And, "All left-wing parties in the highly industrialised countries are at bottom a sham, because they make it their business to fight against something which they do not really wish to destroy. They have internationalist aims, and at the same time they struggle to keep up a standard of life with which those aims are incompatible. We all live by robbing Asiatic coolies, and those of us who are 'enlightened' all maintain that those coolies ought to be set free; but our standard of living, and hence our 'enlightenment,' demands that the robbery shall continue."
Vietnamese understand perfectly that power underpins all human relations, so they act accordingly. There's a proverb, "The smart eat men, the stupid are eaten," so life's first aim is to avoid being devoured.
Though it has been the most aggressive nation for over a century, the United States insists on defining its domineering streak, war profiteering or even sadism as selfless benevolence. We're only destroying this country to save it from itself.
With no frontiers left to speak of, lunatics moon at mars while the sophomoric are vehement that a more forceful push for socialism would finally deliver utopia. Me, I believe the future belongs to those who are ankle deep in mud.
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