I don't see what freedom of speech and oppression have to do with China being a super power. The FBI regularly silences dissidents, and normal peoples voices are drowned out by the corporate media. The FBI probably spends about 70% of its time investigating political opponents. Does this make the U.S. less of a super power? I don't think so. Look at what the white man has done to the native americans. If you don't call that oppression, I don't know what is. 1 out of 3 black men will end up in prison in the U.S.. The U.S. regime killed 1 million Iraqis in the past few years, but that doesn't take away the fact that the U.S. is a super power. If anything, it makes people more afraid. Despite all the claims made by the shills, the west still recognises the People's Republic of China, as opposed to the Taiwan regime. Why is that? Either the west lacks integrity, and sells out its own allies or the west loves oppression and dictatorship. Which is it? Speaking of dictatorships, why is the west on such friendly terms with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Singapore, Israel, and the UAE. And how do you explain Marcos, Noriega, Pinochet, and Suharto? Not to mention Sadam, who was western backed for most of his career. As far as pollution goes, again, I don't see what that has to do with a country's super power status. BP spilled oil all over the ocean, this doesn't change western hegemony one bit. Japan dumped 11,000 tons of nuclear toxic waste into the ocean after Fukishima. How about Exxon Valdez? Western regimes were responsible for the two biggest oil spills in history. Again, this doesn't change their status in the world, nor does anyone really dare to question them, with the exception of a handful of countries. The U.S. is the second polluter in the world, yet it produces nothing. The U.S. bombs Iraqis, and Afghans with depleted uranium, and that is the norm now. As you know, depleted uranium makes the land permanently uninhabitable. Still, that doesn't change America's status as a super power. The U.S. hasn't had any large scale city revolts? I guess you will admit that Occupy Wall Street was a controlled opposition operation then. And one of the reasons why the U.S. does not have any revolts is not because people don't hate their own government, but maybe because the FBI arrests all the dissidents before they revolt. Counter-intelligence can pretty much measure your level of dissent, along with how much influence you have on others right now. If I am not mistaken, there was a bloke arrested for saying this on facebook "Why is it everytime I turn on the news I only hear about how British troops get killed, and I never hear about the Iraqis or Afgans who get killed by British troops?" Not only does the U.S. regime do pre-emptive strikes, but also pre-emptive arrests too. And if you think that the Chinese arrest everyone, you need to check the statistics. The USA has 6 times more prisoners per capita than China. Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland, and Canada all have more prisoners than China per capita. I think China's downfall will be that it is too soft. If China wants to be a superpower, then perhaps they need to take some of the counter-intelligence measures being taken by the Japanese, south Korean, Israeli, Singaporian, USA, Canadian, Australian, and British regimes. China loves to copy foreigners. The problem is, they're copying the wrong things. If you want to defeat the enemy, you must become the enemy. If China wants to get ahead, it might have to get its hands dirty every now and then. My papi told me that if someone hits me once, I must hit them back twice. The west has brought the world to levels lower than ever seen in human history. If you want to defeat the west, you must be twice as dirty as the west. It's a race to the bottom.
And what's this talk about how people depend on the USA? No one depends on the USA. It is the USA who depends on others. The USA, along with the west, monopolises the market. The sooner the west falls, the sooner the rest of the world can claim their piece of the pie. If the USA, EU, Japan, Israel, south Korea, and Taiwan fall, then guess what? Latin America, Africa, south Asia, Russia, Arabia, and southeast Asia will rise. The fact of the matter is, the current players are holding everyone else back. Instead of seeing the Japanese make all the cameras, and video games, you might actually wake up one day and see video games coming out of the Congo, cameras out of Pakistan, laptops designed by Cuba, airplanes coming out of Somalia, and the market wont be rigged the way it is now. Sometimes I really wonder, why the hell does an African need tissues from Kimberly Clark? And you might actually find yourself saying, hey, I kinda like this Congo video game. Once the USA, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand fall, you might actually see the native people take a bigger role in their countries, instead of being marginalised by white men in suits. The world economy is a lot like musical chairs, and since the USA, EU, Japan, Australia, Canada, etc are laying on entire rows of chairs, and not allowing others to sit, the others are standing. Once the USA, south Korea, Japan, EU, Australia, Canada gets pushed off these chairs, then the rest of the world gets to do what they were meant to. I also believe that if the USA, Canada, and the rest of the axis of evil falls, then the number of wars will also be reduced because it always seems like the USA, Britain, Holland, or France is usually behind these "civil wars". With a post western world, you are very likely to see Sunnis and Shias working on projects together. Joint ventures between Indians and Pakistanis. Korea would unite as one, as would Sudan.
As much as I'd like to see the west dethroned, I don't think China will be a super power, and for reasons very different from what the shills on here have mentioned. Billy mentions a lot of problems with the west, but he doesn't understand the problems in China. This is what China is dealing with. Although many of you are unaware, China has a lot of traitors. Some of them may not even be traitors, they just only care about themselves, and will do whatever it takes to get rich, including betray their own compatriots. I've talked to some PLA members and they seem pro-western to me. I know a guy who goes around town wearing a Blackwater tshirt. Some Chinese who claim to be patriots are saying that it is now the norm to be a traitor. Chinese society as a whole has become westernised. Sometimes when you look at China, you think that in 30 short years, the west has been able to destroy what took the Chinese 5000 years to build. Now you may not think that destroying their culture is important, but I think that it can be as deadly as an actual war. Now the question I have is, if everyone has become so westernised, then who's going to be fighting a war against the west? For 35 years now, China has been run by a pro-western government, this is why you see them putting so much money into the west, both in terms of bank accounts, and treasury bonds. Most of them also have kids studying or living in the west. Most of the rich people buy mostly western stuff, meaning that most of China's money will be returning to the west. Not to ordinary westerners, but the western oligarchs certainly feel the benefit. The most expensive purchases that Chinese people make are foreign branded. I'm not economic expert, but foreign branded stuff is all over China, yet can any of you name a Chinese branded car, motorcycle, cigaret, wine, or computer? But actually, the Chinese make high end stuff in all the sectors, however, they are blocked by western protectionism. My point here is that the Chinese are not allowed to sell their stuff overseas, but the entire world is able to penetrate the Chinese market. Everything in China is foreign, from toothpaste to booze. The fact of the matter is, the Chinese are actually losing the battle on their own soil. Coca-cola actually sells cheaper bottled water than domestic brands like Nong Fu. Chinese hard drives made by Aigo are more expensive than their Japanese, American, and Korean counterparts. Chinese stuff that you see in the west is not actually from Chinese enterprises. You might see a Sony product that is made in China, but Sony takes most of the profits, not China. They make things for foreign corporations. This is very different from selling their own brands. Chinese streets are flooded by Korean, Japanese, American, and European cars. On the other hand, if you walk the streets of Japan, Korea, USA, or Europe, you'll probably not see a single Chinese car. Also, when we talk about China exporting stuff to the west, what does this actually mean anyway? If China exports an iphone worth $500, does this mean that China made $500? Because I don't think they did. A selfish Taiwanese businessman like Guo Tai Ming maybe gets $50 of that, but that doesn't necesarily mean that China as a country got anything out of it. Like most corrupt thieves, Guo probably has all his bank accounts in the west. A lot of peole make the mistake of believing that Chinese will do whats in the interests of China, or that Americans will do what's in the interest of America, but the reality of it is a class struggle.
The parasites of China have a lot more in common with American parasites, than they do with Chinese workers.
Now although China won't be a super power, I've heard from many that the west is actually afraid for China to collapse,(despite what the shills say) because the next government that comes around may not be as pro-western as the current one. The west is making a killing off of China today, and if there were to be an anti-imperialist government that came into power after the current one, then the west will see its profits decline. Having an anti-imperialist China is not the most frightening part. The most frightening would be that many in the world will follow China's lead, and overnight western puppets gain their independence.
If you look at what Chinese people are unhappy about- pollution, corruption, food safety, and crime, these are all things that came with capitalism, and what most capitalist regimes are unable to address, so if the masses are smart, then they would likely turn to the left, because historically speaking, it is only the leftists who can correct these issues. But let's be frank, the last time China had organic food, no pollution, no corruption, no scams, no crime, people actually trusted each other, and crooks actually went to prison, was when Mao was alive.
Who knows, maybe the corruption of the west itself will lead to the ascendency of China. One example I shall use is how the military industrial complex keeps selling junk to the government at the taxpayers expense. You got U.S. government contractors selling a 10 cent nail to the government for $100. Europe is no better. And the next big revolution might be in the west, and this time it wont be controlled dissent. People will only accept so much fascism until they revolt. The psyops conducted by the west, the shills, and counter-intel show the west's weakness. They are ripe for revolution, and collapse. The leftists call the U.S. a paper tiger. Strong confident rulers don't need to hire shills to come online peddling the status quo, and play mind games. It's a matter of time before people see through the act. No con lasts forever. I just saw the film Oz the great and powerful (which sucked by the way), and it made me think how much the western oligarchy resembled the Wizard of Oz. Behind the big weapons, and military bases is a weak, fragile, and very little vulnerable coward inside the little booth. Underneath all the sensation, and hype is just a small time con man winging it. As the Chinese would say, the west simply has lost the mandate of heaven. Actually, they never had it to begin with.
