So you are saying that because capitalism is NOT socialism. Spending hundreds of billions on wars and imperialism is perfectly fine while adding unpayable debt on citizens. So you want the government to hide behind the constitution on money spending matters And completely ignore constitution on things like WIRETAPPING of citizens based on new patriot act. THIS IS NOTHING I CAN TEAR YOUR PSEUDO INTELLECT TO BITS please engage me some more
Very few empires (whatever you want to call them) enjoy the successes they have without having a superior military and China is no exception. You can go down the list -- Great Britain, Rome, Egypt, the US, and more. They all have a common theme -- a dominant military. "China has the longest period of continuous development of military culture of any civilization in world history and had arguably one of the world's most advanced and powerful military for almost 2,000 years until the 18th century." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_armies_(pre-1911) And who says accomplishments in the fine arts from the US aren't equivalent to what the folks are doing in China? I'm sure you can find the beauty in this piece from an American Composer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkObnNQCMtM&feature=PlayList&p=2AB7A5BD2D57882E&index=50
and....to extend my point a little further. Have do you get the most talented musicians to perform so consistently at the top of their game? Well, the Venezuelian Dudamel has found the answer to that question. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vwZAkfLKK8
What? This shows that you know little about the tradition of Russian ballet. The Chinese version is a typical Asian knock-off. It is high level acrobatics--nothing less, nothing more.