Liberty vs Hegemony

Today, we celebrate the 4th of July, our “Independence Day” because we value freedom. We understand the importance of freedom. Freedom was the heart of our founders’ vision for America. Freedom is the natural condition of human beings. Freedom is celebrated today because historically, freedom has been a very rare state of existence for human beings. The most pervasive state of human existence, hegemony, was celebrated three days ago.

On July 1st, the Chinese Communist Party celebrated its 100th year ruling China, and many in America’s left-leaning media celebrated this milestone. CNN tweeted, “The Chinese Communist Party is about to turn 100 but Xi will be the real star.” CNN’s Ben Westcott wrote that this “is an opportunity for the party to reaffirm its credentials, while ensuring loyalty.” And that the “party has much to celebrate, particularly China’s growth from one of the poorest nations in the world into an economy on the brink of overtaking the US.”