks with sanctions that the USD moment of sudden subsidence isn't far away.
All the multilateral venues feature at least one discussion on dedollarization even if that specific term isn't used. We just heard from the CIS and now we're hearing from ASEAN. The commonality between all is the dollar isn't needed to facilitate trade or anything else, whereas the mantra has always been the necessity of dollar use to "ease" global trade. The two industrial powerhouses on the planet are in Eurasia and will remain there for the rest of the century. Neoliberals still have many hosts to feed upon as their power declines and are realizing nuclear war is the one type they can't profit from. How that truth gets assimilated will provide the keystone for the future Geopolitical direction.
One might take large/wide-scale developments to suggest that when Zionists (today includes many nominal Christians) dominate a nation's key institutions -- education, banking, national security, medicine, industry, R&D -- this is evidence that those institutions if not also that nation have/has ended their useful life and immediate working replacements are indicated, stat!
China’s explicit ideology can be found, inter alia, in:
A Global Community of Shared Future: China’s Proposals and Actions The State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China September 2023
and: Socialism with Chinese Characteristics—Introductory Study Guide 2021 Nov 4 Written By Qiao Collective
Yes, China's philosophy/ideology is contained within each of its Global Initiatives and forms the basis for all of the White Papers its published over the years, all of which can be found in English at this archive, https://english.www.gov.cn/archive/whitepaper
What Xi Jinping's done IMO is to marry traditional Tao and Confucian philosophy/ideology with Marxism as China understands it which is best seen in the Global Initiatives and the quest for Harmony in domestic and international relations. There's a wisdom and related perspective in China and Asia generally that doesn't exist in the West thanks to Asia's lack of Monotheism, although the form most accepted in Asia is Islam. "Thinking Systems" are predominant and are deeply intertwined within Asian culture. Hinduism, fortunately, is too complicated for most Western minds to handle. Thinking Systems are superior because they don't rely on myth and supernaturalism for validity, so there's no conflict with the advancement of knowledge as exists in the West.
I don't think the vote has any influence over the neocons; they have a lock on all key institutional positions and this is why they won't be able to stop a collapse.
Watched a video related to the massive ongoing relief clusterfuck in Tennessee and North Carolina seeing areas I was once familiar with completely wiped out far worse than Katrina with Biden's FEMA out-SFAFUing Bush's knowing it wouldn't have differed if Trump were POTUS. And to hear FEMA say it's broke before Milton the Moster hits Florida. Billons can be printed ASAP but not for the hoi polloi.
When the Patricians of Rome didn't like the new Emperor, how long did he last?
Private property will never be eliminated. That's a pipe dream.
I've always considered China's ideology as a weird mix of Communism and Confucianism. Back in the first part of the 20th Century they could have tipped into a combination of anarchism and Taoism as a couple of history texts I have point out, since Taoism has elements of anarchism in it.
If someone wants an ideology that might actually work - except, of course, with humans nothing works - Taoism is probably the only thing that comes close to natural primate behavior. Like someone said once about gorillas: "I'm peacefully eating my banana, but if you insist..." The Taoist is the ultimate "go along to get along" adherent with minimal emphasis on property, aggression (while still allowing self-defense), and most definitely against greed and power seeking.
That China didn't eventually convert to it en mass is proof that nothing works with humans. So all ideologies are a joke.
You may work, but what you work ON doesn't work. Used a computer lately (and I know computers)? Humans can't make anything more complicated than a knife or a hammer work - let alone a given "society" and still less a "civilization".
"The only thing the Outlaw US Empire did for Laos was to pollute it with tons of bombs... Why its participation is welcome is always a puzzlement."
The USA's treatment of Laos was pure evil, but it perhaps got off easy compared to what the US did to Cambodia and Vietnam. So yeah, one has to believe that some countries are gritting their teeth with Washington sitting at the table. But with Japan, South Korea and Philippines all pushing the USA's agenda, I guess there's no stopping them.
South-east Asia is one of the great cradles of humanity, I wish them a NATO-free existence forever.
the Marxian goal of Communism’s elimination of private property?
Marx was more concerned with public ownership of the means of production as the antidote for workers' alienation from their work.
Private property per se was OK, I think.
That's how Marx was interpreted by Elites, not what he actually wrote. Public ownership of Capital and Capital's facilitators meant now private ownership of the most important assets related to industrial capitalism, which was still capitalism with complete public ownership. Private property still existed but not within the political-economy that was to benefit all. Lots of theory back in the 1800s into the 1900s. Only now in the 2000s do we see some aspects of application where the model is now a mixture of public and private with both closely regulated by a publicly controlled government. Rich still exist but not as a controlling class as over the past many centuries. And we're still at the beginning phase of the conflict which is indeed ideological.
The article mentioned the Philippines. Long time MOA writer Walt recently wrote about it
"The Philippines, the next Ukraine
Walt King Sep 18, 2024"
https://waltking.substack.com/p/the-philippines-the-next-ukraine
The situation with the Philippines is disappointing given the unending interference in the countries affairs. Will it be one of those states that doesn't so much throw out the US and its bases rather the US is so stretched and poor that it can't support and evacuation, that seems likely to me.
Financing the overseas empire has yet to become a problem. What’s becoming the problem is Resistance, particularly the forward areas in conflict zones. the Outlaw US Empire remains a Maritime Empire in that its logistical chains require secure sea lanes, the proper types of vessels and secure ports to unload their cargo. Garrison bases can easily become hostages like the Fire Bases used in Vietnam that also failed. Military power still remains the basis for Geopolitical power, and the Outlaw US Empire is no longer #1 in that arena.
I'd add that the US is enamored of things like aircraft carriers; expensive to build and now vulnerable to weapons at a fraction of the cost. Britain was the leading maritime power and after WWII the atrophy was rapid having begun the process of losing empire. WWII's factory to the world can't compare in scaling that China can achieve. When you look at the use of USD compared to twenty years ago the trend is clear. It seems by now threatening China's banks with sanctions that the USD moment of sudden subsidence isn't far away.
All the multilateral venues feature at least one discussion on dedollarization even if that specific term isn't used. We just heard from the CIS and now we're hearing from ASEAN. The commonality between all is the dollar isn't needed to facilitate trade or anything else, whereas the mantra has always been the necessity of dollar use to "ease" global trade. The two industrial powerhouses on the planet are in Eurasia and will remain there for the rest of the century. Neoliberals still have many hosts to feed upon as their power declines and are realizing nuclear war is the one type they can't profit from. How that truth gets assimilated will provide the keystone for the future Geopolitical direction.
One might take large/wide-scale developments to suggest that when Zionists (today includes many nominal Christians) dominate a nation's key institutions -- education, banking, national security, medicine, industry, R&D -- this is evidence that those institutions if not also that nation have/has ended their useful life and immediate working replacements are indicated, stat!
China’s explicit ideology can be found, inter alia, in:
A Global Community of Shared Future: China’s Proposals and Actions The State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China September 2023
and: Socialism with Chinese Characteristics—Introductory Study Guide 2021 Nov 4 Written By Qiao Collective
Yes, China's philosophy/ideology is contained within each of its Global Initiatives and forms the basis for all of the White Papers its published over the years, all of which can be found in English at this archive, https://english.www.gov.cn/archive/whitepaper
What Xi Jinping's done IMO is to marry traditional Tao and Confucian philosophy/ideology with Marxism as China understands it which is best seen in the Global Initiatives and the quest for Harmony in domestic and international relations. There's a wisdom and related perspective in China and Asia generally that doesn't exist in the West thanks to Asia's lack of Monotheism, although the form most accepted in Asia is Islam. "Thinking Systems" are predominant and are deeply intertwined within Asian culture. Hinduism, fortunately, is too complicated for most Western minds to handle. Thinking Systems are superior because they don't rely on myth and supernaturalism for validity, so there's no conflict with the advancement of knowledge as exists in the West.
Thank you Karl! "Greed is the meth of power-hungry parasites."
Talk is cheap and that extends to creating a NATO East. NATO West might be getting ready for a big hangover
The Outlaw Empire's desires in this guard by a changeover in the guard come Jan 20, 2025. If not, more of the neocon Outlaws.
I don't think the vote has any influence over the neocons; they have a lock on all key institutional positions and this is why they won't be able to stop a collapse.
Watched a video related to the massive ongoing relief clusterfuck in Tennessee and North Carolina seeing areas I was once familiar with completely wiped out far worse than Katrina with Biden's FEMA out-SFAFUing Bush's knowing it wouldn't have differed if Trump were POTUS. And to hear FEMA say it's broke before Milton the Moster hits Florida. Billons can be printed ASAP but not for the hoi polloi.
When the Patricians of Rome didn't like the new Emperor, how long did he last?
Private property will never be eliminated. That's a pipe dream.
I've always considered China's ideology as a weird mix of Communism and Confucianism. Back in the first part of the 20th Century they could have tipped into a combination of anarchism and Taoism as a couple of history texts I have point out, since Taoism has elements of anarchism in it.
If someone wants an ideology that might actually work - except, of course, with humans nothing works - Taoism is probably the only thing that comes close to natural primate behavior. Like someone said once about gorillas: "I'm peacefully eating my banana, but if you insist..." The Taoist is the ultimate "go along to get along" adherent with minimal emphasis on property, aggression (while still allowing self-defense), and most definitely against greed and power seeking.
That China didn't eventually convert to it en mass is proof that nothing works with humans. So all ideologies are a joke.
"nothing works with humans"
Except that we're here and we work, some of us very hard and happily.
US-Americans do not share your misanthropy.
You may work, but what you work ON doesn't work. Used a computer lately (and I know computers)? Humans can't make anything more complicated than a knife or a hammer work - let alone a given "society" and still less a "civilization".
So you, being human, can't make anything work. OK.
Do you get paid for doing something? If so, someone thinks you can make something work.
If they are, are they paying you in vain? Is your work not working? Are you that competent, that you can get someone to pay you to make nothing work?