In The Age of Possession Addiction
“‘Tis the season to be jolly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.” Like it or not, we are now deep into the throws of the holiday season. It means the need to go shopping, either in stores nearby, or stores online. The little ditty we started our blog off with is from the well know Christmas song, “Deck the Halls.” We are convinced that most within this great Nation of ours do our due diligence to make purchases, not so much motivated out of love, honor or respect for others, but out of a sense of obligation and duty. After all, how many people really do like to go out shopping, especially when trying to navigate the crowded roadways, and aisles, and most likely in inclement weather. We dare say most detest the idea of having to go out in the public mayhem to search for an item or two (or more) for those closest to you. Under the above stated conditions, we believe most have a really hard time being jolly all the time during this holiday season.
We believe there is another reason why we should detest feeling forced to shop this time of year. We do not in any way want to add additional burdens upon our independent businesses, those who have suffered so greatly during the last three years under the suffocating weight of lockdowns, closures, restrictions, bankruptcies and foreclosures. However, we do feel it is incumbent upon all of us to realize the untenable position in which our Nation finds itself. In previous blogs, we have touched briefly upon some of the decisions and choices made by the leaders of our Nation, and leaders of other nations around the world, that have helped to bring us to the point in which we now find ourselves. We have become bound and addicted to globalists policies and have subjugated much of our Nation’s independence to others. “How can that be?”, you ask. It is time for us to strip away the scales of greed from our gluttonous eyes and for us to more clearly illuminate how our FREEDOM and LIBERTY are being stripped away from us each and every day.
We have nothing personal against the poor lady in the short video clip above. She is probably doing her shopping for a well-intended reason, but maybe she should have used one of the shopping carts that were obviously available to the discerning eye. What we want to point out is not the manner in which she is transporting her purchases, but rather the number of purchases she has made, and more importantly, where each item was manufactured. This now ties us back into the title of today’s blog, “THE UNITED STATES OF CHINA, In the Age of Possession Addiction”. Let’s face the fact that most of us have become addicted to stuff. Stuff we buy for ourselves, and stuff we buy for others.
So that all who read this blog will not consider us to be above the fray, we have chosen to take a close look at those things we have most recently considered for purchase. We do this not with the intention of considering their value to our lives or to the lives of others who may receive our gifts of appreciation, but for the intended purpose of exposing where all of this stuff is coming from. For years now we have been noticing that much of what we purchase, outside of energy, food and drink, can be traced directly back to China. We have no beef with the Chinese people. They are hardworking folks who labor under a severe communist dictatorship and have little true FREEDOM and LIBERTY. Many of our larger corporations figured out years ago that it was much cheaper to have their products made, assembled and shipped from China, because the costs for labor were so much cheaper than here in the U.S. They paid little attention to the conditions under which the Chinese labors were having to function. The Chinese workers mostly live in compounds, often working extended hours under strict supervisory conditions, and often include the demanded services of young children, those so young who would not even be permitted to work in our Nation. We could also talk about the slave-labor of the Uyghur population, Muslims that have been forced into slave labor camps to do the bidding of their CCP overlords, and let’s include many of our major corporations within our Nation who willingly look the other way for the lust of further personal and corporate wealth.
Here is just a sampling of what we have discovered in our most recent search for items to purchase, and where they are made. We list them in no particular order, and this list is only the tip of a very large iceberg:
Wi-Fi Rain Guage – Made in China
Wi-fi Temperature Guage – Made in China
Biddy’s Figurines – Made in China
Picture Puzzles – (two of them) Made in China
Origami Book – Made in China
Roku Express Device – Assembled in China
Children’s Stickers – Made in China
Robotic Musical Stuffed Animal – Made in China
Lovely (Expensive) Fur-collared Coat – Made in China
Decorative Yard Pinwheel – Made in China
Black + Decker Drill – Made in China
Black + Decker Battery – “Further Processed” in China
Decorative Bird Houses – (multiple ones) Made in China
Coffee Mugs- (multiple ones) Made in China
Clock Radio – Made in China
Smoke Detector – Made in China
Dress Shirt – Made in China
Men’s Suit Coat – Made in China
New Balance Tennis Shoes – Made in China
Baseball Caps – (one thanking our Vets with a US flag on it) Made in China
Stocking Cap – Made in China
Have you got the point yet? Now we didn’t buy all of these things but noticed them while out shopping. You will be hard pressed to find much of anything actually made in the U.S.A. You may find things made in Taiwan, Mexico, or the Philippines, or even in Korea, maybe even in India, but you will likely find more of them than things made in the good old US of A. There are no vehicles made today without something in them or on them made in China. We rely upon computer chips made mostly in Taiwan, but a large percentage come from China. Many wind turbines, or wind turbine components, are made in China, as well as the majority of solar panels. We have also noted in a previous blog that many of the batteries and their composite materials, come from China. If we hear from one more person telling us to get an iPhone, we will certainly go ballistic, for many are made in an Apple compound in China, which we spoke of briefly before. Have you noticed the demonstrations taking place in these compounds and in multiple cities in China over the last many days? They are crying out for FREEDOM and LIBERTY. They are clamoring for the right for free speech. Unfortunately, many are being arrested or even killed by their oppressors, as our current administration remains silent, held captive themselves through covert financial dealings. And please, do not get us started talking about Nike declaring “We are of China, for China”. If you buy an Apple phone or wear a Nike product, you are enabling China, and similar corporations to the ones we mention here, to pummel the Chinese people under the oppressive weight of tyranny. If you do not care, may shame follow you to your graves, and righteous justice be your lot in eternity.
We are not kidding when we started our blog off with the title “THE UNITED STATES OF CHINA, In the Age of Possession Addiction”. We have become addicted to stuff, but more importantly, we have become addicted to stuff made in China. Without them shipping to us their stuff, we wouldn’t have much to buy. China has become more entrenched within our Nation, and our Possession Addiction has only further fed our insatiable desire for this stuff. It has also weakened our manufacturing base here at home, causing millions to lose high-paying, sustainable jobs, jobs outside the service industry. We already know China has purchased farmland within our Nation and has rights to various manufacturing plants. We know they have infiltrated the very core of our political system through spies both within the halls of Congress, and within our learning institutions and corporations. China has routinely captured valuable Intellectual Property stealing military and corporate secrets. China has influenced many within the current leadership of our Nation through bribes, padding the financial coffers of many who supposedly serve our citizens in the halls of Congress. Even the highest office in our land has financial ties to China. Do not forget that it was China that unleashed COVID-19 upon the world. China has declared an economic, social, financial, and political war against our Nation. If we remain silent and unresponsive to these attacks, we may soon find ourselves also in a kinetic (military) war, and if that happens, your LIBERTY and FREEDOM will be gone, and you may not be alive to even watch it completely dissolve.
Our purpose in writing this blog was simply to bring a renewed attention to the influence the government of China has upon and within our Nation. When you go out shopping this holiday season, check the bottom of an item, or the box, or the tag on an article of clothing, and note for yourself where it is made. Only then, will you begin to understand how deeply China is influencing in our lives, and how our FREEDOM and LIBERTY are being threatened. It is time to get serious and take a stand to stop this Possession Addiction to China, and take actions to re-establish our Nation’s manufacturing base, and bring a renewed prosperity to our citizens of this great Nation in which we are so privileged to live. It is up to each one of us to do our part, no matter how small it may seem, to help protect and preserve the United States of America.