We helped build their ports, and shipping companies, to take advantage of cheap labor. Now they own us.
I wouldn't say they necessarily own us . I think while it appears that way , the real truth the respective world leaders know, and we the slave (working) class don't, is the status of individual nations and political ideologies particular to individual nations, is over with. They're all in it together.
While keeping up the appearance of the former axis and allies front, is theater for the rest of us.
That we continue to believe there are good guys and bad guys, free countries, and oppressed people's, and we as citizens of either one have to keep to what we perceive as our patriotic duty in order to sustain our way of life.
Remember when retail merchandise was labeled, made in Japan?
The other day I bought a few bags of frozen fruits that were a product of Vietnam.
Something that we'd never have seen in 1970.
A new TV ad aired here today. A Diamond group says they'll buy your house in any condition. You don't even have to clean it out. Just call, schedule an appointment, and get paid.
Wanna bet that and companies like it are Chinese shell companies? Or Iranian, Iraqi, even Saudi for that matter.
I would wonder how many properties American shells have bought up around the world?
This world is a mess.