Can America’s ‘Woke’ Generation
Rise To China’s Growing Challenge?
Issues & Insights,
by
The Editorial Board
Original Article
Posted By: RockyTCB,
7/2/2021 7:31:16 AM
As Americans prepare to celebrate 245 years of freedom with diffidence and perhaps even mixed feelings, China’s national fete this week marking the Chinese Communist Party’s 100 years of existence showed no such doubt. America faces a serious challenge from China, but seems too self-obsessed and divided to do anything about it.
It’s depressing to compare China’s celebration of a century of communism with our much more muted planned observance.
No.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
hoopsfan 7/2/2021 8:00:04 AM (No. 833403)
Sadly, no.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Old Army Vet 7/2/2021 8:00:10 AM (No. 833404)
Americas woke generation can't stand up for anything. They are the most useless group of people that I have ever had the displeasure to know and know about. I wish I knew what has happened to the people in this country, they get worse each and every day.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Rand Al'Thor 7/2/2021 8:00:19 AM (No. 833405)
I agree with number one's concise and comprehensive analysis.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
sanspeur 7/2/2021 8:39:48 AM (No. 833441)
Why should they ? They are uniquely special and owe no special bond to this country , it’s history is rotten and getting worse so why participate? They have legal drugs now . “turn on & drop out “ is them
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Clinger 7/2/2021 8:42:26 AM (No. 833447)
Nope, that job will go to the unwoke and the best we can hope for is the woke to get the hell out of our way.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
seamusm 7/2/2021 8:45:56 AM (No. 833451)
Of course not. A generation more concerned with the pretense of systemic racism than the real systematic Chinese crimes against the Uighur people hasn't time to recognize the threat to their cushy way of life. A generation more concerned with climate nonsense rather than 1.2 BILLION innocents murdered in the womb can't be concerned with the Chinese communist's aggressive and expansive plans for world domination. But maybe it takes suffering to wake a people up. If true we need to prepare for a world of hurt lasting decades - maybe forever.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
bad-hair 7/2/2021 8:56:10 AM (No. 833462)
If you ask them about China they'll pull out their SMART phones and Google it. Next question ??
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
red1066 7/2/2021 9:01:15 AM (No. 833467)
The only reason they get out of bed is to protest and respond to micro aggressions from the Chinese website Tic Tok.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 7/2/2021 9:08:52 AM (No. 833475)
I think the correct term is decadence. People focus on trivialities and circuses, and do nothing to defend themselves. Critics like to call the USA decadent. Sadly, they may be right.
In Iraq and Afghanistan, we did nation building. What we did not focus on is nation building in the USA itself. A nation has to continually build itself up (militarily, economically, culturally, diplomatically) or it falls behind. That's what we are seeing here now. The USA has competitors. Each nation exerts influence on the world stage. If a nation does not maintain itself, it loses influence.
We criticize the 'woke' generation for not defending the USA, but take a cold hard look at the other generations. How good a job did they do defending this country? Look at our leadership! We haven't had a successful war since WW 2. The 30 trillion dollar debt weakens the USA economically. Culturally we are turning anti-American. All of this weakens the USA and loss of influence in the world.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 7/2/2021 9:09:09 AM (No. 833476)
While the 'woke' generation quivers over which pronoun to use when addressing someone, China is lining its countryside with missiles and promising to destroy anyone who tries to harm the communist party. Our future is in doubt.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Nimby 7/2/2021 9:31:44 AM (No. 833496)
I have no faith in this woke generation
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Californian 7/2/2021 9:48:28 AM (No. 833515)
At first thought my answer is no.
However.... conflict with China will be here before these idiots are in charge of the fight.
After Americans destroy the Chinese navy and air force, we will need a cheap way to clear the mine fields. The woke idiots can provide a few moments of value in their otherwise worthless existence in that role.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
bad-hair 7/2/2021 10:18:31 AM (No. 833549)
The fight with China stops at my doorstep. If I lose, I win. Snowflakes. figure it out for yourself.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Highlander 7/2/2021 11:43:46 AM (No. 833628)
The Chinese are deadly serious. The democrats in charge of our national defense are deadly unserious.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
MickTurn 7/2/2021 10:00:45 PM (No. 834140)
I vote for a Mushroom cloud over Beijing during the next CCP conference.
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