US is Militarizing Itself to Death, While China Emphasizes Cooperation
By Joel Wong
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The speaker featured in this video is Jan Oberg, a political science academic and peace researcher who serves as the director of the Transnational Foundation for Peace & Future Research. The context features Jan Oberg discussing US-China relations, highlighting US militarization, the need for cooperation, and critiquing the US Military-Industrial-Media-Academic Complex for perpetuating a Cold War agenda.
He warns that the US is Free Falling like the (former) Soviet Union!
The Main Points:
- Jan Oberg criticizes US militarization, emphasizing the need for global cooperation over dominance.
- He points out the US portrayal of China as a threat to justify military buildup.
- Oberg advocates for a shift away from a militaristic approach towards peaceful cooperation.
- The U.S. invests heavily in promoting negative stories about China and maintains a military-industrial-media-academic complex that benefits from conflict and weapon production.
- Oberg stresses the importance of dialogue, mutual understanding, and collaboration for a peaceful future.
- He calls for a reevaluation of US foreign policy strategies and a move towards a more diplomatic and cooperative stance.
- Oberg urges for a people’s revolution against militarism and imperialist tendencies in the US.
Jan Oberg referred to President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s warning about the military-industrial complex in his discussion.
Eisenhower famously addressed this issue in his farewell speech in 1961, where he highlighted the dangers of the growing influence of the military-industrial complex. Eisenhower expressed concerns about the development of a permanent armaments industry and its influence on government decisions, urging for caution and the need to control this complex to maintain democracy.