Hot Diggity! I am a One Percenter

Oh crap. It's in age, not financially.

[quote99 % of those born between 1930 and 1946 (worldwide) are now dead. If you were born in this time span, you are one of the rare surviving 1% ers of this special group. Their ages range is between 77 and 93 years old, a 16 year age span.][/quote]

sree251 · 41-45, M

You are one of the 99% ers who are now dead. Your buddies are all gone. In fact, your generation is long gone. You are like the only ginger bread man left in a cookie jar.

How does it feel, mentally?

sree251 · 41-45, M

@dancingtongue So, Marco Polo took the overland Silk Road to China 250 years before the Portuguese sailed to Japan. This explains why westerners have been trying to dominate the world till today. Spreading democracy is a form of colonialism that originated from Christian evangelism. What do you think?

Going forward is going to be very different on account of China's rise to reclaim her former glory as the Middle Kingdom, the center of human civilization. China must find a way to defang the US and neutralize western aggression.

dancingtongue · 80-89, M

@sree251

Spreading democracy is a form of colonialism that originated from Christian evangelism

Religion certainly played a large role in colonial days, whether it was Catholicism's campaign to convert, subject, or eradicate "heathers" worldwide or it was those fleeing religious persecution in Europe such as the Welsh Methodist minister who brought my surname to this continent in 1720. But it was the spice trade who spurred Polo to go to China and Columbus to "discover" the "new world", and the natural resources that sparked the interests of European nations enough to fund the expeditions and colonizations. .And none of those were democracies.

Democracy as the new "religion" driving geopolitics is an interesting concept, and it may be tactical corollary. But imho economics is still the driving force on both sides. The search to dominate markets, and cheap production.