The Fattest … and “more equal” Pig of them all …

The Top 100 Companies of the World: The U.S. vs Everyone Else The USA is still by far the fattest capitalist-pig in the world …. miles ahead of the rest of the pigs … proving clearly the famous Orwellian truth that “All Pigs are equal but some Pigs are more equal”. All the world’s anContinue reading “The Fattest … and “more equal” Pig of them all …”

The World is simply lurching from one kind of MADNESS to another

What the Infographic tells me is this: 1. All the pompous geopolitical and Geo-strategic punditry we hear and read these days from think-tanks and international-relations policy-experts about the world becoming “multipolar” is plain bunkum and politically correct eyewash meant to pull wool over the eyes of the rest of the world … make no mistakeContinue reading “The World is simply lurching from one kind of MADNESS to another”

Battery-Powered world domination by China !

The world can, of course, continue to demonise China for one thing after another, every other week or month … and at all sorts of fora and through all platforms of media … But the world has got to realise that to keep going at it for long into the future it will need ChineseContinue reading “Battery-Powered world domination by China !”

Meritocracy as a value in China and India

This morning a very dear friend and ex-colleague of mine and I happened to exchange some views on India and China and their relative achievements as a people in contemporary times. This is what my friend wrote to me: QUOTE: “I strongly believe in (this line of reasoning):No Kingdom without Army.No Army without Wealth.No WealthContinue reading “Meritocracy as a value in China and India”

Meritocracy as a value in China and India

This morning a very dear friend and ex-colleague of mine and I happened to exchange some views on India and China and their relative achievements as a people in contemporary times. This is what my friend wrote to me: QUOTE: “I strongly believe in (this line of reasoning):No Kingdom without Army.No Army without Wealth.No WealthContinue reading “Meritocracy as a value in China and India”