The most honest three and a half minutes of television, EVER...

Stella & Others

18 July 2012

Stella： WOW!

The most honest three and a half minutes of television, EVER... sadly true

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16K6m3Ua2nw&feature=player_embedded

Pedro： Mr. Bob Choi has taught me that everything in this world is cyclical.

This applies to humans, products, countries. They are born, they rise, they climb, they achieve, they peak, they dominate, they decline and they become over-taken by somebody else and they will fade into oblivion.

My reckoning is that the US as a super-power peaked during the Cold War ear and has been on a slow and steady decline since. Why did it peak in the Cold War era? The threat of the Soviet Union eclipsing them in world domination. See how having an enemy spurs you onto better and greater things, and not so good things like the arms race on nuclear weaponry.

Since the demise of the Soviet Union, the US thought they had achieved world domination and let its guard down, little does it realise China has walked into the void.

This might just be the wake-up call the US needs to pick itself up again, as it now has another ‘enemy’ to contend with.

.

Bob： It's well-scripted and well-rehearsed and maybe even honest, but I am not so sure about it being accurate though.

Alright, the US is not the greatest country. There's no arguments there. But it will be more accurate to say that THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THE GREATEST COUNTRY! anywhere! For most people, "My Country" is always the greatest. It's an emotive expression akin to saying "My dad/mum/dog is the greatest." One should not be asked to prove such held opinion. The objective truth (if there's such a thing) is that every country has its strengths and weaknesses. Japan is best in X, the US in Y and... China in Z, etc. I have yet to know one country (any country) that is the best in every measure. So what does it mean when someone says (my country) is the greatest in the world? ABSOLUTELY MEANINGLESS, to be accurate.

That said, I'd like to say that Marilyn Monroe was the greatest actress ever lived... and please do not ask me to prove it.

Stella： 正所謂長江後浪推前浪, this is true with who gets to be in dominance.