Glass Houses

EVERY NATION ON EARTH of course keeps track of every other nation, collecting information, sizing up other potential friends and enemies. So the chinese know a lot about america. And of course, they are more than eager to share with the world the most unsavory fgacts about the good ole U.S.A.

and so what? in the first place, much of what they say is blatantly false, and, whatever they find unpleasant about america we americans already know about, and are taking steps to repair, right?

the chinese government, in their report to the world concering their perecptions, which they wrongly claim to be facts about america, emphasizes america's unemployment problen, the gun violence, percentage of population in prison, hunger rate, and on, and on, and on....

its really depressing...but the point is, we americans already know about all this, and are rock solid determined to fix it all. The problem is, its hard to do...

Now, the chinese know all this, they know also about america's beauty, nautral and human, and they know that america embodies many great and desirable traits. But, they for some reason fail to emphasize the positive about america. Its almost as if the chinese government had decided to cast america in the worst possible light. One wonders why. Or, does one?

Also relevant is the fact that of all the problems the chinese government describes in america, those same problems are much, much worse in china...

Yes, we americans know, damned good and well, that we have faults, problems, shortcomings, limitation. We openly admit as much.  The government of china does not represent the will of the chinese people. of course, the same is true in america.

America's analysis of china is no more flattering, but more honest and accurate. And in america, china's viewpoint is presented, and the american government is vulnerable, at least to some degree, to the will of the people. 

IN america, the average "citizen" feels a bit less like a puppet than in china...

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