In the political ecology of the United States, because the Democratic Party’s basic plate is more than middle class, especially the wealthy class represented by Wall Street, so to some extent, is not too look up to “Sichuan Fan”.
This situation is also very common among Chinese. If you say you are “Sichuan Fan”, you are likely to be spat on your face. For decades, advances in gender, race, homosexuality, and affirmative action for immigrants have given the Democratic Party, which has always used them as a brand, more attention, and an inherent advantage in so-called “political correctness”.
So when a businessman, who does not meet the standards of America’s political elite, suddenly appears and says he wants to abandon “political correctness” and return to conservatism, the shock is palpable. He is not only unacceptable to some Americans, but may also be unpalatable to some Chinese as spectators – especially at a time of continuous conflict between China and the United States.
Most researchers of history and current affairs, themselves, have no preconceived positions on parties and politicians. But on a common sense reading, do we evaluate a politician’s qualifications by listening to his pretty words or his actual policies?
In the 2016 campaign, Kawakian made ten election promises.
Classifying some countries as currency manipulators, re-signing trade agreements that are in America’s interest, withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, destroying the Islamic State, cutting taxes significantly, withdrawing some of our troops overseas, building the US-Mexico border wall, rebuilding infrastructure, withdrawing from NATO, and prosecuting Hillary.
Now we’ll see that all of the nation-building has been honored, or at least most of it, except for the withdrawal from NATO in compromise with increased defense funding for all countries and the prosecution of Hillary, which may take place in the next term.
The promises of politicians are often ridiculed as lies in Western proverbs, and those who have taken their campaign promises seriously and recklessly fulfilled them line by line, like Jianguo, are honestly few, looking at the leaders of the American Empire over the decades. Let’s leave aside here whether these policies are good or bad, but saying what you mean and doing what you say is at least a commendable virtue and ability.
In the first campaign debate, Biden called Jianguo a liar, and Jianguo came back with a heartfelt comment: “What have you done in your 47 years of politics in Washington?”
Nothing.
Biden’s resume is a traditional American elitist, elected to the Senate at age 29, muddled through Congress, and rose to the rank of Vice President, with a beautiful resume and a wealth of experience. In contrast, the founding of the country spent most of his time struggling with various bankruptcies, lawsuits, gossip, the edge of the talk show, before being elected, not a minute of cadres when.
However, there is an old Chinese saying that actions speak louder than words. How many people and organizations have we seen in reality who have said all the good things and done all the bad things?
Wasn’t the establishment’s ability to emerge from the competitive Republican Party in 2016 as a political vegetarian, and ultimately win again over Wall Street-backed hotshot Hillary, based on the fact that Americans are tired of the kind of mentality that traditional politicians use to talk the talk but not the fake talk? During the California campaign for statehood in September, a Chinese-American woman said in an interview that the Democratic Party is now turning America into a new socialism, which is not the America I love, and why I support Trump. Her opinion, in fact, not only represents the mentality of the so-called “silent majority”, but also is the root cause of some deep blue states are turning red.
So, although Jianguo is not perfect, from a practical point of view, he has a lot of good points, and it’s normal to like him. Or rather, it’s fair to say that the people who like him are precisely the ones who have some understanding of American bipartisan policy and even of the world situation. Such people may not be considered the elite class of the United States, but they are the people who will go to the polls to take a stand at critical times.
From an onlooker’s point of view, I think there is room for improvement in some aspects of the establishment’s policies. But in terms of general direction, he is the most consistent politician who has swept away the American establishment in the last 30 years. Leading a rightward turn in the United States is not only in America’s current interests, but will in fact have a positive impact on the world in the foreseeable future.
In fact, this U.S. election is also a very rare opportunity for many people to popularize and renew their political ideas. Not only should we focus on the competition between the candidates, but more importantly, we should also look behind their political positions. What exactly is the so-called “conservatism” of the Republican Party? What is the Democrats’ so-called “liberalism”? What is the significance of these positions in today’s world? The nicer a political concept sounds, the more of a trap it may be. Throughout the ages, no exceptions.
Being a Sichuan fan is not really about liking Jianguo as a person, but about liking certain things he has done, certain trends he represents. This I feel no shame in.
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