Comments on: Asian success has obscured a bleaker picture in the rest of the world. https://www.isegoria.net/2023/05/asian-success-has-obscured-a-bleaker-picture-in-the-rest-of-the-world/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:42:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Bomag https://www.isegoria.net/2023/05/asian-success-has-obscured-a-bleaker-picture-in-the-rest-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-3607389 Bomag Wed, 24 May 2023 11:43:13 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=50023#comment-3607389 I thought we solved world poverty by letting all poor people move to the USA. What can go wrong?

]]> By: Pseudo-Chrysostom https://www.isegoria.net/2023/05/asian-success-has-obscured-a-bleaker-picture-in-the-rest-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-3607227 Pseudo-Chrysostom Mon, 22 May 2023 23:02:55 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=50023#comment-3607227 Someone who takes the word of neoliberal economists credulously would be confused as to how europeans could have possibly industrialized themselves without any Developed Economy Angel Investors to copy from and kickstart things first.

It’s almost like the realest secret sauce isn’t some magic procedure, or IV drips of gibsmedat, but the people themselves.

Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret.

]]> By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2023/05/asian-success-has-obscured-a-bleaker-picture-in-the-rest-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-3607165 Bob Sykes Mon, 22 May 2023 11:54:18 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=50023#comment-3607165 David Goldman at Asia Times pointed out some time ago that while the West regards AI and 5G primarily as consumer toys China is using them to optimize their already highly automated factories. This is going to greatly increase its advantages in manufacturing over the rest of the world.

And today we read that China, already the world’s largest car manufacturer and car market (by a factor of 2), is now the world’s largest car exporter, replacing Japan.

Some Chinese manufacturer recently offered an EV for under $12,000, one-third the price of the cheapest Tesla.

Assuming the US doesn’t start a nuclear war with China, China will become the next world hegemon, and much sooner than is believed.

]]> By: Wang Wei Lin https://www.isegoria.net/2023/05/asian-success-has-obscured-a-bleaker-picture-in-the-rest-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-3607131 Wang Wei Lin Mon, 22 May 2023 03:09:29 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=50023#comment-3607131 My Chinese friend who lives in Chongqinq thinks of China as a 3rd world nation. It got me to thinking. Westerners think in terms of modernity to define 1st world, developing or 3rd world. To me the level of civilization is not about ‘stuff’, but instead about a culture that has a heritage of valuing the individual. So China, where life is only valuable to the interest of the state, is a third world country. Tribes are the same. If there is little value placed on individual lives, then full development is almost impossible. Centuries ago Europe was a 1st world nation compared to the rest of the globe. Generally, humanity is reverting to the mean of history where life is nasty, brutish and short.

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