Yesterday while a guest on The David Magee Show I made an offhand remark re: us being terrified of China somehow taking over America via buying Google that went something like "China just bought it's first KFC three years ago; they're not buying Google tomorrow."
So of course my Chinatown Bus breaks down on the way back to NYC and we sit on the side of the highway for three hours. Why?
Ran out of gas.
Hmm.
On one hand, I feel the Universe spanked me a little. On the other, I feel our incessant demand to panic about what an amazing machine of monstrous efficiency China is needs to end. Turns out they might be as dumb as we are. - XMASTIME
Hey, whaddya know - the whole "China owns our ass!" crap
is a myth:
The media tends to portray America like China's deadbeat brother-in-law who keeps borrowing money and promising he's good for it. But the truth is that China is far more dependent on the U.S. than the other way around. If they decided to pull the rug out from under the U.S., they'd be pulling it out from under their own economy.
Of course, it's
Cracked magazine, so take from it what you will. If you wanna stick to I'm more handsome than brilliant, fine. Whatevs.
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