Mr.Conley
Senior Member
Why do you insist on making stuff up? It's not the only way, but greater economic power can be achieved through cooperation with our neighbors. The key to competitiveness is a good educational system, especially in math, science, and creative thinking. We also need to be more innovative, support scientific research, and do away with the anti-intellectual atmosphere pervading the country.rtwngAvngr said:That's right conley. You just think a north american trade bloc is the only way to compete. You don't want to dissolve our sovereignty. My bad.
pssst... I have an idea. If you tap your ruby slippers together and say your wish three times, then maybe, just maybe, your wish will come true.rtwngAvngr said:The ccp is not losing power. They control everything. Maybe they screw some local commandentes occassionally, but they are not a free country, and the wealth will NEVER trickle down the way it should. They are totalitarians. They are committed to that.
If by best option you mean the best option to halt the advance of freedom, hurt capitalism, throw tens of millions into poverty, and hurt America.rtwngAvngr said:You ignore the best option, ceasing trade with totalitarians, like we did effectively with the USSR. We can do the same with china, and simlar abominable countries.
Dude, stopping trade didn't cause the collapse of the Soviet Union, just like ceasing trade didn't destroy North Korea, Iran, Cuba, Burma, China from 1949 through the late 70s, or the communist states of Eastern Europe, and it won't destroy the CCP in China. Trade embargos only allow the other country to demonize us and strengthen their hold on power. If you want to spread Communism, then sure, have an embargo, but I'm pro-freedom.
What destroyed the Soviet Union was the incredibly poor central planning that failed to deliver to the people of Russia. Only when Gorbacov created glastnost and opened their economy to trade did the Soviet Union fall.