Despite all the warnings, Americans are still using TikTok. They can’t scare people into not using it, so the next step is to ban it. The US has never been tested on what they believe. Now they are because they're facing a true competitor. They'll say that China doesn't allow American companies to operate in China. They've always restricted Chinese operating in the US. They want to believe all those products that say Made in China shows how the US lets China operate in the US. No, those are US corporations that exploit cheap labor in outsourcing their products to be made in China shipping them back home to sell to consumers. It's only until now when real Chinese rivals are emerging and their first reaction is to violate all the capitalist market principles they expect everyone else to follow.
TPP allowed countries to sue other countries if it were shown that country worked to undermine foreign corporate operations. That's why they didn't invite China. China would be able to sue the US up the yin yang. That's why when they say free trade, it's not really free trade. It should be self-explanatory but why do countries still negotiate with other countries and separately with every country that is member in every free trade agreement you hear about? It's because every country has their own sectors in their economy they want to protect that they do not want it to fall under "free trade". It's a misnomer to call it free trade. They did expect China to eventually join TPP but by then they would have all the negotiating power that the US would be able to dictate. But they have no power if China doesn't join. The US is afraid of China's economic power because China is the only consumer market on par with the US and will get only stronger. That translates into geo-political power. Countries want to sell to China. Does TPP only allow members to trade with each other and close everyone else out? No. So unless the US is going to give all the money these countries want to make from China to not trade with China, what power does TPP have?
The American psyche says they have to be in control of everything. If they're not in control of everything, that means they're under threat. They don’t know what the Chinese will do on their own so they only think of the worst. They fear the unknown. They don't control China. China is a threat. It's that simple. Everything else is just an excuse. They fear TikTok? What makes TikTok a threat? Because it collects data of its users like they were designed to when the US first created apps? They're that paranoid because they want to believe every one of them is that important enough to be spied upon. How would the Chinese government exploit the data of all of TikTok's primarily young users? Maybe drive them to buy Chinese products which is what US companies want to do in China hence why it's so important for the US to have everyone embrace Americans values. The US is against Confucius Institutes which primarily teaches Chinese languages. There have been some school districts in the US where parents protested the Chinese language being taught in schools because they considered it a form of Chinese brainwashing. So now you know what the purpose is of Americans needing to spread their values and speak English only. They're brainwashing people. They don’t want understanding between peoples using a common language. They want fear and hatred of the unknown. That’s how they keep people in line. Look at how many groups historically having the West as their oppressor fear China more. China has done nothing to them in history and yet they fear China more than their oppressor.
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Like I've been saying, the act isn't the crime. Crimes are determined by who commits the act and who's the victim of that act.
Decoupling works against the US and is only good news for China. The US has always worked to isolate and undermine China so it's the same business as usual. What's different is more and more the US is losing control thus China is less affected by their attempts to undermine and isolate China. Decoupling means everything in the US is going to be more expensive hence can't compete. The US can end outsourcing. The rest of the world won't be doing that. And when faced against even their own allies’ products, they won’t be able to compete. The wage disparity in the world is because for them to be in control of the world, the rest of the world has to be poorer than them. So don't believe in the nonsense about how China is destroying American human rights and democratic values when for even longer making money has always been more important.
China is unique and that's why it's going be very hard to replicate in another country in their attempts to find an alternative to China especially when that risks creating another Chinese monster that's not under their control in the future. The US is not going to win because it needs the world to go along. Decoupling means China and the US go their separate ways. That’s impossible for the US because China just existing is a threat. They want everyone to be just like them so they can be in control. How do you dissuade their fears? Blind obedience. Do not question or challenge them. Everything always comes back to them being in control. They do everything the bad guys do and more, so what makes them different? Because they’re the good guys. Don’t think. Don’t question. Don’t challenge. Blindly obey… And then they’ll like you.
