Or Chinese manufactured toys. Let’s take a look at the similarities. The US government gave smallpox laden blankets to the American Indians to weaken the population and make it easier for us to take over the country. It worked out pretty well for us. We were able to slaughter millions because their men were weak and their women were busy taking care of their dying children. So why hasn’t anyone taken a good look at the number of poorly manufactured and dangerous toys coming out of China and thought, “This is smallpox all over again.” What if the Chinese are trying to distract us, weaken our population, and kill our children so that there will be no one to fight them in generations to come when they are suffering from an enormous overpopulation problem and need more land, more water, and more of pretty much everything. China is dangerous. The time for conventional warfare is over. Countries are looking for new and different ways todestroy each other financially, psychologically, and physically. Why do we assume that we are immune?
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Actually, it has been pretty much proven that the US Government did give smallpox infected blankets to the Indians. There was no sanction for the activity, which was carried out by individual BIA agents who just did care enough about where their suppliers got their materials. The blankets were traced to an unscrupulous supplier to BIA offices who got the blankets “on the cheap”. The BIA just didn’t care enough to question the price – and there’s a certain rumor about kickbacks…
That all being said, it still mimics the behavior of the Chinese. I don’t believe there’s a Chinese Bio-Chemical warfare conspiracy vs. the US, but I do think they’re greedy, corrupt and careless of other people’s lives. The Chinese don’t care enough about themselves to produce good and safe products for domestic use; how much less do you think they care about us Round Eyes?
Above post should have started with “Actually, it has been pretty much proven that the US Government did not give smallpox infected blankets to the Indians.”
I don’t think that China’s intent is willful harm to the US. I DO think that they are an example of unregulated capitalism gone awry. The problem is they are trying to make products as cheaply as possible – that means cheap materials, fewer inspections, and faster assembly. With no quality assurance oversight (which also costs more money) combined with the sheer volume of useless crap that is being made over there (that Americans somehow feel they NEED) – just do the math. More crap being made more cheaply means more instances of recalled stuff. What China needs is regulation, but in order to do that, they need a people-driven government. What the US needs to do is wean ourselves off all the crap we buy. Next time you’re in Target, ask yourself if you realllllly need that severed-santa-head candy dish?
And now they are facing the punishment of capitalism. When you make crap people stop buying it and force to to improve if you want to stay in business. (or you get the government to subsidize your crap so you can keep losing money)
I think if the Chinese want to go for it with us they’ll use something a bit more effective than badly painted toys. (Although the little beads whose coating reacts like a date rape drug has certain potential as a spy tools type thing)
Exmi said: “And now they are facing the punishment of capitalism. When you make crap people stop buying it and force to to improve if you want to stay in business.”
True. But I really wonder if the average American populace can really stop buying all this crap? I mean – we let the consumerist system brainwash into thinking that we NEED all kinds of stupid shit from Salad Shooters to the latest Prada handbag. Now that we’re convinced that we need this crap, we need to get it at prices we can afford. How quickly will we wake up? If the current oil crisis is any clue, then I’d not bet on a major dip in the Chinese economy just yet.
Americans are adverse to change, especially change that costs them money.
This is what we get for shopping at Walmart and its ilk. The lowest price often has a higher cost…
I think China’s biggest weapon against the U.S. is the enormous amount of our national debt and dollar currency that it holds that it holds. If they were to flush both our economy would come to a screeching halt faster than it already is.
A famous fiscal conservative presidential candidate once said, “its the economy stupid.”
Cranky Yankee,
Don’t get too worried; the amount of US debt that China has is actually slightly less than 1 days trading on the international currency market. Actually, selling it off would hurt China far more than the US. Ask India and a couple of other countries who are now trying to regulate such things because people divested themselves of US currency in the last couple of weeks and caused significant inflation within their own countries. LOL!
The amount of U.S. debt China holds is about $350 Billion, the amount of currency is about $1 TRILLION. Source Cashing out the currency in favor of the Euro for instance would cause more harm, while I readily admit it would harm China, to the U.S. economy and would indeed effect our artificially inflated “standard of living” by plunging the value of the dollar thus the cost of goods… The extent to which the Chinese would allow their largest trading partner’s economy to destabilize is debatable, but not out of the realm of future possibility as our national interests clash over finite resources such as oil.
This is what happens when you sell out the AMERICAN worker for cheap labor!
Joe Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN) for 6 a.m. While his coffeepot (MADE IN CHINA) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (MADE IN HONG KONG). He put on a dress shirt (MADE IN SRI LANKA), designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE) and tennis shoes (MADE IN KOREA). After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet (MADE IN INDIA) he sat down with his calculator (MADE IN MEXICO) to see how much he could spend today. After setting his watch (MADE IN TAIWAN) to the radio (MADE IN INDIA) he got in his car (MADE IN GERMANY) and continued his search for a good paying AMERICAN JOB. At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day, Joe decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals (MADE IN BRAZIL) poured himself a glass of wine! (MADE IN FRANCE) and turned on his TV (MADE IN INDONESIA), and then wondered why he can’t find a good paying job in…..AMERICA! …..
http://www.bluecorncomics.com/smallpox.htm <-worth the read
Actually, it was the British who gave the Native Americans smallpox laden blankets. Other than that, I agree with your point.
I’ve stopped buying anything from China, with unfortunately a few exceptions (electronic parts that there’s no way to avoid).
We’ve already been asked to redefine our definition of presidential competence, our place in the moral international universe, why not ask for our privacy as well. They will ask for, and demand, as much as we let them. But nothing we won’t give up.