Woke Capital Hastens America’s Demise by Backing China, But Wokeism's the Real Killer
Plus my commentary on Afghanistan, Capitol Riot developments, and more
Woke Capital Hastens America’s Demise by Backing China
America is underwriting its own demise.
Woke Capital apparently wants to hasten it.
Coming on the heels of a letter from titans of American industry to the Biden administration calling for it to jettison punitive China tariffs post-haste, and resume trade negotiations with Beijing, BlackRock’s research arm recently urged investors to increase their exposure to the PRC by two-to-three times.
But there’s a deeper problem than the fact our financial firms want us to accelerate the bankrolling of our worst adversary, and its hypocrisy in doing so.
As I write in the Epoch Times:
American—increasingly in-name-only—financial firms, which lubricate the global economy, epitomize the Woke elite, who reject the very system from which they have so richly benefited.
That the rest of that elite—our political class, media, academic institutions, and so on—are literally and figuratively invested in, beholden to, or at minimum afraid of running afoul of China, is at root a symptom of an existential crisis that threatens to undo America far before we ever get around to doing all that is necessary to counter Beijing.
The existential crisis concerns our understanding of who we are as a nation, our confidence in its purpose, and our resolve to do whatever is necessary to defend and protect it, and cultivate its greatness.
A pervasive America Last mentality of Wokeism, decadence, and decline prevails over the commanding heights of society. It is born of a sort of moral narcissism, as Roger Simon has termed it, under which our elites confess their sins of power and privilege, while supporting paternalistic policies falling hardest on those for whom they claim to care most. The elites virtue-signal without bearing any cost—on the contrary, they end up further ensconced in their preeminent societal position.
Unserious as this cynical charade is, it may prove fatal.
A nation that prioritizes politics over merit; rewards mediocrity over excellence; protects the connected and targets the contrarian; permits tyranny under the guise of health and safety; privileges foreigners over citizens; and inculcates an ethos of national self-loathing aimed at undoing the system on which it is based, no matter the resources and capabilities of those laboring under it, will be poised to crumble well before it gets around to confronting its global foes.
Domestic peace and prosperity will erode; morale will recede; the will to survive, let alone thrive, will be extinguished.
The zeitgeist of Wokeism, decadence, and decline will defeat us before China has a chance to say “kowtow.” That our putative leaders already kowtow in word and deed—indeed are actively aiding, abetting, and enabling our worst enemy—demonstrates the extent of the rot that has already set in.
Read the full piece here.
For Straight Arrow News, I delivered a monologue on Afghanistan that I urge you to check out here.
As I state in part:
The story of Afghanistan is a story of failure—of ignorance, arrogance, and corruption, all of which detracted from what should have been the singular mission: To avenge the deaths of Americans on 9/11 by crushing the jihadists who struck us, and deterring any such future acts.
But the calamity unfolding before our very eyes today constitutes an even deeper, and more basic failure of our president, our military, intelligence apparatus, and beyond.
Their collective outrageous failure is an inability, or unwillingness, to protect the life and limb of the American people—the core responsibility of our government.
Consequently:
This withdrawal or non-withdrawal [as executed] is the political equivalent of criminal negligence.
It’s the ultimate dereliction of duty.
It is absolutely an impeachable offense. G-d knows, presidents have been impeached on far less–for phone calls, and speeches for crying out loud.
The commander-in-chief, and every other senior official involved in these calamities ought to be impeached and removed, or resign for their rank incompetence here if nothing else.
On Thursday I appeared on “The Ezra Levant Show,” where I could barely contain my outrage at the needless deaths of Americans in Afghanistan. Check out a clip from the segment below:
On this week’s NatCon Squad, we discussed among other things:
New revelations regarding the Capitol Riot and their fallout
The Left’s smear of conservatives as akin to the Taliban
What a national interest-oriented foreign policy should consist of
And President Biden’s loan forgiveness hustle