U.S.Learn?

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1938671,00.html
Five Things the U.S. Can Learn from China

1. Be Ambitious
Naw. Not that. With the current war on capitalism, and the governments plans to redistribute wealth, it makes no sense to try to harder so that the government can give it away to the people who don't work. Much better to stay on welfare, or get employed working for the government where ambition (and work) is discouraged.

2. Education Matters
No it doesn't. The goal for many people in this country is to become wealthy and famous. You don't need an education for that. Or become a politician, where the only qualification seems to be the ability to take bribes and pay back favors.

3. Look After the Elderly
We already watch the elderly. We watch them starve to death while they become homeless as our economy self destructs (with help from the government). Actually, everyone is in danger of starving and becoming homeless thanks to the economic policies of this country.

4. Save More
We can't learn that. Many people are now trying to save. Unfortunately, it is easier to save when you have a job. With unemployment at 20% and expected to rise for the next year or two, the people that want to save can't, and the rest don't need to save as they are secure in the knowledge that they are working for a company that is too big to fail.

5. Look over the Horizon
ie. plan for the future. The only plan we need, is to flee the United States. Unfortunately, it is now a crime to leave this country and take your wealth with you. Chances are, anything you try to do to protect yourself (other than become a politician) is likely to become a crime. So there is no need to plan for that.

6. Communism (not in article)
Nope. China had to allow capitalism to flourish to be able to produce goods for the United States market. East Germany, Russia, ... have already collapsed while trying to prove that communism works and are switching to capitalism. Fortunately, the leaders of the United States already know what communism is capable of, and thus are ready to run your life for you (which is why so many dictatorships like communism).

I guess there isn't anything we can learn from China.