THE USA AND CHINA ARE SIMILAR IN THESE THREE AREAS: Politics, Military, and Economics // Here's Why

CHINA AND THE USA ARE MORE SIMILAR THAN YOU THINK: Here's Why

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00:00 Intro
00:46 Politics
2:58 Military
4:18 Economic Policy

The U.S. and China have become the world’s two great powers, but years of jockeying for position on the world stage have deteriorated their relationship into what has been called the next cold war.

It’s become a rivalry for the ages. It’s East vs. West, communism vs. Democracy, Freedom Vs Control, Mexican Rice VS Chinese Rice and to viewers on BOTH sides it seems like their rival is some sort of EVIL foreign empire that wants to destroy them, but this COULDN’T be further from the truth.

In this video I’ll show you why the American perspective of China is flawed, why the Chinese perspective of the U.S. is flawed, and why both countries are A LOT more similar than you think.

The first way the United States and China are more similar than people think, is in their political systems.

The U.S. perspective here dates back in the FIRST cold war with Russia. That was portrayed in the U.S. as democracy vs. communism, and ever since, communism has had an EXTREMELY negative connotation in the U.S., even though I doubt most Americans could even define what it is.

The current Chinese form of communism is also actually quite different than the former Soviet Union’s, which deviated from Marxist principals and allowed for a lot more greed and corruption at the top… but most Americans just think “communism = bad.” What they don’t understand is that China is ALL ABOUT STABILITY. This is a theme that’s going to come up A LOT today. We may not always agree with their methods, but A LOT of what China does can be understood in these terms.

The Chinese see one party rule, with the Chinese Communist Party or CCP in power, as PARAMOUNT to the long-term stability of the country. From their perspective, the U.S. system of constantly shifting policy from the Democrats to the Republicans, where no one can plan ahead more than a couple years, and the two sides block each other from getting things done, results in a CONSTANT source of uncertainty about the future direction of the country. The U.S. sees democracy and the comprehensive system of checks and balances as a way of ensuring the government always represents the will of the people, and no one can ever have enough power for long enough to REALLY drive the country into the ground.

What the Chinese misunderstand about the U.S. perspective is that the U.S. is NOT trying to convert China into a democracy. Do we think our system is better? Yes, just like the Chinese think their system is better. At one point 30 years ago some politicians in the U.S. may have hoped China would one day become a democracy, but today, NO ONE in the U.S. is trying to intervene in China’s political system.

While U.S. democracy and Chinese communism seem at odds, they’re actually more similar than you think. China may not have competing political parties, but they DO have different factions, of sorts, WITHIN the CCP that counterbalance each other and vie for influence on political topics and the direction of the country. On the flip side, the U.S. often flips between the leadership of the Democrats and Republicans every few years, but make no mistake, BOTH of those parties would LOVE to win every single election and hold on to power forever, just like the CCP, if they could.

The second area area where the U.S. and China are more similar than people think is the way they manage their military objectives.

What the U.S. doesn’t understand is how lucky it is to be sandwiched between two close allies to the north and south, and two huge oceans to the east and west. China does not have that luxury. They’ve got an ongoing border dispute with India, a history of border disputes with Russia, who has just shown the wiliness to invade a neighbor, they’re well within striking distance of a nuclear-armed psychopath leading North Korea, they’ve NEVER gotten along with Japan… they’re SURROUNDED by danger, and remember, their #1 priority is STABILITY. They already have plenty of threats, so OF COURSE they don’t like the idea of the world’s #1 military power lurking around in their backyard. Do you think the U.S. would tolerate Chinese aircraft carriers in the Gulf of Mexico? Not a chance.

What the Chinese don’t understand about the U.S. perspective, is that we HAVE TO be there, but there’s not a chance in hell we’d ever attack China unprovoked. Through world wars and other treaties, the U.S. has gained a SIGNIFICANT amount of global influence and power by offering to protect our allies around the world from unwanted attacks.

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