Kjernen i meldingen er hvordan Amerikanerne er så opptatt av å krangle seg i mellom at de ikke legger merke til at de spiller rett i hendene på Kineserne. Friedman får i dette innlegget gjort rede for overraskende mange forhold han mener er uheldig, eller rett og slett galskap. Han gjør det også på en svært morsom måte. Her er et par utdrag:
"Things are going well here for China. America remains a deeply politically polarized country, which is certainly helpful for our goal of overtaking the U.S. as the world’s most powerful economy and nation. But we’re particularly optimistic because the Americans are polarized over all the wrong things."
"Americans just had what they call an “election.” Best we could tell it involved one congressman trying to raise more money than the other (all from businesses they are supposed to be regulating) so he could tell bigger lies on TV more often about the other guy before the other guy could do it to him. This leaves us relieved. It means America will do nothing serious to fix its structural problems: a ballooning deficit, declining educational performance, crumbling infrastructure and diminished immigration of new talent."Les hele artikkelen på New York Times sin hjemmeside.
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