Chinese Bronco regrets

[Steve83]

The thought of how a communist country can wield their power and murder thousands of innocent people without the world coming to their rescue truly saddens me. The dependency that Europe has on Russian fuel and other infrastructure prevents them from supporting too much and having a total collapse of their economy.

You say that as if a capitalist democratic country (like the US), or a socialist country (like the UK) is even slightly LESS-GUILTY of the exact same things, only FAR WORSE. Study your own history - what Europeans did to the indigenous Americans is almost inconceivable. So is what we did to Americans of Asian-Pacific heritage during WW2. We are NO BETTER, and arguably worse because we pretend we're better (as a group). Same for the rest of Europe - particularly England, which was guilty of doing exactly that to about 1/2 the globe for a century or so. Then they took their worst, and dumped them in Australia to repeat it there, only MUCH more brutally.

So don't just blindly accept the spin that's being doctored onto this repeat of history - try to remember how many times it has been done before, and where, and by whom (including your great-grandparents, and mine). Have you met the new boss? Same as the old boss.

 

[nvrstuk]

I tend to think we only started helping Ukraine (even tho it took a couple weeks) to make a small statement to Mainland China about what might be expected when they invade Taiwan. Disgusting that we (US) stalled so long and effectively killed thousands of Ukranians and set them back months by waiting so long (maybe thinking they'd fall quickly) due to political bickering and indecision...

 

[BGBronco]

Without fully diving into the USA / China thing, the Bronco was kept alive by a number of things, but most importantly the vendors that supported us. Some vendors have options on specific parts (Made in USA / China) which is a nice option to have. Right here in the USA, Ford, I think, really screwed over several of the great vendors that kept us all going along the way and ultimately helping to relaunch the New Bronco by requiring a name change (e.g. Toms Bronco Parts to Tom's Offroad). Sorry, that was a tangent!

 

[nvrstuk]

Back to Ford... my brand new waterpump in a Ford Motorsports box had a "made in china" sticker stuck to the back of it.

Hey, it's Friday the 13th and I hope you are all doing good!