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response to politico83's post China is far from a force for good

politico83, are you scared of China?!

It's funny how you talk about progress, yet promote a Cold War, us vs. them mentality (China needs us, we don't need them). In reality, we need each other, which is probably why GOOD published this article about why it would be better for us to become allies than enemies.

The quality of life in America would go way down without China. Not only do they make cheap consumer goods, but this allows American companies to make huge profits which means huge salaries for American workers. Without China, things would not only be more expensive here, but our salaries would be a lot lower as well.

And then you talk about how we don't make faustian deals to get oil. Well, you don't really have to make a deal when you can just invade the country. And uh, Saudi Arabia? I don't think we have to worry about other countries funding Islamic extremists; we've been doing a pretty good job ourselves!

The West has also been in Africa for centuries. Besides raping the continent of its resources, what good have we done for Africa? The Chinese have only been there in the last decade, yet they're to blame for the poor state of the continent?

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Commented on April 28, 2008 by - de67mi