Stop Blaming China, I see the Enemy and he is US, Blinded by our Unaccounted for Catastrophic Economic Moral Hazards
- Carlton Buford

- Jun 29
- 12 min read
Updated: Jul 20
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America and Americans have to stop scapegoating and gaslighting China as an unfair international trading partner who is and has been cheating and taking advantage of the United States for decades and now it is time for the United States to stand up and force China to compensate us for it's predatory international trade with America and the American people.
The Truth is that America went to China with open arms, tax incentives and profit sharing deals that allowed US corporations and businesses to exploit China's dirt cheap labor and dirt cheap cost of doing business, relative to the high cost of labor and high cost of operating business in the United States. US free market capitalism which transferred massive industries, supply chains and jobs from the US to China was initiated and passionately supported by US Corporations, Global Investors and free market globalist politicians and business interest in the US. Everything was fine until the Chinese started to learn how capitalism and competitive economic markets work and how to use that knowledge strategically, to increasingly shift a larger and larger share of international trade profits to China from the US.
Over the past 20 - 30 years as China has become dominant and a world leader in manufacturing and supply chain management, China has learned from its experiments and experience with capitalism, understanding the importance of structural economy wide comparative advantage and using the power of its government to strategically invests in industries, technologies and its people, both individually and collectively, creating an unparalleled levels of synergy and productivity, that is unmatched in the world, because they see and understand the big picture of how you win in competitive capital intensive markets, where the driving criteria for success is the highest quality product or service in the marketplace at the absolute lowest price, possible, while also sustaining lucrative profit margins to reinvest and grow their businesses domestically and internationally
In America we have more of a wild wild west approach, with a focus on wealth creation and profitability for the owners of the business, with all other priorities in the economy or in society at a much lower level on the totem pole. That's great for the business owners and investors, but it also explains why America has such massive Trade and Federal Government deficits and debts and why consumer buying power is down some 80% over the past 40 years, for the bottom 80% of Americans in America, while the buying power of the wealthiest 20% in America is up 160% over this period.
There is a passage in the Christian Bible that reminds me of this relationship between America and China. In the Christian Bible, God's chosen people are admonished for failing to honor and value their great Jewish Heritage, through their ungrateful and sinful behavior. Paul one of God's great minister's warned the Jewish people that even though they are God's Chosen People, God will give his blessing and support to non-Jewish people in the world, because they do the will of the father through their actions and deeds and not just with their words, making these people full fledged members of the family of God, because their hearts and their actions are pure and representative of what it means to be a child of God.
In an analogous sense, the Chinese people are reaping the benefits of capitalism because they are implementing it in a manner that creates the best and most value for everyone in their economy and the global economy. The Chinese marshal and align all the resource they have in the public and private sector to achieve the highest quality products and services at the lowest possible price to the consumer. This is smart and creative competitive economics. America and many other countries that allow business owners to operate by charging prices with excessively fat margins or extract excessive profits on the backs of US consumers, and lazy or colluding government policy makers who do not regulate markets so that proper public investments are made over time that keeps the cost of doing business in America low and more competitive than competition around the world. Business , industry and government in America should be proactively working with state and local communities that allow businesses, communities and the government to strategically and jointly invest in infrastructure and technologies that will keep the cost of doing business anywhere in America at a comparative advantage to the competition worldwide.
America has to stop using China as a scape goat, and get to work. America has to get off of it lazy Croney Capitalism when considering the changes that America can make in terms of harnessing government, consumers and other businesses into a collaborative process where together, joint investments and operations across strategic industries, can transform high cost industries into innovative, synergistic and highly productive industries, able to compete competitively on cost, and using the competitive strengths in America, not available in China or anywhere else, to keep America's cost competitively low, allowing for a total value proposition that gives America a superior comparative advantage in the global market place, without requiring import Tariffs to make US products and services competitive with the rest of the world.
Over the past 20 years, China has increasingly become like the Gentiles described in the bible, acts the 28th Chapter. China has looked at America and has seen, they have listened to America and have both heard and understood, They have opened their hearts to the American entrepreneurial spirit and they have been converted and now surpass the US in advancements in Clean Energy, Rare Earths, Electric Vehicles and now even AI and super computing without America's advanced computer chips, because of their comparative advantage in energy, rare earths and the diffusion of AI into the economic Ecosystem of China for a more wide and practical use of AI by the population on the front end of AI development. In all of these areas where China has a very significant advantage in their products and services in terms of quality and reliability, China's prices are "ALSO" 20% to 50% lower. High quality and lowest possible price to consumer, it does not get better than that.
In 2015, America was poised to lead and create new markets in Clean Energy, Decarbonization, electric vehicles, robotics, AI, etc. America had clear leadership in all these markets and technologies and was on course to lead a revolutionary new energy, decarbonization, AI, Robotics, ecosystems……………then Enters President Trump - shuts down international trade momentum, investments and efforts that are associated with clean energy, electric vehicle etc... President Trump also hampers robust, competitive and fair international trade between the world's largest economies. Donald Trump reelected president 2024, reignites Domestic and Global Trade Chaos with international trade markets acting more like a global banana republic with the US acting more like an international trade gangster, with president Trump's whimsical actions infecting global economic trading relationships with his tariffs which in no way are based on any rational economics, but is more of a shakedown of the global economy by the United States of America,
The Economic Gospel for the USA and the US constitution are at their core both Economic and Moral documents. China is beating the US silly and America will be revealed as the Emperor with no clothing if we continue to fail to hold the wealthy & privileged few accountable for their economic moral hazards which are destroying America's true economic and moral comparative advantages. Structurally, America's strategy of always taking the path of least resistance so that the wealthy and well connected can win at catastrophically excessive levels, while everyone else eats cake is against the very essence of why America was created in the first place. America was created to Create and Maintain a more perfect union for All Americans as America's First Priority. WE ARE OUR BROTHERS KEEPER - because America is stronger and better for ourselves when we do this and America is stronger and better for the world when we do this. America is currently going down the narrow and blind worm hole of a Russia and Nazi want to be like Economy and Society. Not because we want this or because it is what is best for America, but because it is the path of least resistance, not requiring the work of considering and value diverse and specialized experiences and points of view that require additional time, effort and hard work needed to assess whether those diverse perspectives are value added or not ………… Currently in America, being our brother's keeper is very very low on the totem pole. We are letting the virus of vengeance, hate, chaos and lust ravage our society until it eats us alive like a malignant cancer, this is where America is headed, if we do not stop the madness Now!!!!!!!!!!!
AMERICA, WE ARE OUR BROTHERS KEEPER!!!!!!!!!! This is the source of our strength, not our weakness.
The most successful sports franchise in the history of the world, the NFL has known for many decades now that the secret to its success is to strategically and intentionally plan for and invest in policies, assets, resources, people and programs that keeps as much balance and parity among teams as is humanly possible. The NFL makes the most money when all teams in the league to the greatest extent possible are close or near parity, not because the system is rigged, but because of the opportunities, supports and policies that are strategically and tactically designed so that competition is maximized and made as fair and transparent as is humanly possible. Under these conditions, on any given Sunday, any team can win. Near the end of the season, to the greatest extent possible, parity and competition is intentionally maintained so that there are as many teams that are eligible for the playoffs as is possible, all the way down to the last regular season game, and this is because of the competitive, fair and transparency consciously and strategically created, designed and planned for by the league itself. This does not just happen on its own by itself, the owners and the entire NFL Ecosystem work together so that it achieves the outcomes expected and desired by all stakeholders to the league.
The US constitution is built to allow for and create this type of successful, Win - Win parity in all industries and sectors throughout the US economy, but it will not happen by itself. Like Benjamin Franklin said - "A Republic if you can Keep It? The NFL does not run on auto pilot. It is successful, because that Ecosystem is proactively employing the principles of DEI to keep the system competitive and working best for all stakeholders to the process. The teams with the most diversely competitive options and resources, who have made the investment in effort and time to meticulously synergize how the diversity of the players, coaches, recruiting staff, etc....work more perfectly together, in light of all the uncertainties that occur throughout the year with injuries, change in competition, change in the rules of play, etc..........making time to maximize the synergy from the diversity of talents and resources that have been strategically selected, based on the teams philosophy, brand, SWOT analysis, etc....is exactly what DEI is. Every team in the NFL is different. The owners and coaching staff's goals, philosophy, culture, the demands of the Fan base, the level and type of competition in their division, how competition changes each year or each week, NFL rule changes, Injuries, etc.. How can owners and coaching staff get a competitive advantage, a leg up on other teams, that keeps them guessing and not knowing how you will approach the game and be successful at executing your comparative advantage, your difference, your diversity, your DEI is your comparative advantage.
DEI is about harnessing the best diverse talent to give an organization a competitive or even dominate advantage in its market and ecosystem, in light of the diverse and unexpected needs and wants that impact the organization but gives the organization the best chances of success in light of all of that uncertainty.
To achieve this type of sustainable success, time and resources must be invested to know and understand organization philosophy, SWOT, Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats, of the organization and development of a strategy and plan maximizing the synergy that can be uniquely created with your organization and the resources that you have in the context of the competition and environment that you are operating in. Like a 100 or 1000 person orchestra, the beauty, the richness and uniqueness of the music created by the orchestra would sound like a hot mess, if time is not taken to meticulously plan for and practice how all of these different sounds blend perfectly together second by second over the course of the entire one or two hour performance. DEI is not the problem, DEI is the opportunity and the solution that creates comparative advantage and Greatness in the Life Process. We don't need less DEI in our government, business and society, we need more, much much more of it!!!!
DEI will not make us fear China or shut off competition with China, DEI says bring it on China. We are ready to compete. Yeah you have five times the people we have and you use your authoritarianism to create massive synergies by force, from top down. That's fine, but our process is more creative and gives power to the diversity of our people and the infinite creativity options available from that diversity, when synergistically harnessed by the DEI process, creates value in ways that top down approach will never be able to compete with for the things that America values and is good at. Like an Orchestra, we believe in the creative power and choices that our diverse or different musicians with their different instruments and styles, which when synergized together, allowing diverse roles to be created that were not even in existence before, and when these many diverse instruments, talents and styles, create and discover their unique roles in the orchestra and discover how to synergize their sounds with the other 999, musicians, the richness and beauty of the sound is like experiencing heaven on earth, only achievable by DEI. Diversity is not defined by the color of our skin, even though that may be a part of it depending on what the nature of democratization process is for the ecosystem under consideration. In general diversity relates to different characteristics, features and attributes that can be understood, developed and harnessed to improve the comparative advantage of a group, by harnessing the diverse resource, to be used in whatever way required to give a group, team or ecosystem a difference and an advantage that it did not have before and gives group or teams an advantage in the market or in that ecosystem, that it did not previously have.
China is by far the superior producer of electric vehicles and renewable energy. Is this because China Cheated. No, America was leading in all of those areas back in 2015 and was set to lead and dominate those industry going forward, until president Trump was elected, and he conspired with conservative, wealthy , privileged industries of the past to limit or completely stop - the progress America was making to transition to new clean energy technologies and electric vehicles - in order to protect the old conservative industries and keep Americans hostage to them and their uncompetitive and high cost products and services - this includes the oil industry, the auto industry, the chemical industry and the technology industry. The only reason America is not leading and dominating in Clean Energy, Electric Vehicles, AI, etc....is because President Trump and the republican party want to preserve the wealth for the status quo, at the catastrophic expense of current and future generations of American citizens. President Trumps approach was and is a top down Authoritarian approach which is uneconomic, discriminatory, unscientific and in most cases is just based on revenge, ego, corruption related to his own wealth creation and has nothing to do with what is best for America and all Americans in the US economy. He does not care about the American people, who they are, what they need or want individually based on their diverse needs and wants. He believes that only he knows what is best for all 343 million Americans without even trying to get to know and understand what Americans need, how those needs differ, why they are different, and why it is important to understand those differences and accommodate them to the greatest extent possible, given that we are a democratic society and democratic society's are at their best, when the vast diversity of the people in the democracy are identified and understood in terms of the power and value of their diversity, and roles are discovered or created to maximally harness the value of the diversity or specialness for all citizens in the economy and society.
China and America competing in open competition, with zero trade barriers allowing the country with the best and cheapest products to compete and allow consumers to freely choose is best for China, is best for America and is best for both Chinese and American consumers. Example, right now, China's electric vehicles are more advanced, higher quality and 30% to 50% cheaper than US electrical vehicles. America car makers have demonstrated, when they are protected from international competition, American cars are lower quality, break down quicker, unimaginative, expensive and would immediately loose massive market share to China if allowed to compete fairly and openly in international markets.
Conservative, old industry, wealthy industries like, oil, natural gas, chemical, auto, airline industry, etc....do not really want to compete, diversify, create and be creative for the purpose of maintaining and gaining market share, necessary to win fairly and squarely in the market place. They want to go into the competition with an advantage that practically guarantees that they will win, while minimizing risk and guaranteeing they will keep or gain market share with fat and fatter margins with the passage of time, without having to really worry about competition or seriously worrying about losing market share or profit margin level. This is called Crony Capitalism sponsored by Ponzi Scheme Government and Financial System, which bankrupts the masses while enriching the wealthy and powerful few, beyond their wildest imaginations.
So Again, stop blaming China, the Problem is us, America, we don't really want to compete and earn our dominate comparative advantage in the marketplace, we want to cheat, and steal and kill to earn that prized position, because it appears to be the quickest and easiest way to win.......but remember........at the end of the day, Ponzi Scheme Ecosystems will crash and burn, permanently destroying value for all participants in the market, rich and poor alike. If America does not want this to be our fate, we must be who we say that we are as prescribed in the constitution of the United States of America
Vision: "The Good News", Is Winning the best Moral, Economic and Social outcomes for America and the world by Winning America's Love for Being American to all other Americans and Winning Americans Love for Being American to the Rest of the World
Mission: "Being American", Is WINNING America's LOVE FOR Willfully and Intentionally prioritizing the Creation and Maintenance of A More Perfect Union for "ALL AMERICANS" as America's HIGHEST PRIORITY", DEI to the Rescue BIABY!!!!!!!
Pledge: WE ARE OUR BROTHER'S KEEPER!!!





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