Regarding how Asian-Americans haven’t internalized the rise of China in their own self-conceptions, I think this is only partially true. Where it’s most true is among the Asian-Americans that are assimilated into elite or middle-class society, which means assimilation into liberal globalist society, in where racial identifications that are too strong are either a sign of low-class deplorableness or anti-Asian wokism. Also, if you’ve already spent so much effort to assimilate, then reaping the benefits of an identity you’ve disavowed feels false in a self-serving way, so there is perhaps some intentional self-denial in order to minimize regret for actions that can no longer be changed.
It remains to be seen for the next generation of Asian immigrants, but it should be noted that status doesn’t really accrue from national GDP or military might, but is currently more a factor of per capita GDP or cultural cachet, which is why historically Japanese and now South Korean heritage is higher status than Chinese, which is itself higher than South East Asian.
Finally, from a game-theoretic viewpoint, angling for more political power of status results in a U-curved utility function depending on your current political power: if it’s obvious that you will win then everyone will get out of your way; if you're small enough that you aren’t a threat, you can be incorporated into someone else's a coalition; but anywhere in between start a fight and results in backlash and repression.
I’ve think you’ve hit the nail on the head on most though I would say the west begrudgingly consumes Korean and Japanese goods when it affirms their dominance and specific things at the suggestion of mostly white men. Asian women’s bodies being the most popular suggestion.
I cycle through the pitfalls you mentioned on a regular basis. But as a Korean American, they are somewhat different - our delusions of grandeur are naturally limited by geography and history reminds us to walk a fine line.
I look forward to your novel reviews as always, ARX.
You wrote, "One of the ideas I mentioned during this podcast was the idea of technological power as a surrogate marker for racial power." Okay, but what does "racial power" mean in the context of the West? White, Christian Western civilization is a dying creature; "racial power" only makes sense in the West if one assesses racial supremacy from a Jewish angle (wildly over-represented in tech, Rothschilds as owners of the world central banks, "If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize"). In fact, if there was some sort of attack on American soil I don't know if even that, combined with mass censorship plus intense propaganda, would be enough to re-energize white American males to go fight and die for ZOG. American youth is almost universally fat, obese, obsessed with screens and drugged out at this point - how much value would these people even be in a war? Our nation-level elites are trying to re-energize them now with "putting away the woke" via Trump and we'll see if it works, but I have my doubts: https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6fb4977f-86e1-49e1-9f1f-866979e99e3d_1424x890.png
The next question which naturally flows is: is China controlled by the higher level international financial powers? To me this is a clear black-and-white yes: otherwise they would never have been allowed to enter the WTO in 2001, and communism's rise in China was facilitated by the upper elites every step of the way since it's inception. To the extent there is a "racial war" between China and the West, it will be a controlled one from higher levels for purposes that have nothing to do with national-level supremacy.
Oh, lastly: I am seeing more white girl with asian guy (WGWAG) couples these days. Perhaps this relates to the shifting power dynamic between the groups, or ubiquitous ZOG propaganda promoting mixed-race couples. I was at coffee the other day and there was one such couple sitting at the table next to mine where the girl, blonde and beautiful, was casually doing her college work next to her Asian boyfriend. I couldn't help but stare a bit, mouth agape. You would have been pleased.
>You wrote, "One of the ideas I mentioned during this podcast was the idea of technological power as a surrogate marker for racial power." Okay, but what does "racial power" mean in the context of the West?
Identity can simultaneously exist across multiple axes. While it's possible to delineate between Italian-Americans, German-Americans, Irish-Americans, Jewish-Americans, mixed-Western-European-descended-Americans, etc., in the same way that there is a "Pan-Asian" sense of being "Asian-American", there is a "Pan-European" sense of being a "white American." These categories are the result of American history and contemporary racial categories of identity. A man can occupy the space of "Anglo-American" and "white American" simultaneously, for example. Categorizations are by nature fluid.
That is to say - the psychology of what I'm describing is downstream of a general social construct / very broad, implicit sense of "general white identity."
Unproven militaries like China's rarely function well in practice. The US is an incredibly warlike nation, and that means our military has a lot of practice. I don't think China would do very well in a conflict, at least not at first. If the conflict went on long enough I'm sure they would figure it out but I don't think there's an appetite for that. The US and China are too reliant on each other.
I tend to think the US will remain #1 because the world wants it that way, and it's mostly due to soft power. The US produces the world's media, China does not, and I can't see that changing. China can get ahead in certain areas, but a racially homogeneous country with no history of free expression isn't going to compete culturally with the US. Maybe AI is supposed to allow China to culturally compete with the US? I'm skeptical.
Regarding how Asian-Americans haven’t internalized the rise of China in their own self-conceptions, I think this is only partially true. Where it’s most true is among the Asian-Americans that are assimilated into elite or middle-class society, which means assimilation into liberal globalist society, in where racial identifications that are too strong are either a sign of low-class deplorableness or anti-Asian wokism. Also, if you’ve already spent so much effort to assimilate, then reaping the benefits of an identity you’ve disavowed feels false in a self-serving way, so there is perhaps some intentional self-denial in order to minimize regret for actions that can no longer be changed.
It remains to be seen for the next generation of Asian immigrants, but it should be noted that status doesn’t really accrue from national GDP or military might, but is currently more a factor of per capita GDP or cultural cachet, which is why historically Japanese and now South Korean heritage is higher status than Chinese, which is itself higher than South East Asian.
Finally, from a game-theoretic viewpoint, angling for more political power of status results in a U-curved utility function depending on your current political power: if it’s obvious that you will win then everyone will get out of your way; if you're small enough that you aren’t a threat, you can be incorporated into someone else's a coalition; but anywhere in between start a fight and results in backlash and repression.
I’ve think you’ve hit the nail on the head on most though I would say the west begrudgingly consumes Korean and Japanese goods when it affirms their dominance and specific things at the suggestion of mostly white men. Asian women’s bodies being the most popular suggestion.
I cycle through the pitfalls you mentioned on a regular basis. But as a Korean American, they are somewhat different - our delusions of grandeur are naturally limited by geography and history reminds us to walk a fine line.
I look forward to your novel reviews as always, ARX.
You wrote, "One of the ideas I mentioned during this podcast was the idea of technological power as a surrogate marker for racial power." Okay, but what does "racial power" mean in the context of the West? White, Christian Western civilization is a dying creature; "racial power" only makes sense in the West if one assesses racial supremacy from a Jewish angle (wildly over-represented in tech, Rothschilds as owners of the world central banks, "If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize"). In fact, if there was some sort of attack on American soil I don't know if even that, combined with mass censorship plus intense propaganda, would be enough to re-energize white American males to go fight and die for ZOG. American youth is almost universally fat, obese, obsessed with screens and drugged out at this point - how much value would these people even be in a war? Our nation-level elites are trying to re-energize them now with "putting away the woke" via Trump and we'll see if it works, but I have my doubts: https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6fb4977f-86e1-49e1-9f1f-866979e99e3d_1424x890.png
The next question which naturally flows is: is China controlled by the higher level international financial powers? To me this is a clear black-and-white yes: otherwise they would never have been allowed to enter the WTO in 2001, and communism's rise in China was facilitated by the upper elites every step of the way since it's inception. To the extent there is a "racial war" between China and the West, it will be a controlled one from higher levels for purposes that have nothing to do with national-level supremacy.
Oh, lastly: I am seeing more white girl with asian guy (WGWAG) couples these days. Perhaps this relates to the shifting power dynamic between the groups, or ubiquitous ZOG propaganda promoting mixed-race couples. I was at coffee the other day and there was one such couple sitting at the table next to mine where the girl, blonde and beautiful, was casually doing her college work next to her Asian boyfriend. I couldn't help but stare a bit, mouth agape. You would have been pleased.
>You wrote, "One of the ideas I mentioned during this podcast was the idea of technological power as a surrogate marker for racial power." Okay, but what does "racial power" mean in the context of the West?
Identity can simultaneously exist across multiple axes. While it's possible to delineate between Italian-Americans, German-Americans, Irish-Americans, Jewish-Americans, mixed-Western-European-descended-Americans, etc., in the same way that there is a "Pan-Asian" sense of being "Asian-American", there is a "Pan-European" sense of being a "white American." These categories are the result of American history and contemporary racial categories of identity. A man can occupy the space of "Anglo-American" and "white American" simultaneously, for example. Categorizations are by nature fluid.
That is to say - the psychology of what I'm describing is downstream of a general social construct / very broad, implicit sense of "general white identity."
Unproven militaries like China's rarely function well in practice. The US is an incredibly warlike nation, and that means our military has a lot of practice. I don't think China would do very well in a conflict, at least not at first. If the conflict went on long enough I'm sure they would figure it out but I don't think there's an appetite for that. The US and China are too reliant on each other.
I tend to think the US will remain #1 because the world wants it that way, and it's mostly due to soft power. The US produces the world's media, China does not, and I can't see that changing. China can get ahead in certain areas, but a racially homogeneous country with no history of free expression isn't going to compete culturally with the US. Maybe AI is supposed to allow China to culturally compete with the US? I'm skeptical.