Hoisted from Comments: Lunch with Chinese Society
In comments, Tom H. provides his diary entry from his lunch with Chinese Society:
Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal: Thomas P.M. Barnett Is Unhappy with the Fearmongers: [Thomas Barnett] "It is a self-liquidating model: eventually the society wants more political freedom to go with that wealth."
[Tom H:] Note to diary: Lunched with Chinese Society today. She had the noodle soup. I ate a hamburger. Things are going well for Society. Thriving factories, rising middle class, new roads going everywhere. But I could tell she was secretly unhappy. I urged her to confide. She looked around for eavesdroppers, and then leaned close to whisper: "I want more political freedom. I mean, not yet exactly, but when I get a little wealthier." She urged me to get the message out as soon as I returned to the States.
I explained to Society that I have my own blog, and I'm often quoted by others as an authority. I promised to pass along her important message to the American people. Then she paid the check - so liberated!
Posted by: TomH | May 22, 2007 at 07:25 AM
