WhatsappThe Beijing Olympics are not the first time that the Olympics are being hosted by a country with a poor human rights record. It is a proper thing to question whether or not the United States and other Western-minded countries should involve or boycott the Olympics. Some properly state that athletes who practice for years should not have to pay the price for the decision to host the Olympics in a totalitarian country. Others state that helping dictatorships bring in hundreds of millions of dollars from hosting the Olympics is never justifiable.
Indeed, this is not as simple a question as it may seem. But one thing should be clear. Protests, especially peaceful protests that do not included any violence or calls for violence, should be allowed and even encouraged. The call to defund goods and products that are Made in China is a legitimate, though very controversial statement.
The core of the problem is that China has such deep tentacles into the United States government and the rest of the United States economy that it almost seems foolish to actually call for a boycott. But, we should not make the mistake of thinking that this is a black or white issue. If every toy store in America is filled with toys that are Made in China, that does not pose a national security risk to the United States and the world. In the worst case scenario, toy prices will go up and toy purchases will go down. Our children will figure out ways to play with toys that don’t break after a few months.
But the problem is that our drug stores and hospitals are also filled with products that are Made in China. The pandemic has shown the world to what extent we are dependent on China. If we don’t have enough testing kits or pharmaceuticals to deal with a world pandemic because China decides to shut off the world supply, then the entire world is in mortal danger. This cannot be overlooked. One does not need to be neurotic to realize that pandemics will probably no longer just be a once a century issue. They will probably happen much more frequently and we need to be prepared for dealing with them.
So, should the Western world work on a nationwide major defunding strategy of China? Perhaps. But it is doubtful if placing major tariffs on China imports will be the most effective measure. A more wise strategy may be for a nationwide focus on developing less dependence on China on the top five or ten national security products that are imported. Perhaps Universities that are heavily endowed by China should also be exposed in order that so-called “experts” never be consulted if they are clearly not objective on the matter. Silencing opposition is not the answer. Exposure of evil is a good thing. Let those opposed prove that China is indeed not as evil as the protesters claim.
NBC refused to air my Olympics ad with @EnesFreedom unless we censor U.S. corporate logos of the Genocide Games sponsors.
We won’t let them silence us.
Here’s the ad that NBC and the Chinese Communist Party doesn’t want you to see 👇 pic.twitter.com/0y35Z6KdZC— Rep. Mike Waltz (@michaelgwaltz) February 5, 2022
