The Economist: China is betting that the West is in irreversible decline 

Though much of this blog is dedicated to economic issues, young Americans are being robbed of their cultural inheritance as well.    

Consider the difference in what young people in China and the United States are taught about their own countries.  In China, a studentor young person is likely to be taught that China is a great country with agreat future.  Clearly much of what is being taught, particularly about China in the 20^th century, is not true.  But the purpose is to instill patriotism and optimism in the future.    

Contrast that with the United States.  YoungAmericans are all too often taught that the United States is a flawed, racistcountry and that capitalism is a bad, exploitive system.  These messages are not true either.  Granted, the United States is not perfect.  But unlike China, our elites portray our country in the worst possible light, not the best. 

These messages have long run implications.  Young people, and for that matter, older people as well are more likely to invest themselves in the betterment of their country when they believe that their nation has a heroic past and a great future.  This could be investing one’s energy in innovation or starting a business.  Or it could be dedicating oneself to the protection of fellow countrymen through service in the military or police.    

If China is right and the West is in a state of irreversible decline, it is young people that have the most to lose.  The culprit is not China.  It is America’s woke elites that have robbed young Americas of their cultural inheritance.