Right after the election, many pundits and data analysts were quick to use various exit polls to give a simplistic reason for the failure of the Harris campaign. The economy, the border issues, the gender tension, Biden’s cover-up of his dementia and the fact that Democrats did not have an open primary, and how the media distorts reality.
There were also talks of young men (gen Z) turning to the right, people making less than 50k also turning to the right. Almost every demographics has turned to the right. Time to panic!
But this panic is based on wrong data analysis, for one simple reason - many would-be democrat supporters simply did not show up to vote.
Now with the votes 99% counted, a more complete picture emerged:
As you can see, the only groups where more people voted for the Democrats are the old and the rich. We don’t know for sure why so many people decided to stay at home for this election. Social media provides ample anecdotal evidence before and after the election: more and more people said no to the canvassing staff of the Democrat party because of Gaza. The staff had no answer for them to change their mind. It was obvious that Harris and democrats have abandoned the people who are deeply saddened and angry at the role USA played in the on-going genocide of two millions people.
But the elites want you to think otherwise - they want you to blame the American people for turning to the right. They don’t want to discuss how the elites are all morally depraved and the election system provide no real difference in policies. Unlike in 2016, when people genuinly believed Hillary Clinton was different from Trump, this time around, Biden kept most of Trump’s controversial policies and Harris promised not to change any of them.
Perhaps the most shocking and revealing phenomenon of the genocide is the utter corruption of Western mainstream media. I used to trust the “free” media for sticking to the basic truth, if not all of them, but for sure some of them will dare to tell the truth. But the media coverage of the “November 2024 Amsterdam attacks” is staggering. You see the media abandoning their initial original coverages and toeing the line of “anti-semitism” one after another. It reminds me of the Chinese state- controlled media right after June 4th, 1989. This is how bad the West has fallen. The talk page of that Wikipedia article, and the evolution of the page itself is very interesting. And, of course, in our current media circus, no one reads ‘retraction’ and ‘update’ after a few days.
China Global Television Network (CGTN), the international division of the state-owned media organization China Central Television (CCTV) reported, via Twitter about the Port of Chancay
It took almost five years to build, but South America’s largest and most modern port is about to be inaugurated in Peru.
The port was built by Chinese state-owned company Cosco Shipping, in association with the Peruvian company Volcan. The port was inaugurated on 14 November 2024 in a ceremony attended online by Xi Jinping and Peruvian president Dina Boluarte.
China’s $3.6B Port in Peru Opens, Transforming Latin American Trade Routes and COSCO Shipping to launch new China-Latin America freight service help to understand what is happening: a direct route from Peru (and nearby countries in South America) to China, bypassing Los Angeles port.
An analysis on twitter that gives a good idea of why this is happening
Ships from Peru would usually have to sail up to California before getting enough cargo to sail across the Pacific.
But with this new port, which can handle far more cargo, ships will be able to sail straight to Asia - saving them weeks on their journey.
Why has China done this?
China has done this seemingly for two reasons:
First: In opening this port, it means the US will lose a lot of business with South America - because of the previous point.
Ships will no longer have to go to the USA to be able to go to Asia, and in turn the USA loses out.
Second: China will get more influence over South America and their natural resources, as Peru and the surrounding countries will now be ‘indebted’ to them.
So this is another example of China expanding economically, whilst simultaneously damaging the US economy.
Trump’s potential reaction: EXCLUSIVE: A veteran adviser to Donald Trump is urging that 60% tariffs the President-elect has vowed to impose on Chinese goods also apply to those from ANY country that pass through a new port Beijing built in Peru.
To me, this is the confrontation between two giants: Kant vs Marx. Kant famously stated that commerce, rule of law, and trade will give us perpetual peace. But he has been proved wrong — regional wars have not stopped and we are on the verge of the third world war. UN system has been sabotaged by the USA as a way to maintain peace. Now with the tension between China and the West worse than ever, one wonders if the deep trade ties between China and the USA can prevent a war between the two largest economies of the world. Trump appointed Mark Rubio as the secretary of state, who is very famous among anti-CCP Chinese overseas for his anti-China stance. All the rhetoric indicates a trade war at least.
I am hopeful that a military war will not happen because of the appointment of secretary of defense. At least it looks Trump is indeed not interested in having a war under his watch. Elon Musk, as everyone knows, has a huge Tesla factory in China and has been trying for a while to gain control of the US government, first with Kanye West, then with Ron Desantis and finally with Trump. He might be what Kant meant by “perpetual peace because of commerce”, hehehe.
But in the long run, according to Marx, under capitalism, the winner takes all and there could be only one dominating figure in the world. And very likely China and the USA (and the West) will face off in an ugly confrontation. And meanwhile we are facing an existential crisis called “climate change”.
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