Although i don't receive any comments from my Talkmarkets' followers anymore, i still do received comments from my "non-Talkmarkets cohort group".  And something one of my more informed cohorts (phD in the way the brain works, AI, smart, who has a son who specializes on China) said to me a couple of days ago has me somewhat bewildered.

Here is what my friend said: "I think relations to china are important but I don’t think it’s decisive."

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Now here is my bewilderment.  If China is important, but not the answer for world peace, then what is?  

Russia?  Could be, but I don't think Putin is currently interested.

Iran?  I don't think so.

North Korea?  Absolutely not.

All of them together (i.e., China, Russia, Iran, North Korea)?  Possible, but somewhat more complex than just getting China by itself to accept world peace.

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So, i ask the following questions of myself.  Why is "world peace" so hard for people to conceive?  Why is war tolerated in today's world?  What is so wrong with "world peace" that no one other than myself can see it happening in my lifetime (i.e., today, tomorrow, or relatively soon--you must understand that i am getting older every day).

And here is what i have come up with.

China is in fact the target for "world peace".  With China's and the United States' partnership, who is going to pursue war, when essentially the most important nations in the world (i.e., U.S., Europe, China, Asia Pacific) all are on the same page regarding peace?

If you take China out from the above group, you get what we have today--as the free nations prosper, the authoritarian nations decline.

In my way of thinking that opens up a great opportunity for making a deal between the U.S. and China that will benefit both nations, and the world at the same time.

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Why is that so fucking hard to conceive?  I just don't understand.  Is not "world peace" the ultimate goal for the human race?

It must be because "they are eating dogs in Springfield Ohio"--that's the only thing that i can come up with off the cuff.