Tessa Schlesinger
2 min readNov 3, 2021

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I will grant you that there is very little written about Umair Haque's origins, and that is disturbing. He does, hoewver, have a large audience, and the peope who read him feel the same way about America than he does. Given that so many are disgruntled with life in America, why do you insist that it isn't failing. Because that is what I am talking about - nothing else.

China is vying to become a super power. America is no longe respected anywhere in the world. It has lost all credibility. Things are not going well at home.

It doesn't matter how bad either America or China is - the point is that America has already lost considerable influence in the world and China is gaining influence.

This article is from the BBC I think the British Broadcast Corporation has quite a bit of influence, don't you.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55454146

This is from the British Times - another well respected news source.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/xi-jinpings-china-may-one-day-lead-the-world-but-it-will-never-be-loved-v9cnqjx6t

This is from Der Spiegel, a German publication

https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/from-brussels-to-the-rest-of-the-world-how-europe-became-a-model-for-the-21st-century-a-1fa5e710-7e18-4ad5-a0be-e26118f3a22f

I could give you media from most countries. For the most part, I don't pay any attention to American media. Sure, now and then I read the Washington Times, the Atlantic, Mother Jones, Wall Street Journal, San Diego Tribune, etc. But most of my sources are the British and European press.

I don't think I'm an expert. On the other hand, your only comments have been to disparage China. What you have not done is give me any convincing reason why China will not be the world's next superpower, and if it's not China, it's not going to be America either.

To be a superpower, you not only need a superior military, you need a solid economy, an expert work force, a highly educated people, and a peaceful country.

People in America are dying like flies as a result of Covid. It has people shoot school children. Its police are like the Gestapo. How dare you think America is any better than Chian.

Puh-lease. Two peas from the same pod.

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