A twitter message that got out of proportions. Rather than cutting it to the bone, I have replicated it here:
On Monday I heard a BBC Worldservice feat on how Chinese high speed trains that started on a Japanese contract have now outrun the Western competition through their own R&D, producing a faster better train even (they argue) and gained a contract in Saudi Arabia that was previously assured to Siemens- Nixdorf, who now play only a minor role. Chinese companies are now developing fast on their own. If the West thought it could remain the head of the snake, the sting is certainly lacking its poison, if not the head altogether. This and hearing how the UK government proudly cuts research and social budgets (not the only one) prompted below text - note it was meant to go on Twitter first hence the abbreviations, but soon outweighed its permitted length.
"In my opinion the UK & much of the EU are heading for a new low status amongst worlds nations in 30 yrs. Here is why: Most manufacturing is outsourced 2 PRC (now also in gd quality & their own R&D), Indian based customer service, research and art funds being cut by 2/3 (UK), university fees @ all time high, welfare state hacked 2 pieces, the banking system broken, a democratic system of political apathy... what else then has West 2 offer? They will stand there & ask themselves how did this all happen? Don't blame the Chinese and other developing nations. The blame lies with profit seeking folks right at home who shot the next man and profited from the exploitation of another faraway, assumed too stupid to ever take charge of their own destiny. Assumed to be only able to copy but not think (we know that one from as long as 400 years ago). Well they are doing very well in deed. Maybe it will be our children's children in English sweat-shops in 40 years, whilst culture, research, and health will lie at the shores of other places. The only hope we have is the same hope poverty struck people in any one underdeveloped country have today, and that is that humans will begin to think globally and as one."
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