Good point, but I think the answer isn't to ridicule pro-Tibet activists but to minimize the ways we personally fund regimes who don't share our values.
Our economic vitality and quality of life is so inextricably tied to China that to back away from that relationship for reasons of conscience would entail sacrifices most of us couldn't fathom, as A Year Without 'Made In China' illustrates.
Good point, but I think the answer isn't to ridicule pro-Tibet activists but to minimize the ways we personally fund regimes who don't share our values.
Our economic vitality and quality of life is so inextricably tied to China that to back away from that relationship for reasons of conscience would entail sacrifices most of us couldn't fathom, as A Year Without 'Made In China' illustrates.
ReplyDeleteThe flag reminds me of Bill Hicks on flag burning:
ReplyDelete"My daddy died in Korea"
"that's funny, my flags made in Korea..."