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Jim Rogers on the Next 10 Years

It is indeed remarkable that Mr. Rogers cheers a country which has developed most of its technology through stealing and reverse engineering. Our situation is much our own fault for buying into the economists' mantra of the benefits of "free trade". Americans loved cheap Chinese goods as long as they still had the jobs in their own companies, as long as they did not work for slave wages and hours like Chinese children.

Now we see the economic consequences. The greatest tragedy is that as we assault the very character of our founding fathers, as the courts reinterpret a Constitution which was unique in the world in preserving individual freedom, people like Mr. Rogers glorify the economic success of a country which still sells the organs of political prisoners on the black market, and crushes freedom of expression as in Tiennamin Square.

Even the uber liberal Google founder Sergei Brin turns a blind eye when it comes to doing business in China; freedom of information, the mantra of Google, is "relative" when the temptation of the Chinese market beckons. Hypocrisy reigns rampant.

This may not end well for the West; just look at the growth of the Chinese military. If China decided to seize Australia for its resources, would we come to the defense of the Aussies?

Really, you think we would?

Oh, I forgot, we have the U.N., and our President just won the Nobel Peace Prize.

I feel much better now.