The reptilian Vlad Lenin was prescient with his comment about selling rope to one's hangman. Whether the nerds behind the scenes in Hollywood snipping "offensive" scenes, to the hulking, glowering "King James" on bended knee, to to the prostrate corporate execs such as Jamie Dimon - he of the abject apology, they share the same greedy…
The reptilian Vlad Lenin was prescient with his comment about selling rope to one's hangman. Whether the nerds behind the scenes in Hollywood snipping "offensive" scenes, to the hulking, glowering "King James" on bended knee, to to the prostrate corporate execs such as Jamie Dimon - he of the abject apology, they share the same greedy cowardice. China has been worming its way into our cultural life through buying influence, through "Confucian Institutes" and through planting its paid agents and spies throughout our nation. All allowed by our leaders. Payment by China? No problem. Sleeping with a Chinese spy? That's cute. Until the point where we have clear evidence that the sitting president of the United States received Chinese cash, laundered through his drug addicted son. And yet we do.....nothing. No outrage. No reforms. No prosecutions. So why are we surprised by this shocking level of influence in Hollywood by a malign, authoritative and thoroughly evil communist state? Why, indeed. As John Harington observed many centuries ago - "Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it Treason."
Yes we’re already very deep into the rabbit hole. Many don’t seem capable of building the necessary mental models to find their way out. It’s a very ancient game of Chess, Poker and GO combined.
The reptilian Vlad Lenin was prescient with his comment about selling rope to one's hangman. Whether the nerds behind the scenes in Hollywood snipping "offensive" scenes, to the hulking, glowering "King James" on bended knee, to to the prostrate corporate execs such as Jamie Dimon - he of the abject apology, they share the same greedy cowardice. China has been worming its way into our cultural life through buying influence, through "Confucian Institutes" and through planting its paid agents and spies throughout our nation. All allowed by our leaders. Payment by China? No problem. Sleeping with a Chinese spy? That's cute. Until the point where we have clear evidence that the sitting president of the United States received Chinese cash, laundered through his drug addicted son. And yet we do.....nothing. No outrage. No reforms. No prosecutions. So why are we surprised by this shocking level of influence in Hollywood by a malign, authoritative and thoroughly evil communist state? Why, indeed. As John Harington observed many centuries ago - "Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it Treason."
Ray Dalio might be the most morally bankrupt of the finance big wigs - google what he said to Sorkin on CNBC last Nov.
https://twitter.com/squawkcnbc/status/1465660719756681218?s=21&t=Tu3tragtBKj6TRqD4xkt2A
Yes we’re already very deep into the rabbit hole. Many don’t seem capable of building the necessary mental models to find their way out. It’s a very ancient game of Chess, Poker and GO combined.