How could such a thing happen? Well, it's actually like a cooking recipe, since every ingredient is needed to make it happen. First of all, we have to start with the most obvious one: the U.S. government. Ever since the late 1960's, the United States has just been itching for the chance to reap the supposed "benefits" of having a powerful ally in Asia. Important historical event: Nixon, the big guy behind the Vietnam War, visits China and starts up some sweet talk. Theme of event: Bomb the living shit out of Communist countries as big as my back yard, suck the cock of the Communist countries that have over a billion people. The U.S. government hasn't really cared about fighting Communism since well over fifty years ago, and it still has yet to start it up again.
Next on the list of ingredients: immoral companies. Jesus Fuckin' Christ, nothing gets me more pissed off than listening to a businessman describe his own tactics as inspired by Machiavelli himself. These assholes have the gall to call themselves capitalists, even though they'll gladly buy wholesale products made by political prisoners of another country. Contrary to some opinions, capitalism is about free markets, here and everywhere. It isn't about free markets here buying slave-produced products or stolen products from somewhere else. That isn't capitalism: that's anarchy. These kind of people would pimp their spouses if it'd give them a chance at getting a few shares of a pre-IPO tech stock.
If I had enough money, I'd try to out-lobby those corporate assholes and finally get a foreign exchange program going with China, where we'd swap their political prisoners for some of the executives that run these gutless corporations.
Last, but definitely not the least: the current mindset of the United States. In our little post-modern/post-industrial haven for pure shit, this country now rides the wave of subjectivism that's flooding the globe like a backed-up toilet at a Alabama family reunion. The population of today, which could make a difference as a whole by simply rejecting the idea of associating with China, has accepted the doctrine that moral standards are a thing of the past and that you can alter the philosophy of a country by introducing them to Diet Coke and Kentucky Fried Chicken.
