[quote=Zeitgeist](translated from the Mandarin language)
“During the late stages of the 20th century, governments in the western world pursued a number of false economic doctrines which ultimately led to their demise. In particular, they accumulated massive amounts of debt without regard to the consequences of this strategy. In an attempt to extend western hegemony on a global basis, they over extended themselves and the massive debt load ultimately resulted in the US dollar collapsing as the fiat currency of the world.”
“Western governments also encouraged decadence on behalf of their citizens and facilitated the expansion of personal credit in an attempt to inflate the standard of living of their citizens. Western culture over time weakened the work ethic of the populace and in effect stripped its citizens of their ability to self sustain in even basic areas such as food production.”
“The ultimate down fall however came about through the false doctrine of globalization. Through this practice, our glorious nation was provided with the opportunity to acquire resources, technology and know how without compromising our founding values of the state. The strength of our glorious PRC constitution (over 460 years old) provided us with the insightfulness to work within the flawed western legal system to acquire technology, know how and resources. If only the western powers had understood the works of Sun Tzu and Lau Tzu, they would have correctly understood our glorious way. Like many cultures and civilizations of the past, the western world failed to realize that warfare had evolved. It had evolved to the economic realm, which ultimately allowed our great nation to overtake the western world.”
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These were not false doctrines, zeit. Top policy makers knew what they were doing. Well maybe not the policy makers, but the people that funded the think tanks which policy makers signed on to. Many westerners have become and will continue to become much wealthier from these decisions as their native populations fall into poverty. China will feel superior, average americans will be denigrated as stupid and lazy and the financiers will laugh all the way to the bank as we fight amongst ourselves.
I highly doubt they will pull of the transition of dropping the west down to third world status, bankrupting the states and buying all their assets via austerity and building up Asia without it blowing up in their faces and causing world wide unrest. But who knows, maybe the will pull it off.
