Opus 2025-394: Asian Kitties

As I was putting on my Crocs to go out on the porch this morning I glanced at the bottom and noticed that they were made in Vietnam.  That got me to thinking about how much of our imported production is switching from China to other locations.  Vietnam is one of them.  I wondered why I was OK with a product made in Vietnam, but tried to avoid Chinese goods.  This is doubly strange since I served in the Vietnam war and I know that there was a bit of animosity there.

We have a record of being able to make peace with enemies from previous times.  Good examples would be Germany and Japan.  I think we tend to forget some of the ambitions of certain countries because they’re smaller.  I don’t expect Germany or Japan to try to attack us.  They seem to have more than learned their lesson.  I wouldn’t say the same about Vietnam if it had the capability.

That remind me of how I saw a meme one time of a cute little cat and the point was that if the cat were big enough, it would love to eat me.  I think the same is true of Vietnam.  I think they are realistic enough to know that they are not going to conquer the world.  That doesn’t mean they don’t have the desire.

I wonder how many other countries there are that would love to conquer the world if they thought they had a chance.  One of the unique qualities of the United States is that we have never seriously thought in those terms.

Maybe it is a thought whose time has come.

homo unius libri