Volume 10, Issue 40
President Xi’s rhetoric centered on the theme that China is destined to be the center of a yet to be determined “Great Reset.” He proclaimed that China will develop a great modern socialist country that “represents a new choice for humanity” as an alternative to Western free enterprise and democracy. This is not a statement of cooperation, but an intention of total world domination.
He even borrowed a phrase from American politics, “make China great again,” to reclaim the nation’s place at the center of global affairs. This is an interesting assertion since China has never been at the center of global affairs.
He admonished Chinese citizens to prepare for war with Taiwan and accept any struggles that are necessary to attain Chinese nationalist goals. He further warned all foreign nations that any interference with such a war would be treated as a declaration of war on China. The United States was not mentioned by name, but the inference was clear.
Xi also showed his hand on tactics to pursue economic independence from the West. He talked about Chinese manufacturing being subject to “internal circulation.” What this means is that goods manufactured in China will be force-sold to Chinese citizens. Foreign competition will be limited in an effort to establish a domestic marketplace for Chinese goods and services.
The Chinese President made no mention of the Russian war in Ukraine or the teetering real estate market in China. Such obvious omission of current critical issues can mean only one thing. He has no official position or policy solution for either. In a communist society, one is not given the privilege of asking questions of one’s leaders.
China is doubling down on a failed communist experiment. They are intent on establishing an independent, self-contained economic system with Russia. Russia provides oil. China provides manufactured goods and a domestic market for retail activity. This recommitment to failed communist economics is reminiscent of the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain that the two countries sought until 1991. Now they are attempting to inaugurate a combined Iron-Bamboo Economic Curtain.
When President Xi came on the scene 30 years ago, it was hoped that he would continue reforms initiated by Deng Xiaoping. Somewhere along the line in the past 10 years, he has not only become indurate in his communistic view, he has become despotic. Opinions differ on the cause of his attitudinal change. One consensus is that the hardliners in the Politburo have taken control and are now the dominant influence. It may be that Xi himself has succumbed to “the dark side.” Either way, Xi and the hardliners are joined at the hip.
We now know the outside timeframe for which all of the above objectives must be achieved. It is the next five years before the next five-year term. The Politburo and the Standing Committee have changed the constitution to allow Xi Jinping to be “emperor for life.” He cannot attain this goal without achieving all of the above objectives within five years.
The wild card in all this is Saudi Arabia. They have sided with Russia against the United States on production quotas for oil. President Biden made no secret of the fact that he asked for help from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The Crown Prince was not diplomatic in rendering an emphatic NO. China has attempted and been unsuccessful over the past decade in getting any producer of commodities to take payment in their currency, the yuan. The Saudis are in negotiations to sell some quantity of their oil production to China in yuans. In return, they will be given favorable pricing for manufactured goods from China. If this were to occur, financial markets would reel. The price of oil and the world’s banking system would be shaken if not destabilized.
So far, President Biden has been silent in challenging or confronting President Xi’s manifesto. The world is left anxious and restless for leadership. In a recent interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Thomas Friedman, the noted geopolitical author, lashed out at the Biden Administration. He criticized chasing climate change policy in lieu of coordination with the oil and gas industry. He called for a summit with industry leaders to coordinate economic security for the short term.
In light of what is transpiring in China and Russia, America should secure energy, food, and supply chain independence. China has declared economic war on the West. They have stated they are seeking totalitarian control of the world. They are not just interested in subjecting their own people to economic slavery. They cannot compete with a comparable free enterprise system. Therefore, the West must be defeated. Such objectives demand immediate action by the United States to provide for our own security.
In 1939, a Nazi leader told the world exactly what he intended to do. Allied leaders ignored the warnings. Most believed that Hitler’s bellicosity was nothing more than idle threats for histrionic purposes. Only Winston Churchill demanded that Europe take Hitler at his word. President Xi has a five-year window to produce on his promises to maintain power. His words are not idle.
Recent research by AmericasOne found that 86% of Americans are extremely proud, very proud, or somewhat proud to be an American. Sixty-nine percent are more likely to vote for a candidate that will defend America’s values abroad rather than capitulate to a global agenda. Yet, many politicians in both parties lack the courage to take a stand on American values.
Further, even though national politicians tell us otherwise, the research confirmed that Americans do not hate each other. They have retreated into the safe sanctuary of their own nuclear families for making life and political decisions. Another revelation is that Americans are not threatened, but rather are united by the individual authority we each have within our own families. These findings are consistent with the founding of our country in 1776, Alexis de Tocqueville’s research in the 1830s, and Abraham Lincoln’s appeal to the American public in his first inaugural address. As imminent Civil War overshadowed the country, Abraham Lincoln’s words still resonate today:
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
America was born as a nation of diversity. We respect each other’s culture. We do not fear each other’s authority over our own pursuits of destiny. We respect the value of the family. We acknowledge transcendent principles of human dignity. In this acceptance of each other…we embrace our national divergent distinctiveness.
When our leaders dwell in the hollow echo chamber of indecision, the chorus of our individual voices must rise in defense of liberty and freedom.
In these times, we must not be enemies, but citizen soldiers united in the determination to defend the God-given right of free will.
Led by “the better angels of our nature,” citizens of the United States and of the free world must put their differences aside to make their values known for the government choices to be made in the coming Great Reset.
Know that it is okay to be proud to be an American. It is okay to trust in the authority of your own family. It is okay to rely on, in faith, transcendent principles of morality. It is okay not to hate those who do not agree with you on all issues. It is okay to see your fellow neighbors as friends who are as committed as you are to providing a better life for the next generation.
And, in so committing to our inherent respect for each other… know that it is okay.
My name is Marc Nuttle and this is what I believe.
What do you believe?