Any political system can be good for the country and people if run by good people

 Vietnam is another socialist country doing good. Whatever political system a country adopts, it can thrive with good leaders and good people willing to work hard, learn and innovate.

Even a country under Dictatorial rule can do just as well as one under a fake democracy on the surface. A Dictator that works for the good of its people, eradicating poverty, uplifting people's livelihood is better than an elected leader doing nothing for his people and the country as a whole.

The mantra that democracy is good for a country is only providing opportunities for the further enrichment of the top 1% to the detriment of those at the bottom. The USA and other democracies have now not only destroyed the lower class but also the middle class as well. Only the top 1% are doing better than ever.

Everyday boasting about a US$3 trillionaire and overtaking another trillionaire is not helping those who are struggling to pay their rent, electricity and put food on the table. The owners of the biggest companies in the world may dwarf companies in other countries, but they are not helping those at the bottom of the food chain. They in fact are cannibalizing the bottom of the food chain, just looking for higher profits to enhance their wealth and standing.

Life is short and it is a mirage talking about astronomical wealth. Just take Steve Jobs as an example, with all his accumulated wealth having to succumb to cancer at his peak. What a painful loss. Then there are those who took their own lives despite being super rich. Why?

Some may not believe that such poor people in Bhutan are said to be happy people. They think happiness can only equate to wealth. The truth is that without super rich people in their midst, everyone is seen to be equal. There is no envy, no comparison needed, no queuing for iPhones, no disappointment of not keeping up with the Joneses. Just plain simple lifestyle free and without debts and no ego to upkeep.

Of course, now we know how they published those list of the World's happiest people. They must be White countries and certainly not China for goodness' sake. China reached the status of the happiest country in the world, but was not allowed to hold that position, and its data deleted. Now Finland is top. It is all a farce. Now I also understand why there are no Nobel prizes for mainland Chinese, no anything Chinese for that matter.

Anonymous

USA wants to make more enemies to have forever wars.

 Remember the saying - 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend'.

The USA wants to make more enemies so that it can continue to have forever wars. And the main enemies of the USA are now closing ranks to take on the USA. Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are more than a handful for the USA to deal with. Three of them are nuclear powers, with Iran already on its way. The West including Israel had pushed Iran to change its stance about not going nuclear due to religious constraints. Iran does not lack the expertise to become a nuclear power. It is now changing its stand and the West and Israel are worried.

Russia and China were at one point engaged in a cold war, but the USA pushed Russia towards a warming relationship with China. This can realistically be said to be a blessing in disguise for both countries, now co-operating on all fronts. It is becoming the biggest political blunder and regret of the USA's inapt foreign policy. With all the so-called foreign policy advisers and strategists at its disposal, how could the USA be so wrong.

Russia is not Iraq or Syria that had been trampled and destroyed for not following the dictates and succumbing to the bullying of the USA. Russia is a nuclear power and will not just be shoved aside at the whims and fancies of the USA. North Korea is smarter than what the West made it out to be and it now refused to be bullied with its nuclear power status, puny it may be. That is why Iran is so eager to have the bomb to deter the bullying by the USA, Israel and the West. 

Anonymous

Trump was, and still is, and will be the next and last President of the American Empire...as prophesised

 The USA, according to a prophecy, was to end under the 45th President, which was Donald Trump.

Actually, it can be construed that the end of the USA started with Donald Trump and the prophecy may yet be coming true. Trump is coming back for a second bite of the cherry, or should I say, doing the job of completing the tail-end of the prophecy. Will he win in November is the question, but it looks likely with Biden beset with mental and physical problems clearly apparent. Biden is not in a position to have a second term, period!

Believe it or not, the end of the USA is coming true. BRICS de-dollarization is picking up steam. Saudi Arabia just cut its pricing of oil in US$ and is selling oil in other currencies. You can be sure that other oil producers will do the same. They have to, in order to keep their market share.

Meanwhile, more and more countries are joining BRICS and bringing with them their contribution by way of energy, resources and agricultural outputs. This augurs well for the setting up of the BRICS 'Energy and Resources Exchange' which will facilitate trade in those commodities among BRICS countries beyond the control of the West in pricing and without the use of the US$. This is a big change in promoting the use of alternative currencies in trade among BRICS countries. If the USA and the West thinks this is just small potato, let it be.

There is nothing the USA and the West can do about the de-dollarization move. It is not an individual country's action like Iraq or Libya. It is Global South movement, spearheaded by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa and now includes many oil producing countries. When Iran and Venezuela eventually join and can trade its oil outside USA and Western sanctions, BRICS will control most of the global oil trade outside of the use of the US$. And countries do not need to keep huge US$ reserves to buy this most important commodity. 

Anonymous

USA President Biden shitting in his pants

 Hahaha

Even the USA President is literally shitting in his pants, LOL.

Biden was suspected to have lost control of his bowels and had to shit inside his pampers, if you observe carefully the video taken at the D-Day remembrance ceremony. His wife was on the verge of covering her nose but refrained from doing so, for fear of letting the cat out of the bag. However, for most people it was obvious he lost control of his urge to poo.

The whole cyberspace is abuzz regarding Biden's strange behavior in that video. Like a kid unable to control his or her bowels, the action speaks louder than words for me to describe.

The man is really a gone case, mentally and physically. Only in the USA do they keep denying the obvious. And he and the whole country are providing all the fun for the whole world to laugh at. Sad indeed!

Anonymous

South China Sea - China's PLA Navy is modern day Ah Q

 I restrained myself for a long time not to say this to China. But since they refused to wake up, to wise up and choose to continue with their Confucianist philosophy of not bullying the weak, not wanting to be seen to kick asses, want to act like gentlemen to scoundrels, I need to wake them up. 

China's problems in the South China Sea, in Diaoyu Island, in the Sino Indian border and with Taiwan, are caused by themselves, self inflicted, and they only have themselves to blame. They have a big stick but afraid to use it, refuse to use it, until all the Mickey Mouse think China is just a lame paper tiger. So everyone of them start to crawl all over China, pulling its whiskers and scratching its face, and what can China do except to keep restraining itself, not even dare to complain, only like Ah Q, talked away the problems superficially with some excuses. Last warning, new laws to arrest trespassers etc etc but lame lame, dare to enforce.

Mickey Mouse only understand when whacked by a big stick. A good example was the 1962 Sino Indian Border War. After hammering the Indians to shit, China had at least 40 years of peace. But now Indian memory is fading and starting to behave arrogantly, like Mickey Mouse again. Also believing in their pretentious military might and with the Americans behind their back, wanting to test another Sino Indian Border War.

The same scenario is repeated in the Diaoyu Island, Taiwan and now, the most ridiculous of all, the really lame and poor third world state called the Philippines. Even the Philippines is looking down on China, believing in the Americans that China is a lame super power, a modern day Ah Q. They can pee on the head of China, spit on the face of China, and can get away with it, because China is lame and would not dare to hit back.

In Taiwan, Lai Ching Te is openly telling the Taiwanese that Taiwan is an independent state. What can lame China do? Nothing. Chinese fisherman got killed, also dare not do anything. What a shame. And the Americans are selling more weapons to Taiwan for the purpose of killing Chinese soldiers....

When China was weak, even Asean states like the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia would dare to arrest Chinese fishing boats, blasted them to pieces or dragged them to their ports and demanded a ransom for their return and the release of the fishermen. But lame China is afraid to do the same. The more afraid China behaves, the more trouble it would invite. No country would respect lame China.

What happens to the saying, 无事不找事，有事不怕事? Now troubles have come right into the room, and still afraid to lift a finger. The Philippines now don't even respect China nor the PLA Navy.

This is the time to take the big stick and just whack. Just do it and talk later. Only then would China be respected as a big power, or at least feared, and trouble would just go away. See who dares to find trouble with Israel, with the Americans or with India? They would just kick asses.

When would China's PLA Navy stop behaving like Ah Q? Would China want to have shit thrown at its face before acting? Or when shit hits China's face, China would simply wipe it off and say never mind, it smells like chocolate?

China must stop being stupid, stop being lame, stop behaving like Ah Q. Lu Xun would be turning in his grave.