Yeah, Walz certainly does seem to like China. By 2016, he said (according to him) that he had visited China some 30 times, starting back in 1989. Just two years after than, he was teaching his social studies students in the US that communism “means that everyone is the same and everyone shares”. He told them that the people in China get free housing, paid no taxes and got 30 pounds of free food a month.”
But apparently he wasn’t aware that Mao (who started that glorious country and is still widely revered by leftist such as himself, never shared or get the same as everyone else did. No, Mao, who policies arguably starved 30-40 million Chinese to death, celebrated his 66th birthday with a huge feast for 80 of his closest advisors. It included such delicacies as bird’s nest soup with baby doves. In a country where the average daily caloric intake was about 1500 calories, Mao was a gourmet who had his favorite foods flown in from all over the country. In a country were housing was so tight that often three generations lived in one room, he had more than 50 estates, with whole mountains and lakes cordoned off for his private use.
Yeah, Tim, everyone under communism gets the same and shares. Why today, the leaders of China have to be content with driving around in luxury sedans (their kids drive top end sports cars), having special schools for their kids, getting organic food from special government owned farms, having special (read separate) medical facilities, and living in very nice accommodations where they even get purified air on those days when the average citizen is breathing polluted air. Just like everyone else.
And whether you believe or not, Tim, that sort of inequity has been true in every Communist country that has ever existed. Just saying …
Walz spent a year teaching English as a Second Language in China. He gushed all over the Chinese people because he got "so many gifts," in fact, he got more gifts that he could even carry home. So they got his number--lavish the guy with praise and give him goodies and he'll follow you anywhere.
Walz said the Chinese people were so generous to him, they were the greatest people. And I don't doubt that Chinese are always looking for corruptible types. There are different ways to corrupt individuals. Some want money, some like women (Eric Swalwell and Fang-Fang), some want power... I think Walz just wanted presents and praise.
The concept of traitors goes back to Biblical times. Judas sold out Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. If you read the story, the Pharisees didn't go to Judas looking for a mole in Jesus's organization. It was Judas who sought out the Pharisees with "valuable information" he was willing to peddle. I think Walz is in this mode. He was easily seduced by shiny objects.
Yeah, Walz certainly does seem to like China. By 2016, he said (according to him) that he had visited China some 30 times, starting back in 1989. Just two years after than, he was teaching his social studies students in the US that communism “means that everyone is the same and everyone shares”. He told them that the people in China get free housing, paid no taxes and got 30 pounds of free food a month.”
But apparently he wasn’t aware that Mao (who started that glorious country and is still widely revered by leftist such as himself, never shared or get the same as everyone else did. No, Mao, who policies arguably starved 30-40 million Chinese to death, celebrated his 66th birthday with a huge feast for 80 of his closest advisors. It included such delicacies as bird’s nest soup with baby doves. In a country where the average daily caloric intake was about 1500 calories, Mao was a gourmet who had his favorite foods flown in from all over the country. In a country were housing was so tight that often three generations lived in one room, he had more than 50 estates, with whole mountains and lakes cordoned off for his private use.
Yeah, Tim, everyone under communism gets the same and shares. Why today, the leaders of China have to be content with driving around in luxury sedans (their kids drive top end sports cars), having special schools for their kids, getting organic food from special government owned farms, having special (read separate) medical facilities, and living in very nice accommodations where they even get purified air on those days when the average citizen is breathing polluted air. Just like everyone else.
And whether you believe or not, Tim, that sort of inequity has been true in every Communist country that has ever existed. Just saying …
Walz spent a year teaching English as a Second Language in China. He gushed all over the Chinese people because he got "so many gifts," in fact, he got more gifts that he could even carry home. So they got his number--lavish the guy with praise and give him goodies and he'll follow you anywhere.
Walz said the Chinese people were so generous to him, they were the greatest people. And I don't doubt that Chinese are always looking for corruptible types. There are different ways to corrupt individuals. Some want money, some like women (Eric Swalwell and Fang-Fang), some want power... I think Walz just wanted presents and praise.
The concept of traitors goes back to Biblical times. Judas sold out Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. If you read the story, the Pharisees didn't go to Judas looking for a mole in Jesus's organization. It was Judas who sought out the Pharisees with "valuable information" he was willing to peddle. I think Walz is in this mode. He was easily seduced by shiny objects.