GARY OLSON—China has admirably succeeded in eradicating extreme poverty among impoverished rural residents although some 600 million people still live on $154 a month. For example, there is a major disparity between rural and urban areas. Further, China has 607 billionaires, second only to the United States. This is 87 fewer than last year, and Forbes reports that China’s billionaires are some $500 billion pooer than last year and worth $1.96 trillion to $2.5 trillion in 2021… A series of regulatory reforms wiped out over $1 trillion in market value for Chinese-linked firms, mostly in the high-tech sector.
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P. GREANVILLE—Obama is the de facto head of the contemptible Democrats, a hypocritical, warmongering party that keeps pretending to be “for the people”. The disgusting confusion we see in the crowd is product of massive ignorance, a rotten celebrity culture, and the constant disinformation work of the whore media.
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EDWARD J. CURTIN—Take the hatred of Russia promulgated by the U.S. government. It is more than a century old. Few Americans know that the U.S. invaded Russia in 1918 to try to stop the Russian Revolution. Today’s U.S. war against Russia is nothing new, yet many people buy the daily lies about the war in Ukraine because it is a habit of mind, part of their taken-for-granted-world.
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P. GREANVILLE—CBS Sunday takes a moment from selling us the latest fake Russian atrocity to burnish the image of egotist and suckup extraordinaire, Bono, who never met a potentate he didn’t love. One of his latest stunts, in keeping with his image as loyal member of the Western establishment, is a ridiculous concert in Kiev’s subway, while getting his obligatory photo-op with the man of the moment, US/NATO employe V. Zelensky. We al know, however, that no matter what he does, he’ll never be able to wash away his embrace of Blair and Bush, and his (by now) embarrasingly long resume as a willfully co-opted rock’n roll sellout.
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FINIAN CUNNINGHAM—The political party labels are irrelevant. The ship of state is charted for a collision course with perceived global rivals. Those rivals are of course portrayed as “enemies” and “threats”. That narrative or propaganda is required to “justify” (legitimize) the policy of antagonism and militarism, which is essentially a criminal warmongering policy. This, in my view, explains why the United States aided and abetted by subordinate “allies” are drumming up war with China over Taiwan and with Russia over Ukraine. The collision course is set by the ruling class in accordance with their interests, not by the majority of American citizens. This speaks of the fundamentally undemocratic nature of the US and its allies.
