US elites’ hate speech toward China shows degeneration of values
On a Fox News show Friday night, right-wing radio pundit Jesse Kelly scoffed at US women serving in the military while launching a tirade of hate speech toward China. Kelly said that "we don't need a military that's woman-friendly. We don't need a military that's gay-friendly... We need a military that's flat-out hostile. We need a military full of Type-A men who want to sit on a throne of Chinese skulls, but we don't have that now."
These heinous words show the inhumanity of this commentator. Just as the conscientious US elites feared, there is a marked regression and degeneration in American values typified by allowing a war-monger to proclaim his support for mass killing on Fox News.
American political elites are advertising the country as a beacon of democracy and "a city upon a hill," where all kinds of opinions are inclusive. However, as shown in this cruel reality and Kelly's blunt statement, the existing values among the US elites are exceptionally chaotic and full of backward ideas that have been abandoned by history. Values that advocate peace and inclusiveness are being impacted, or to some extent suppressed, by racist, xenophobic and militant values, indicating that there is indeed a strong far-right force in the country.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson and Jesse Kelly are so vicious and irrational that they take China as their target. The opinions they spout forth on China are typical of the Neo-Nazism bred on American soil, promoting racial hatred and crimes against humanity. Their speeches are extremely dangerous for the US, as well as the whole world.
Many see the US as a politically reckless country with a tradition or tendency for waging wars, from its expansionist diplomacy and tradition with its fangs and claws, as well as the reality of the US military as a war machine that kills wherever it goes.
It is no exaggeration to say that the GOP is increasingly becoming a Neo-Nazi party. Over the years, the GOP has displayed growing Neo-Nazi characteristics. Far-right extremists, represented by Kelly, Carlson and the like, have been preaching that other people and parties, who disagree with their views, are the enemies of the US. These people not only pose threats to the health and stability of US society, but also endanger the international community.
Conservative commentator Kelly has his own radio program and TV shows. In 2010, Kelly ran for election to represent Arizona's 8th Congressional District. He won the Republican primary in August and lost in the November general election. That a C-list pundit can play a role in American politics, raise his voice in such a free manner in US media outlets is abnormal.
These so-called intellectuals hyping up Neo-Nazi ideas in the media would be unacceptable in Europe or China, but Kelly has an audience in the US, which indicates the US values, society and governance are in a mess.
The US has been a racist country since independence. The country's politicians may disagree, but their behaviors have come under the shadow of racism. In the past, native Americans were slaughtered in the name of "civilization." And even today, the US has been treating African Americans through divisive lens, marginalizing them.
When US racist and genocidal war-driven rhetoric flourishes in US media reports, and when news media like Fox News are openly used to attack China, it is clear that the country is becoming an increasingly dangerous place. Kelly's words remind the world of the US' inhumane deeds in the past. It proves the US made no progress in terms of civilization, with the mindset still stuck in a backward state.
The US is certainly no city upon a hill. Quite the contrary, when all the other countries are making marked progress in the 21st century, the elites and mainstream media in the US like Fox News are returning to barbarism. This is the US' misfortune.
The author is a professor at the Institute of International Relations of the China Foreign Affairs University. [email protected]
Yes, some of the inventive being spewed by mainstream/ establishment figures in the US these days is strait from Mussolini. :yerman:
China's common prosperity boon to world
BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The phrase common prosperity has gained prominence this year, as China is determined to bring better lives to more people.
After winning the anti-poverty fight and completing the first centenary goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, China now has favorable conditions for promoting common prosperity.
"China's level of economic development has reached a point at which all its citizens should be able to enjoy a reasonable standard of life," said John Ross, a British academic and senior fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China.
More tangible progress toward common prosperity has been listed as one of China's key long-term targets through 2035 when the country is expected to achieve basic modernization.
NEITHER POLARIZATION NOR EGALITARIANISM
China's vision for common prosperity is set against the backdrop of rising global inequality, with COVID-19 exposing the accelerated social ruptures in some economies.
"The yawning gap between rich and poor in some developed countries is one of the causes of social unrest. This is what China will try to avoid," said Quan Heng, an economist with the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.
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Chinese authorities have stressed that dependence on welfare makes people lazy and unwilling to work, which takes a toll on their initiatives and creativity. Large-scale and continuous welfare spending increases the tax burden on enterprises and individuals.
"We should avoid falling into the trap of welfarism, and we will not encourage those trying to get something for nothing or provide for lazybones," said Han Wenxiu, a senior official with the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs.
To realize common prosperity, the nation should first "make a bigger and better cake" through joint efforts of the people, and then divide and distribute the cake properly through rational institutional arrangements, read a statement released after the annual Central Economic Work Conference held earlier this month.
CONCRETE MEASURES
Over the past few years, the Chinese government has pursued the common prosperity agenda with a series of reforms.
Important gateways to common prosperity include the adjustment of overly high incomes through channels such as taxes, more help for low-income groups through the provision of stronger public benefits and the expansion of the middle-income group.
China has also intensified efforts to crack down on monopolies, curbed the disorderly expansion of capital, reined in the red-hot housing market, and stepped up supervision of the entertainment and education sectors.
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Western Propaganda on Xinjiang: What's the next target?
A false forced labor accusation was all that was needed for the US to sanction the solar companies, cut the lifelines of their workers and undermine the effort to tackle climate change.
https://youtu.be/_2KeXKh_RyM
Worth the 15 minutes- kind of a 'propaganda for dummies' primer, as well as some interesting facts on Xinjiang's prominence in the global solar energy industry.