China and Israel

This article appeared on April 3rd 2019 in Gatestone Institute's website titled China's Han Superstate: The New Third Reich and is largely an exercise in China-bashing but there was some content of interest. Here is an excerpt:

The Third Reich and the People's Republic share a virulent racism, in China politely referred to as "Han chauvinism." The Han category, which is said to include about 92% of the population of the People's Republic, is in truth the amalgamation of related ethnic groups. 

Chinese mythology holds that all Chinese are descendants of the Yellow Emperor, who is thought to have ruled in the third millennium BCE. The Chinese consider themselves to be a branch of humanity separate from the rest of the world, a view reinforced by indoctrination in schools, among other means. 

Chinese scholars support this notion of Chinese separateness with the "Peking Man" theory of evolution, which holds the Chinese do not share a common African ancestor with the remainder of humankind. This theory of the unique evolution of the Chinese has, not surprisingly, reinforced racist views. 

As a result of racism, many in China, including officials believe themselves to be categorically different from and, by implication, superior to the rest of humankind, says Fei-Ling Wang, author of The China Order: Centralia, World Empire, and the Nature of Chinese Power.

This reminded me of Bibi's portrayal of Israelis as also being very special in terms of their entrepreneurial skills and technological prowess. Some Jews do regard themselves as belonging to God's chosen people and believe that the Jewish people are destined to rule the world. Of course, not all people who identify as Jews believe this, just as many Chinese do not believe that they are superior to the rest of humanity. Let's agree though that there is a streak of superiority running through the culture in both countries. Both would like to see themselves as the centre of the world. Additionally, both Israel and China have, in proportion to their respective populations, large diaspora communities and reputation as as entrepreneurs.

Both countries are technocracies and major players on the international stage. The totalitarian nature of China's technocracy has enabled it to become a testing ground for social engineering experiments that the governments of most other countries could not inflict on their populations without provoking revolution. Nonetheless, the technocrats outside of China secretly look on admiringly at the extent of China's control over its population. It's useful for these same technocrats to have China remain a totalitarian technocracy so that their own implementation of technocracy appears benevolent and moderate by comparison. In truth however, they will not be all that different and the populations of technocracies outside China will enjoy only a semblance of freedom. In most respects they will be identical, with individuals having every movement and financial transaction monitored.

After Winnie's departure, whether due to death by natural causes or some sort of coup, the Chinese technocrats will never allow another dictator like him (and Mao before him) to arise. They will have learned their lesson and a more moderate technocracy will emerge, at least overtly, that will blend in more easily with the worldwide model. There is really no need to curtail religious liberties and any other perceived liberties once full technocratic control has been established. Such control is being made possible by technology and specifically the Internet of Things. Any cults that might evolve and pose a threat to the established order will be snuffed out before they become serious threats. A strong, omnipresent police force is essential to enforce control and such a force needs not even be human given the progress being made in the development of robots and artificial intelligence. An international intelligence agency, with staff overseen by a supervising elite who are themselves only a tier below the ultimate ruling elite, will be the critical means of keeping control.

Dictators represent a threat to technocracy because their whims can disrupt the existing systems that are in place. Systems are at the heart of technocracy and they need to run smoothly. Dictators can prove useful in the earlier stages of establishing a worldwide technocracy, just as Xi Jinping is proving at the moment. Once they have outlived their usefulness, they will be removed. The technocracy that is China today only came into existence in the 1970's because of intervention by Western technocrats after Mao's demise. It is a Western invention that has morphed into the current totalitarian variant thanks to Mao's legacy in the nation's consciousness. This seems to be what Winnie has been possessed or obsessed by. Prior to his rise, the 19 members of the Politburo represented the technocratic rulership with the seven member Politburo Standing Committee holding the real power. Now all the power is concentrated in Winnie with the remaining committee members subservient to him.

Of course given that psychopaths comprise arguably 4% (or maybe 6%) of the population globally, it's inevitable that some will be attracted to and aspire to become technocrats because that is where the power resides in a technocracy. In their climb to the upper rungs of the ladder, they are very successful given their ruthlessness and complete absence of any sense of morality. This means that in a technocracy they will comprise far more than 4% of the technocratic population. They will always pose a threat to the smooth running of a technocracy because they have no belief in it or allegiance to it. Psychopaths are only interested in themselves. Winnie certainly looks the part of the smiling psychopath but whether he is one or not I don't know. In a way, technocracies themselves are inherently psychopathic, just as many corporations are, because the smooth running of both becomes the most important consideration and not their impact on human beings. Thus technocracies and psychopaths are a good fit but psychopaths don't like to share and thus cosy arrangements like the Politburo Standing Committee with its rotating leadership work well until one of the psychopaths within claims all the pie. No more sharing.

Israel and China are playing their parts in the move toward a worldwide technocracy to which nation states will be subservient. Israel has destabilised the Middle East, effectively and cleverly destroying any chance of Arab or Islamic unity. For a technocracy to be effective, individuals need be compliant and not able to band together into coherent groups that might challenge its imposition. A strong sense of identity, forged by identification with a religion, an ethnicity or a nation, needs to be undermined so that a sense of disconnectedness arises. This is being done while at the same time the opposite is happening with Israel. Jews all over the world are being encouraged to move to Israel to make it greater (and more populous). However, the rank and file Jews who choose to return or who are currently resident in Israel are merely part of a much larger, global game just as European Jews were in World War 2. The global elite care little for the rank and file whether they be Jewish or non-Jewish. It serves their interests to strengthen Israel at the moment.

China is the testing ground for the technologies and social engineering that will characterise the full flowering of technocracy. China's power will wane as its population shrinks and the power of the city state grows. For technocracy to fully take hold, people must be herded into cities where they can be effectively monitored and controlled. Urbanisation must continue until the countryside is effectively depopulated and dominated by huge conglomerates whose workers, whether human or robotic, are used to supply fruit, vegetables and meat to the cities. The process is well underway. Thus the notion of a nation state will be steadily eroded and replaced by a sense of belonging to a city state. People may journey to the countryside for holidays but they will not live or work there, simply because it won't be financially viable to do so. The few renegades who decide to abandon the cities and roam about the countryside will be easily monitored and committed to mental institutions if they prove too troublesome.

The ruling elite certainly don't envisage a planet will be a population of many billions of people as exists now and it has been working doggedly to reduce the number of humans over the decades, using a variety of approaches (more on that later). An ideal global population of around 500 million people is envisaged. There are 4416 cities in the world with a population of over 150,000. The number 4416 divided into 500,000,000 gives an average of 113,224. Cities will become far more homogenous than they are now and birthrates will be closely controlled so that city populations are maintained at approved levels so that the half billion target in sustained. Cities of between 100,000 and 200,000 inhabitants are much easier to keep supplied with electricity, food and water than some current cities that are 10 and even 100 times more populous. See my earlier blog on Smart Cities for more information on this topic.