..I love the Chinese because of their philosophy of the world…. I personally don’t think the decline of the U.S. as a superpower is anything to mourn.

Chinese philosophy is one thing, but their repressive, autocratic government is quite another. As our influence diminishes, and as China becomes wealthy and powerful, it will become a harsh master over many. There is no way I’d want to live under it.

While the USA has morphed into a fully owned subsidiary of some of the planet’s greediest capitalists, the loss of a system of governance founded on the radical, Enlightenment notion of government by We the People is something to be deeply mourned. This stunning achievement is rare, and right up there with what the Greeks achieved in their time, and will be remembered by future generations in the same light.

More down to earth, the fall of the USA’s star in the politcal heavens portends great suffering here at home, as our money becomes worthless and as the Fox-fed masses here seek an outlet for their anger over their sudden change in status. It’s no accident that liberals have been vilified by the right over the last few decades, we are being set up as the fall guys.

As for the plutocrats who own this country, they’ll simply move on, like locusts to another field.

Change is constant, but not all change is good or easy to deal with.