We are in the early phases of decoupling. Teenagers are not an appropriate barometer for what is about to come.
The transition to a bipolar world with a U.S. sphere and a Chinese sphere would be a huge shock to both sides. I don't know if it would be a fairer world or not; regardless, we all seem intent on doing this.
This article is another in a long line of very scary news about the U.S.-China tensions. I hope diplomacy and peace will prevail eventually.
Write your representatives and ask them to bend the knee!
"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger."
In other words, slave moved up the value chain and no longer wants to slave for their masters.
Despite this, someone in the future will write their dissertation on this topic in the affirmative. They will be considered one of the great visionaries of their time in certain circles, despite being totally wrong.
We can only hope that smarter humans will win the day.
That word has been used to describe many things for many years in many different ways. It is not a holy or forbidden word and it wasn't used in anyway that deviated from standard use.
>and it wasn't used in anyway that deviated from standard use.
Slave:[0]
1 a person held in forced servitude
2 disapproving : a person who is completely subservient to a dominating influence a slave to fashion/technology
3 : a device (such as the printer of a computer) that is directly responsive to another
4 : drudge, toiler
While 4 could have been the intent here (2 has a negative conotation for the slave) if we only look at it's ability to descibe the relationship between China and the US, looking at the whole sentence:
In other words, slave moved up the value chain and no longer wants to slave for their masters.
It is clear that 1 is being used here. We are using slave as both a noun and a verb, and describing the US as the master. I should also note that 1 is by far the most common definition, and other dictionaries have only that one when used as a noun.[1]
[0]https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slave
[1]https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/slave