The Mideast without America?
No, it will never happen – America will forever be involved in the Mideast for one simple reason: Israel!
Other than that, America, or American influence over there to be more precise, would soon be done and gone!
Why?
Ron DeSantis for President 2024?
As the 2024 Presidential election gets underway (Trump announces 2024 run for president), let me make a strong case for “Ron DeSantis for President 2024”.
Correctly Assessing President Trump
Again, Donald Trump is running for President (Trump announces 2024 run for president). So, there is no better time than now to assess his Presidency, thus ruling out his candidacy…
Three fake American intellects?
To me, the top three fake American intellects after the end of World War II are Milton Friedman, Ayn Rand, and Francis Fukuyama. Their works achieved some success in their respective times, but failed to stand the test of time!
Voting is overrated!
The 2022 midterm election is over. Regardless of the final tally, here are two certainties for America:
- The GOP will become the majority in the House, which means payback time for the Democrats, including the possibility of having President Biden impeached.
- The American government will continue to be dysfunctional, and America will thus continue to decline, precipitously.
Why and how can America be so hopelessly in a rabbit hole?
Voting is overrated!
American “free press” is a lie!
American “free press” is a lie because it practically does not exist in America!
Specifically, the rich control the press, not only the traditional media (e.g., newspapers and TV), but also the social media (e.g., Facebook and Twitter). The press, in turn, serves the rich, including both the commercial and political establishments!
“The End of History?” really?
In his 1989 article (The End of History?), Francis Fukuyama triumphally raised the possibility that western liberal democracy could possibly be the permanent winner of human evolution, thus ending history.
What an idiotic proposition!
Earned emperorship in China
The top Chinese leader is an emperor. The emperorship is earned and it is good for one person and one generation only. Three highlights:
- He (or she) is an emperor because he has absolute power, just like a traditional Chinese emperor did.
- The emperorship is earned because any Chinese can have it, via hard work and some luck.
- The emperorship is good for one person and one generation only, because it cannot be passed along via the bloodline (or marriage)!
Top three economists ever?
To me, the best economists over the past three centuries are Adam Smith in the 18th century, Karl Marx in the 19th century, and John Maynard Keynes in the 20th century!
Will Xi become Mao?
As expected, at the 20th CPC (Communist Party of China) National Congress, Xi Jinping was re-elected the party’s General Secretary for the third time, thus paving the way for him to be re-elected the Chinese President for the “precedent-shattering” third term at the next Chinese People’s Congress in early 2023.