Russia and Ukraine

[Leonardo17]

All that I am saying is that I thought the era of domination junkies was more or less over after WWII. Yet there are still some maniacs to remind us that this is not going to be over any time soon. My problem is that I cannot understand like why a nation like China, who rules over 1/4th of the population of the world doesn’t want to leave Taiwan alone.

(Joke)
 
What I wanted to say is that, mankind lived in an era in which power was the only common currency. Slavery was the basis of some economies in the past. The Chinese had written books on methods of torture. People were crucified, buried alive, burned alive etc. So in the past the only rule was the rule of power and subjugation. Ancient states were modelled on this that’s why ancient states were authoritarian.
 
   Than there were philosophers who asked the question “How do we rule people? What is the most logical way of doing that?” And just as payed workers are much more productive than slaves and modern capitalist economies are grooving faster than economies based on serfdom, republics and democracies are more efficient than autocracies. It simply works better. It’s not perfect, but it’s better autocracies. There will be less corruption, less public upheavals, the economy will work better, and things will be done in a much better way. This is based on pure observation. Today the top economies of the world are not religious dictatorships or socialist autocracies. Democracies are the strongest economies. This is a fact.
 
   So I don’t agree with people who call Hitler a genius. And I don’t like it when they refer to Stalin as “The Man of Steel”. In the same way I think that the intelligence of People like Xi-chi-Ping or Putin are largely overestimated. Yes they may be like spies with a very high IQ. Still they are fools. They haven’t done their homework. They still believe in “the old way of doing things” while we have more efficient and modern ways of doing things.
 
So does he want to unify with Taiwan?
 
- Well, why doesn’t he start by increasing freedoms within China? Then, only then, there might be a referendum in Taiwan sometime and then there might be a unification with the self-governing island.
 
That’s how I see it. And the fact that we are all increasing our military spending in a time of climate emergency is another form of insanity. And Europeans are slowly moving away from their “made in China” policies. Many corporations are coming back to Europe or are moving to third countries. So consumers should be more aware too. I personally am no longer buying anything made in China if there is an alternative.
 
Because this is what it is? Am I not right?