I have joined the ranks of numerous friends in creating this blog. I have dedicated this to the type of conversations that have been held during nights of hard drinking. Its the untainted ambition and hard work of people like myself and the rest of my friends that will help mold not only our country, but the entire world when the ideal of globalization becomes an complete reality.
Lets talk about Globalization for a minute. Currently, the perception is that our world is in absolute turmoil. I, too, have believed this for quite some time. I am leaning away from this. I think that we are ultimately heading towards a completely global economy. I actually do not think there is as much hate in the world as there was hundreds of years ago. The difference is that we have more powerful weopons and the capability of small groups of people of causing a great deal of damage.
The one thing that has always been the universal language is that of wealth. The only difference between 5oo years ago and today are the methods of obtaining that wealth. Hundreds of years ago you obtained wealth and power by being bigger than those that had the wealth. There was no bartering. There was just violence. Those with bigger and more well trained armies would take the land that produced the wealth.
The same is still as true today as ever but the means are beginning to change. We are heading to a society of economic warfare. It will be a society where those well versed in economic policy and trends will have a distinct advantage over those who do not.This can already be seen in countries like China. China has opened up the borders more now than ever before. They are cashing in on the greatest asset they have: LABOR. Billions of people just waiting to work at anything for about any wage. Mark my words, as that country develops fiscally it will become a power to be dealt with. It will not always be rooted in such basic financial principles.
Check back soon for theories on the death of countries.
Pils
3 comments:
You are wrong about China. Their dependence on the dollars coming in from other coutries makes then weak. As China trades and barters in the global market they become economically linked and dependant on othercountries which creates weakness. As you said, econmics and politics are linked. The wealth of China and their interests will start to take over powerful governmental interests. Furthermore, greed and monetary gain aslways has and always will be the downfall of communism. Once, the population gets a taste of the riches that are to be had the government will lose its power. The Chinese are playing a deadly game with allowing U.S. and other countries in. You can only pull the wool of the eyes of your population for so long.
George, China is positioning itself to become less dependant on the US dollar. The Chineese government is planning to exchange about 1 trillion dollars from their reserves into other currencies including the Euro. Besides this China is now the main hub of global manufacturing. All they are learning how to manufacture products currently required by the world. Eventually they will learn how to design and develop their own products and will be come less dependent on foreign investment.
I agree with your statement regarding the fall of communism in China. The Chineese population will become pro-capitalistic as the come in contact with capitalistic behavior from the west and east. The only way the Chineese government can control this is by control the information the general public can view. Once everyone in China finds out about higher standards of living in western countries, they too will demand the same, which their government can not provide for them.
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The United States has some concerns about a rising China, including a military expansion that may be excessive, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday.
Beijing has spent heavily in recent years on adding submarines, missiles, fighter planes and other high-tech weapons to its arsenal and extending the reach of the 2.3 million-member People's Liberation Army, the world's largest fighting force.
Its reported military budget rose more than 14 percent this year to $35.3 billion, but outside estimates of China's true spending are up to three times that level.
"There are concerns about China's military buildup," Rice told a television interviewer. "It's sometimes seemed outsized for China's regional role."
Beijing insists its multibillion-dollar buildup is defensive, but it has alarmed some Asian neighbors and U.S. military planners who see China as a potential threat to U.S. military pre-eminence in the Pacific.
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