Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
Pullman’s residents today have about as much in common with yesteryear’s steel workers as the Turks have in common with the Byzantines. So basically, none at all. Comparing the two are like comparing apples and oranges. The original residents of Pullman (the neighborhood is very, very old) are all dead, or have moved on, and new residents have moved in over the years. Lamenting over lost jobs two generations ago for former community residents is literally a waste of electrons, and I want my 5 minutes back I spent reading that article.