I am a fan of the West. With all its warts, quicks and decadent excesses, its fat people and its ridiculous pop stars and celebrities. I hope I will be dead long before China rules this beautiful planet. Individuals don’t matter as much as the state matters. That’s the one stepping stone I will not step across. This is not hate, racism, prejudice or sectarianism. It’s about where would I like to live? In a liberal, free society in which personal achievement is more valued than nationalist dreams, in which I am just a small cog. We had our British-American century, and it was fabulous. Go ahead and have your Asian century. I won’t be around but I’m sure you will love it. You will never have an Apple, Tesla, Disney, Quora, Medium, Yelp and you will never have a ridiculous middle class that offends the world with its sheer brazenness. You will have an ant hill and you will not have names, just numbers.

Enjoy.