Generational Dynamics World View

[Bob Butler 54]

(06-05-2020, 02:44 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: Lol!  Every day you seem more delusional than you did the previous day.

It is just a daydream. For once I was going for a LOL. No worse than the Republican "Lock her up."

[John J. Xenakis]

** 05-Jun-2020 World View: You've got to have a dream

(06-05-2020, 02:44 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: > Lol! Every day you seem more delusional than you did the previous
> day.

(06-05-2020, 02:59 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: > It is just a daydream. For once I was going for a LOL. No worse
> than the Republican "Lock her up."

Fair enough. As Bloody Mary sings in the Broadway musical South
Pacific: "You've got to have a dream, if you don't have a dream, how
you gonna have a dream come true?"

[Bob Butler 54]

(06-05-2020, 02:44 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote:

(06-05-2020, 02:59 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: It is just a daydream.  For once I was going for a LOL.  No worse than the Republican "Lock her up."

Fair enough.  As Bloody Mary sings in the Broadway musical South Pacific: "You've got to have a dream, if you don't have a dream, how you gonna have a dream come true?"

While I will stick to my inherent individual God granted Right to Daydream, on a more serious note I would just as soon decriminalize politics.  Of late, the major candidates have been facing investigations, whether you consider them merited or not.  That depends on how rabidly one tends to be ideologically biased.  People have gone after Hillary, Trump, and Hunter.  Even Obama was accused of not being a US citizen.  I'd just as soon this become one more relic of the Trump years and find it forgotten.

Still, it would help if people who had done questionable things were not nominated.  Maybe next set of mass protests.

[John J. Xenakis]

** 05-Jun-2020 World View: Philippines UN Hague Tribunal decision on South China Sea

Guest Wrote:> The Philippines will just be a battlefield, nothing more. It's
> people will be mere statistics, if anyone bothers to keep them. I
> doubt the Chinese are losing sleep over the Philippines' combat
> capabilities. The rest of Asia views the Filipino government with
> contempt. They are cowards and they sold out their own territorial
> integrity at the worst possible moment, when the World Court ruled
> in their favor. They are inept, corrupt, and cowardly. That's what
> Asia thinks of them. Read the Chinese message boards. They are
> filled with contempt for Filipinos. They are compared to
> Africans. The Philippines had their opportunity, and they
> squandered it. While the rest of Asia re-armed for the last 20
> years, the Filipinos dithered. No, they will just be what they
> were in the Second World War, a battle field. I don't see anyone
> drinking wine and stuffing their face in the Philippines for much
> longer. Unless you are a Chinese soldier.

You're right that Duterte gave in to Xi Jinping, but Xi explicitly
threatened war if Duterte hadn't done so:

** 11-Sep-18 World View -- Tensions grow in Philippines as Duterte turns against China in South China Sea
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/x...tm#e180911


** 21-Nov-18 World View -- Philippines president Duterte renews policy of China appeasement
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/x...tm#e181121


The Philippine people hate the Chinese people. Also, the Chinese
people have been contemptuous of the Philippines people for a long
time:

** 10-May-12 World View -- China's media 'accidentally' claims Philippines as part of China
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/x...tm#e120510

[John J. Xenakis]

** 05-Jun-2020 World View: Jobs report

Guest Wrote:> According to Yahoo Finance reporter , the May jobs report: US
> economy unexpectedly adds 2.5 million payrolls, unemployment rate
> falls to 13.3%. I guess we will be back to 3% employment soon
> using government math.

> 11 million apply for unemployment in May, yet we ADD 2.5 million
> jobs? Excuse me while I develop a hernia laughing. 2.5 million
> jobs are not new jobs. They are furloughed and laid off employees
> brought back as new hires.

> What do you think of the state of the US economy, John? Most of
> the people around me are hurting...

I'm not sure what your point is, since nobody claims that there
are 2.5 million new jobs. The whole point of the "paycheck protection
program" was to keep people solvent so that furloughed people can
come right back to work, and apparently it worked very well, much
to the surprise of many people.

As for the economy generally, the world is in a global deflationary
spiral, headed for a major financial crisis, the worst in history.
At the same time, the world is headed for WW III, and the US is headed
for war with China.

The talk about a new American civil war is nonsense.

[John J. Xenakis]

Quiet American" Wrote:> This has been the longest 6 months of my life.

I wish I could tell you that things will get better, but if I did,
then you would know I was lying.

[Bob Butler 54]

(06-05-2020, 09:05 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: The talk about a new American civil war is nonsense.

Agreed.  The reds wouldn't launch a war against their own guy, and the blues are content with the chances of peacefully gathering power.  Trump has chosen to go against the science on COVID, and against the people on police racism.  I see one more time the flip flop flips, but most people seem to be favoring their ideologic bias.

China?  You are still focused on the one aspect of xenophobia of the Industrial Age to the exclusion of the leaders and elites having to be greedy about winning something.  We'll see.

[David Horn]

(06-05-2020, 02:44 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: ** 05-Jun-2020 World View: Refusing to concede

(06-05-2020, 01:41 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: I have been wondering a bit as to what happens if Trump refuses to concede power. I can see Biden taking no steps outside arguing before various courts. I can see Trump refusing to attend the inauguration. I can see Biden insisting on the Chief Justice giving the oath of office.

From there it gets a little iffy. I currently have the Secret Service putting Trump in cuffs, frog marching him onto Marine One, giving him a last ride on Air Force One...

Destination, New York, where he has a date with a judge on his finances... I picture a bunch of Department of Justice officials meeting the plane.

Lol!  Every day you seem more delusional than you did the previous day.

This is one occasion that's relatively soon, so we'll see how it plays.  Trump is one-of-kind in the worst sense of the term.  He's adequately putrid to do something that crazy, so hold the LOLs for later.

And fwiw, I'm not sure how the institutions inside and outside of government will react if it happens either.  Institutions consist of human beings who, being flawed by nature, are intrinsically unpredictable in FOAK situations.

[Bob Butler 54]

A few thoughts about xenophobia.

I do not consider myself particularly hateful towards the people of Russia or China. I can see the ugly times that led them towards revolution. I can feel pity for them for having had to endure Stalin and Mao. I can think poorly of their leaders and elites autocratic decisions to expand, and point out a need for containment, for the Domino Theory. Autocrats are quite willing to see the people suffer for their own gain.

But that does not mean I hate the people. I distrust the policy of their leaders, yes. But I do not particularly hate the people. I feel this shared among the folk I’ve talked to, though I acknowledge Massachusetts as perhaps biased on this.

This was once much less true of the US. Back in the Gilded Age we had an attitude regarding blacks, natives, Asians, the latest wave of immigrants from Europe, most anyone not lily pure, and some that were. Expanding it to the Hun at need was easy. It was us vs them with them being expandable at need.

This started to change when the Chinese became our ally in World War II. It expanded again with the civil rights movement. With the protests we are seeing today, it is expanding even as we speak.

So naturally I am suspicious when someone tries to predict wars depending on an Industrial Age understanding of xenophobia and ignoring the factor of leadership and elite gain in prosecuting a war. Xenophobia has changed. The leaders and elites, alas, have not. War is still a racket.

[John J. Xenakis]

"A black man’s death was blamed on democrat cops in a democrat city
with a democrat police chief and a democrat mayor in a democrat state
with a democrat governor. Then democrats got together and burned
democrat cities. The democrat mayors and police chiefs allowed black
businesses and neighborhoods to burn. Black people died in the riots."

It's all Trump's fault.

[Bob Butler 54]

(06-06-2020, 12:39 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: "A black man’s death was blamed on democrat cops in a democrat city with a democrat police chief and a democrat mayor in a democrat state with a democrat governor. Then democrats got together and burned democrat cities. The democrat mayors and police chiefs allowed black businesses and neighborhoods to burn. Black people died in the riots."

It's all Trump's fault.

There is a reason the people are looking to the Democrats to change the violence and racism of the police.  Changing the culture is not easy.  The mass protests are necessary if you are going to get a cultural reboot.

Trump?  It is not directly his fault.  He did encourage racism for his personal gain.  He did change the atmosphere to encourage the open display of racism.  It might have effected things but there is no direct link.  It is not acceptable to a lot of people.  I assume you watch the news?

More of a concern is that he would rather intensify the violence than listen to the people.  That is more an after the event reaction.  I believe it will hurt him in November.

You know, I believe the resurgence of racism and its open display was in answer to Obama.  Trump was one enabling factor.  On the other hand, the current wave of protests is a response to the resurgence of racism.   You go to one extreme and you swing to the other…. Then you swing back and then some.

The racist resurgence went against the arrow of progress.  In particular, it goes against equality.  In the long run, I anticipated that equality would continue long term gains.  I confess, I didn’t anticipate the American push for all men being equal under law coming this hard and this soon.  Still, there it is.

[John J. Xenakis]

** 08-Jun-2020 World View: China vs Taiwan

Trevor Wrote:> I've looked at both Taiwan's and China's current military
> capability, so I have a few thoughts on it.

> I don't believe China would be able to conceal an invasion, as it
> would require hundreds of ballistic and cruise missile systems as
> part of an opening attack. They'd hit every airfield, naval base,
> and vessel they could. Taiwan would have ample warning, although
> some of their aircraft would be caught on the ground. You can't
> keep every plane in the air all the time.

> China greatly outnumbers Taiwan in terms of its naval forces, air
> forces, and ground forces. That being said, Taiwan's capable of
> inflicting heavy losses on them. In fact, 20 years ago, i would
> even say they were capable of repelling a Chinese invasion without
> outside help.

> However, I no longer believe that's the case. China would suffer
> enormous losses, but they've made it clear people are a mere
> resource to be expended. They will call up reserves, even use
> civilian boats to transport troops to the island should it prove
> necessary.

> And I believe Taiwan knows they're not going to be able to stop
> China from establishing a beachhead. However, the island is
> mountainous, providing ample opportunity for guerilla warfare, and
> if I was part of the Taiwanese military, I'd ensure there were
> hundreds of hidden caches of weapons buried so deep China could
> never find them. China would lose tens of thousands of their
> troops securing territory in Taiwan, maybe more taking over the
> major population centers.

> Even so, if Taiwan fought alone, they would lose the fight. And
> our intervention is an open question. The United States is very
> much in a mood of: "Screw foreign entanglements; let people deal
> with their own problems!" The attitude dominates both
> conservatives and progressives. We'd find ourselves in a position
> where if we intervene, it'll be a bloody war, but if we don't, we
> send a message to the world that American protection means
> nothing.

> China would certainly threaten us with force not to get involved
> in an internal matter, perhaps cutting off medical supplies or
> other crucial items. However, let's say. . . they offer an
> agreement where all debt we owe them will be forgiven in exchange
> for not assisting Taiwan. It'd be a tempting offer for some,
> especially with an anti-intervention mood. Our government is
> paralyzed with the knowledge we have two impossible choices in
> front of us, which would likely end in a bitter partisan battle as
> Taiwan falls. Japan would likely be in a similar situation,
> arguing between a clear danger and their Post-WWII pledge not to
> declare war.

> Our assistance is far from guaranteed, though refusal would have
> untold consequences. The Philippines would be a prime target for
> China. Their military is far weaker than Taiwan's, underequipped
> and poorly trained, Moreover, their strategic location would be an
> excellent buffer state against the U.S. Navy, where they could
> station thousands of anti-ship missiles in opposition to us.

> The question is: how effective are China's "carrier killers"? I've
> read many articles on the topic, with varying opinions of how
> deadly they are. I've seen the massive crater in a desert test
> against our carrier, but there's a difference between that and how
> well they perform under battlefield conditions. I expect we won't
> have a true answer until they're actually used.

That's a really great analysis.

However, on one point I would disagree -- and I know we've discussed
this in the past.

You say: "The United States is very much in a mood of: "Screw foreign
entanglements; let people deal with their own problems!""

A Chinese attack on Taiwan would be a generational Regeneracy event,
and we'd be at war with China within 24 hours.

If you'd like a recent example, after 9/11/2001, we were at war with
Afghanistan by the end of the day. The Democrats hated Bush, but they
didn't object to the military response. Compare the Democratic
response to the Afghan war with their response to the Iraq war.

That's why I keep saying that the war won't begin with some massive
invasion, like the invasion of Poland or the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
It will begin with some minor event, like the Marco Polo Bridge
incident, that spirals into full-scale war over time.

[Warren Dew]

9/11 was an attack on the US mainland though. An attack on Taiwan would not be.

That said, I suspect we could provide enough resupply to Taiwan to keep them going for a long time, even without direct military intervention.

[John J. Xenakis]

** 09-Jun-2020 World View: Defending Taiwan

(06-09-2020, 01:19 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: > 9/11 was an attack on the US mainland though. An attack on Taiwan
> would not be.

> That said, I suspect we could provide enough resupply to Taiwan to
> keep them going for a long time, even without direct military
> intervention.

This subject is currently being debated in the gdxforum by people who
know a great deal more about it than I do.

http://gdxforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?...start=3560

[John J. Xenakis]

** 09-Jun-2020 World View: Ladakh border conflict - India vs China

utahbob Wrote:> I don’t want to sound like a have roll of tin foil on my head, but
> when I see articles like this in the open press, my spider sense
> starts up. With America distracted with its bread and circus games
> and Wuhan virus, two nuclear armed, former empires with different
> degrees of xenophobia start sparring then shifting units around in
> the open media, I get alarmed. China’s economy is tanking, civil
> unrest rising, imprisoning whole swaths of the population based on
> religious or ethnic background, what is a better way to rally the
> support of the population than break out the foreign bogeyman.
> War have started over less silly shit:
> https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military...ear-border

I think you're absolutely right to raise the alarm on this issue. I
wrote briefly about it a few weeks ago when you previously raised the
issue.

*** 25-May-2020 World View: India-China border conflict in Ladakh
*** http://gdxforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=52293#p52293

What's remarkable about this situation is its similarity to the Marco
Polo Bridge incident that triggered World War II. In particular, both
the Indian and Chinese populations are in highly nationalistic and
xenophobic moods, and this is the kind of mood that leads to a "shoot
first, look later" situation. All it would take is one gunshot to
trigger an escalation situation.

A lot of people might say, "Why would they do that?" People get
confused and think that things are the same as in the 1990s, when
everyone was in the mood to compromise. Today, compromise is rare.
If there are Chinese and Indian forces facing each other across this
border, then a lit match could spread a fire rapidly.

[John J. Xenakis]

** 10-Jun-2020 World View: Japan and Taiwan

Guest Wrote:

Xeraphim1 Wrote:

Guest Wrote:Japan would go to war to help Taiwan because the Japanese know that they would be next. You don't understand how the Japanese think. Even Japanese leftists would support a war with the mainlanders in the event of an attack on Taiwan.

There is no treaty to support such an action and the general Japanese populace is pretty pacifistic. It would be in Japan's long term interest to intervene, but countries often make decisions contrary to those interests for various reasons. I wouldn't consider it to be assured.

The Japanese public is alarmed at recent developments. They know what the Chinese have in store for them. The Japanese know. This is not the Japan of 1975.

I recently posted an article on this subject:


** 24-May-20 World View -- Minister suggests Japan will defend Taiwan against military invasion by China
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/x...tm#e200524

[John J. Xenakis]

** 12-Jun-2020 World View: Derek Chauvin - the Hmong connection

Navigator Wrote:> John, There are a number of reports that the cop that killed Floyd
> knew him well. They both worked security at some club and had
> fights. Fights over Chauvin's manhandling of club customers. So
> there is an actual motive. He actually hated Floyd personally and
> wanted to hurt him.

Well, as you may know, the person who claimed that they worked closely
and "bumped heads" has now recanted his story, adding a new bizarre
twist to this whole story.

-- Man who claimed George Floyd and Derek Chauvin "bumped heads"
changes story
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-floy...ges-story/
(CBS News, 11-Jun-2020)

But in this situation, I'm not sure it makes any difference whether
they "bumped heads" or not. Over the years, I've known many people
who "bumped heads" in the workplace, without leading to anything like
the horrific behavior that Chauvin exhibited. If Floyd had had an
affair with Chauvin's wife, then Chauvin's behavior might have made
sense. But under the circumstances, I still think that Chauvin's
behavior was motivated by some connection to the KKK.

Perhaps as the case evolves, something will come out that reveals the
situation, one way or the other.

Little has been reported about Chauvin's past, except that he's
married to a former Mrs. Minnesota. She's filing for divorce now, and
is apparently planning to screw him in every possible way (except sex).

• Kellie Chauvin

She's an ethnic Hmong and a Hmong activist, born in Laos, but fled to
Thailand and became a refugee in the late 1970s, when Vietnam was
committing genocide. Here's a Human Rights Watch report on the
genocide:

Quote:> "The Hmong capitol has disappeared. When the Laos and
> Vietnamese community captured the Hmong, they would cut off the
> penis off and place in the mouth. For the women captured, they are
> raped and killed. All have sharp object shoved from the vagina to
> the chest cavity. For children captured, they have toes cut off
> and also head bashed on trees. Mr. Chair, this is a new century.

> Vietnam is a member of the family of nations. We have picture of
> top Vietnamese General and his officers killed in 1998. They came
> to kill the Hmong people. I have pictures of the innocent people
> slaughtered by Vietnamese government. The people are coming to
> kill the Hmong people. The Hmong refugee that live in Laos and
> Thailand should be granted refugee status."

So Chauvin would, of course, be very well aware of this recent history
of his activist wife's ethnic group. Given the way that the
Vietnamese treated the Hmong, maybe Chauvin decided that he was
letting Floyd off easy. There still might be a connection to the KKK,
but this situation gets more complex every day.

[Bob Butler 54]

(06-12-2020, 02:11 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: Little has been reported about Chauvin's past, except that he's married to a former Mrs. Minnesota.  She's filing for divorce now, and is apparently planning to screw him in every possible way (except sex).

Couldn't happen to a finer guy.

I doubt he needed a KKK link.  He had other channels to express his feelings.  As you say, it is apt to come out.  How many biographies of Charles Manson have been written?  This guy will likely get some too.

[John J. Xenakis]

*** 13-Jun-20 World View -- China and India mobilize thousands of troops along border in Ladakh

This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com

• China and India mobilize thousands of troops along border in Ladakh
  
• Significance of the Ladakh border confrontation
  

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**** China and India mobilize thousands of troops along border in Ladakh
****


Chinese soldiers mobilized to the northwest plateau near Ladakh in images shown on state television (SCMP, Weibo)

China has occupied more than sixty square kilometres of Indian
territory in eastern Ladakh, according to a senior Indian Army source.

China has mobilized thousands of paratroopers, armoured vehicles and
equipment in a military drill on a plateau near Ladakh, the border
region disputed by India and China. According to state media
reports, they could be deployed "within hours" to the Ladakh region.

According to India's media, China's army has been carrying out
manoeuvres to occupy Indian territory and build concrete defenses on
it. China now has at least two group armies, three air force bases,
and one rocket force base in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), with
over 200,000 soldiers conducting combat training.

These steps signal a dramatic escalation in border tensions by
China's military. In response, India has been reinforcing its
forces on the India-China border.

So far, not a shot has been fired on either side, since that would
amount to a declaration of full-scale war, but that there have been
clashes anyway. Seventy Indian troops were injured in fist-fighting
and stone-throwing as they tried to stop the advance.

India must now prepare for a two-front war, with the Pakistan military
on one side and China's army in the east. Pakistan and China have
been doing combined combat training since 2011.

Indian army sources say that that similar Chinese army troop movement
is occurring in multiple locations in all three sectors -- western,
middle and eastern -- of the 3,488-km boundary that India shares with
China. While the current faceoff has been restricted to eastern
Ladakh, which is in the western sector, armies on both sides have
augmented their military strength even in the middle and eastern
sectors.

Divisional commanders on both the Chinese and India side met
on Wednesday to discuss moving troops back. Nothing was resolved,
although negotiations are expected to continue in the near future.

The United Nations is calling for restraint. UN officials undoubtedly
believe that a border war would be "unacceptable," and they would not
hesitate to take firm action by calling a committee meeting or a press
conference. Russia would blame the United States.

****
**** Significance of the Ladakh border confrontation
****

As I've written a number of times in the past, I do not expect WW III
to begin with some major attack, such as a Chinese invasion of Taiwan
or Japan or a missile attack on the United States. Those acts would
come later. Major wars begin with small events. In a generational
Crisis era, when public levels of nationalism and xenophobia are very
high, a small event can be a match that lights an explosive fire.

World War II did not begin with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, nor did
it begin with the invasion of Poland.

As I've described in the past, World War II began in 1937 with the
Marco Polo Bridge incident. The Marco Polo Bridge is about 15 km
south of Beijing in China, and was so named because Marco Polo praised
the bridge in the 13th century. In 1937, both Japan and China were
deep into generational Crisis eras, and the Japanese and Chinese
people really hated each other. On July 7, a small group of Japanese
soldiers, stationed near the bridge, took a roll call and found one
soldier missing. The Japanese accused Chinese soldiers, also
stationed near the bridge in the city of Wanping, of abducting the
Japanese soldier. A brief clash was won by the Japanese. There were
negotiations, and the situation was settled quickly. (The "abducted"
soldier had merely gotten lost in the woods.)

So the two sides negotiated a settlement, but both sides then brought
in reinforcements. Within a month there was full-scale war, leading
to the Japanese "Rape of Nanking" shortly thereafter.

What's remarkable about the Ladach border situation is its similarity
to the Marco Polo Bridge incident that triggered World War II. In
particular, both the Indian and Chinese populations are in highly
nationalistic and xenophobic moods, and this is the kind of mood that
leads to a "shoot first, look later" situation. All it would take is
one gunshot to trigger an escalation situation. And there are similar
potential border confrontations all along the 3,488-km boundary that
separates China from India.

This doesn't mean that the Ladakh border incident will lead to full
scale war. In fact, confrontations like the one going on in Ladach
are not uncommon, and they're settled quickly.

But this particular confrontation is raising international concern
because positions on both sides appear to be hardening. China is
occupying Indian land, and will not back off. In the border
confrontation in May 2018, China did back off, possibly because the
confrontation was taking place Bhutan's Doklam Plateau, and Bhutan
asked India to prevent a China takeover. It was speculated at the
time that China backed off because China was not ready for a
full-scale war with India, and wanted to wait until it WAS ready for a
full-scale war.

What's remarkable about these border situations, alternating between
negotiations and reinforcements, is their similarity to the incident
that triggered World War II. With nationalism and xenophobia growing
on both sides of this enormous border, with troop buildups at several
locations along this border, it's quite possible that one of the
India-China border confrontations will be the trigger that spirals
into a major war.

John Xenakis is author of: "World View: War Between China and Japan:
Why America Must Be Prepared" (Generational Theory Book Series, Book
2), June 2019, Paperback: 331 pages, with over 200 source references,
$13.99 https://www.amazon.com/World-View-Betwee...732738637/

Sources:

• Ladakh / China mobilises thousands of troops, armoured vehicles near border with India (South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, 8-Jun-2020)
  
• Here's Why All's Not Well for India on the Ladakh Front (The Wire, India, 10-Jun-2020)
  
• Turkic links with Ladakh region: Once gateway of South, Central Asia (Anadolu, Turkey, 9-Jun-2020)
  
• China annexes 60 square km of India in Ladakh as simmering tensions erupt between two superpowers (Telegraph, London, 12-Jun-2020)
  
• Border Frictions with China Will Hurt India’s Development (China Focus, 10-Jun-2020)
  
• China-India border meeting injects hopes to ease tension; ‘bottom line’ with India non-negotiable: experts (Global Times, Beijing, 6-Jun-2020)
  
• Not just in Ladakh, India, China moved troops in all three sectors last month (Indian Express, 12-Jun-2020)
  
• Chinese diplomat tweets a twist to Ladakh standoff, sees link to Article 370 (Hindustan Times, 12-Jun-2020)
  
• Chinese media is the superspreader of disinformation: From Covid to Ladakh (The Print, India, 9-Jun-2020)
  
• Analysis | China’s Belt and Road Initiative fuels Ladakh standoff (The Hindu, 5-Jun-2020)
  
• Indian, Chinese Troops Mutually Pull Back From Most Ladakh Areas: Sources (New Delhi TV, 10-Jun-2020)
  
• Indian Army gains psychological edge as Chinese troops withdraw from eastern Ladakh (Zee News, India, 10-Jun-2020)
  
• India-China Stand-Off: Three Reasons Why The Crisis In Ladakh Is Far From Over (Swarajya, India, 10-Jun-2020)
  
• Tragic yarn: India-China border spat hits global cashmere production (FashionNetwork/AFP, 9-Jun-2020)

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KEYS: Generational Dynamics, China, India, Ladakh,
Pakistan, Bhutan, Doklam Plateau,
Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Japan, Rape of Nanking

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** 13-Jun-2020 World View: Xenophobia

(06-06-2020, 08:29 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: > A few thoughts about xenophobia.

> I do not consider myself particularly hateful towards the people
> of Russia or China. I can see the ugly times that led them towards
> revolution. I can feel pity for them for having had to endure
> Stalin and Mao. I can think poorly of their leaders and elites
> autocratic decisions to expand, and point out a need for
> containment, for the Domino Theory. Autocrats are quite willing to
> see the people suffer for their own gain.

> But that does not mean I hate the people. I distrust the policy of
> their leaders, yes. But I do not particularly hate the people. I
> feel this shared among the folk I’ve talked to, though I
> acknowledge Massachusetts as perhaps biased on this.

Strictly speaking, the word "xenophobia," which is one of my favorite
words ever, doesn't mean hatred of some people, though it may.

If you go back to the Greek roots, it literally means "fear of
foreigners or strangers." My father once told me that in ancient
Greece it referred to invaders from the north.

It has a much broader reach than the word "racism." It's an umbrella
word that can refer any of a number of emotions towards another nation
or society: Fear of power, fear of invasion, jealousy, anger, hatred,
impatience, annoyance, and so forth.

I use the word "xenophobia" frequently to describe an attitude of the
people of one nation or society to another that might lead to war in
this generational Crisis era. It's frequently used in conjunction
with the world "nationalism," which refers to an inward emotion, while
"xenophobia" refers to an outward emotion. This is contrasted to the
Unraveling era of the 1990s, when different words would be used, such
as xenophilia, accepting, compromising, impartiality, or indifference.