“And President Obama said…”
Mexico is planning to restructure its oil industry.
America is seeking oil independence
China is shifting
from coal to oil
OPEC will need
o review protecting future revenue
Emerging
nations have growing energy needs.
China has been making economic and diplomatic overtures to Africa
and expanding its global diplomatic and economic initiatives. And remember this: it was not too long ago
that President Obama pointed to China and said, “That used to be us.”
If The President meant China is becoming more successful, he
was right. However, if he meant China is embracing a paradigm that we have long
ago abandoned, he is offering great insight into the future—one that we had
better heed. To understand why, we must
look at “American Exceptionalism.”
AMERICAN
EXCEPTIONALISM
From the death of President Lincoln to the death of
President Kennedy, American Exceptionalism arose from three areas: Our blessings, our workers, our iron-fisted
empire builders. What we have witnessed
since, is the dissolution of America from the death of Kennedy forward. Technology and innovation and entrepreneurs
cannot reverse the trend until America puts Americans back to work. Here is a brief and focused look at American business,
commerce, and industrial exceptionalism:
Edison: The light bulb.
Edison: The movie
camera
Edison: The
phonograph
Edison: The electric
car.
The Wright Brothers: The aeroplane.
Steve Jobs: The personal computer.
Samuel Morse: The
telegraph.
Henry Ford: The assembly line.
Then we have:
Rockefeller: Oil
Carnegie: Steel
Morgan: Finance.
And, Labour!
Coal miners
Autoworkers,
Police officers
Firefighters,
Truck drivers,
Brick layers,
Steel workers
Iron workers,
Plumbers
Electricians
Carpenters
And, of course
FARMERS: NO FARMERS, NO FOOD.
The US is the world’s largest economy. China is the world’s fastest growing economy.
“China will succeed because China will do as we did, not as
we say.”
The Quotations of Slim
Fairview.
A metaphor to explain what we are doing is this simple:
Remember the old canard about the man banging his head
against the wall. When asked why he does
it, he replies, “Because it feels good when I stop.
From this we learn two things:
1. That it will feel good when he stops.
2. That he will stop.
We no longer recognize that paradigm in the US. What we are doing is banging out heads
against the wall embracing the belief that eventually it will feel good to bang
our heads against the wall.
China is embracing a new paradigm. China is no longer looking inward. China is looking outward. And, China was never a colonial power. And, the rest of the world is tired of doing business with people who look like us. What do we look like? Rich! For example, from the song: spacious skies, amber waves of grain, purple mountains majesty above the fruited plains.
China will do as we did and not as we say. And therein lies the secret to China’s
success.
Warmest regards,
Slim.
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