A Christmas Invasion and other infestive poems

Stop Buying Everything from China

I love the people of China, and every other country in the world. However, some governments, including the Chinese one, are usurious of their own citizens. Wealthy elites run the country with what is apparently world domination ambitions, leaving many people living there dutifully working in repetitive production jobs. Would you want your child’s career to be painting the same brush stroke over and over for a mass-produced art reproduction? That’s a reality for many. Don’t blame the people of a nation, blame the situation they’re in. The government and corporations get away with it because people buy it. China is slowly buying the world. No need to bomb us when they can buy out our industries and land, which they are indeed doing. They’re winning an economic war that hasn’t even been declared. The Canadian government sent a survey recently asking if we should stop Chinese purchases of our energy resources. About 95% have answered yes so far. But we can’t leave it all to the government. It’s up to us to check the “made in” tag on those great deals we find on-line. They’re great deals for a reason. Having China make everything and others buying everything isn’t sensible or sustainable. Let’s enjoy a beautiful Christmas season knowing we’ve gifted the right things! Maybe some home-made things!