Etiquette



DP Etiquette

First rule: Don't be a jackass. Most people are good.

Other rules: Do not attack or insult people you disagree with. Engage with facts, logic and beliefs. Out of respect for others, please provide some sources for the facts and truths you rely on if you are asked for that. If emotion is getting out of hand, get it back in hand. To limit dehumanizing people, don't call people or whole groups of people disrespectful names, e.g., stupid, dumb or liar. Insulting people is counterproductive to rational discussion. Insult makes people angry and defensive. All points of view are welcome, right, center, left and elsewhere. Just disagree, but don't be belligerent or reject inconvenient facts, truths or defensible reasoning.

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

American government incompetence is bipartisan

An American businessman operating in China, Kevin Walmsley, sources equipment for US companies. His company is located in the US, but his business deals are sourced mostly in China. In this 9 minute video, Walmsley discusses matters that make clear the staggering incompetence of top US officials and leaders. Apparently, they cannot see the reality of what China is doing and has done in terms of establishing global economic dominance. The US is asleep at the switch and distracted by Trump and MAGA. In his commentary, Walmsley makes little to no distinction between America's two main parties when it comes to incompetence in dealing at least with major international issues.  



At his substack Inside China / Business, Walmsley provides a transcript of his video along with the data charts he uses. Links to the information sources he relies on are given there. Medium-length story made short: Knowingly or not, most or all US political and business leadership is shockingly clueless and unjustifiably complacent. Most or all of the data Walmsley relies on is in the public domain. His reasoning looks to be solidly defensible.

If Walmsley is getting this right, which I believe he very likely is, Trump and MAGA incompetence and corruption are not our only problems. Both the Democratic and Republican Parties as political institutions are catastrophic failures.


Q: Is my assessment of the situation hyperbolic, reasonable, or something else, e.g., not clear based on the evidence presented.

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