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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TobagoJack who wrote (188220)	5/30/2022 10:33:27 PM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219836

What about the 12,000 Mainland Chinese police now stationed in HK? UK had different goals. So how can protocol remain static?

To: TobagoJack who wrote (188220)	5/31/2022 4:25:40 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Recommended By 3bar Respond to of 219836

When UK ruled Hong Kong, I believe Hong Kongese did not get to vote for their ruler. HK did great with VVV applied, writ large. Most free in the world. Civilized. Wonderful per capita. China could also rule HK in such VVV manner and so far, appears to, more or less, rendition notwithstanding, be doing so. Which will likely change to not necessarily better. As shown by many democratic countries, democracy does not always give better results. The collective versus the individual seems to always be traumatic though Switzerland is pre-eminent in VVV. . Tradable Citizenship voting should give much better collective versus individual balance. At least individuals could sell and flee with their share of the collective when the trends are bad. Voting to reduce one's share of the collective would be reduced though the problem would remain of people trying to rob the collective for individual gain by voting for self-aggrandisement. Regarding Taiwan, forceful conquest by China, as per Made in Ukraine rule, is very unlikely to lead to a better outcome. China should make joining China so attractive that Taiwanese vote en masse to join China to a greater or lesser extent. Kievans thought they could conquer easterners of more Russian persuasion, but Russia disagreed that it was a good idea and USA is likely to think conquest of Taiwan is undesirable, along with most Taiwanese. Better to kick the can down the road and make Made in China better. Even I might decide to join China. The brain drain is from China to USA, not the reverse. When people vote with feet to join Russia, China, Hungary etc, then those countries will be getting things more right than wrong. UK and USA remain highly attractive to hordes despite their shortcomings. Migration is a big deal these days. 24 hours in an A380 is a heck of a lot cheaper, faster, more pleasant than months in a sailing ship = no wonder migration is so enormous now. In the 19th century migrations, burials at sea were normal. Nobody gets tossed out the hatch of airliners en route. Rating countries from crappiest to bestest is now done, and on-line. A quick click gives usnews.com Rough and ready but looks more or less reasonable. But I've lived in Ottawa, Canada and they obviously don't score "too bloody cold" very highly. South of France I would rate higher than Canada. China is looking good and my time in Beijing, China 20 years ago was nice enough, albeit cold in Dec/Jan = but the hutongs and public toilet troughs were hideous and air disgustingly polluted. No doubt vastly improved. Mqurice