Comment: The following is an excellent discussion of Japan’s decline as an economic power house in the 90’s and of China’s following the same pattern for the same reasons. Europe is almost there and America is on the same path–the highway to cultural collapse.

Living the good life has become the ultimate goal. Waiting for the next awesome device, newest fashions, sleek autos, the next trendy restaurant, etc have become what matters. Marriage, family, spiritual decline, and sense of self worth, both individual and cultural, have become hollowed out.

The human mind, and soul need more than just flashy objects for fulfillment–they need a sense of worthiness and direction. The war against family, education and religion is succeeding at an alarming rate. By the time humanity realizes that bread and circuses are not cutting it, it may be too late.

As usual, Daniel Greenfield hits the nail on the head, and the post below is well worth the read.

Fri Jan 31, 2020
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In the 1980s, movies like Die Hard and Back to the Future 2 showed off a Japanese takeover of America. Turning Japanese was bound to be playing on the radio every hour. Japan had leveraged unfair trade policies, currency manipulation, and government subsidies to buy up American companies (it’s still happening, but few are paying attention) and was the wave of the future sweeping over America.

Everyone was driving Japanese cars, using Japanese electronics, and buying “Made in Japan.” And Japan got there by stealing massive amounts of American intellectual property and reselling it to Americans.

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