As one Western commentator had it: If China destroys itself faster than we de...

Julian Bond - 2015-09-03 09:18:45+0000 - Updated: 2015-09-03 09:18:45+0000

As one Western commentator had it: If China destroys itself faster than we destroy ourselves then we win, right?

China appears to be running out of effluent sinks before it runs out of resources. Or maybe it's just the Limits to Growth prediction playing out that if the resource limits don't get you, the pollution will.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/31/1417071/-Much-of-China-Is-Now-An-Unrepairable-Ecological-Disaster

Much of China Is Now An Unrepairable Ecological Disaster

Pedro Stephano - 2015-09-03 10:41:15+0000

A strong anti-conservative message there for USA

Julian Bond - 2015-09-03 13:02:55+0000 - Updated: 2015-09-03 13:11:09+0000

What's it got to do with the USA? Except in as much as the USA outsourced it's pollution along with it's manufacturing.

And yes, I do understand that The Daily Kos spun the story as a critique of unfettered US-style capitalism. But the real story is about China, not about the USA.

Julian Bond - 2015-09-03 13:13:56+0000

Several layers back through the links, here's the source material,
http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue71/Smith71.pdf

Pedro Stephano - 2015-09-03 17:08:55+0000 - Updated: 2015-09-03 17:10:11+0000

What's it got to do with the USA? If the Republicans (SMALL GOVT!) and the Conservatives (NO GOVT!) had their way, capitalism and industry would run rampant and pollute the environment and people to death.

That's the lesson for USA. Beware.

And yes, the true story, a very sad one, is of China. I was simply commenting and extrapolating, as you do :-)