Roger Waters Time Redux

Wonderful. However, donating to charities is not the same as political activism. But for the record, RW supports charities as well: https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/roger-waters

It's simply bad music made for a bad reason.

That's harsh.

I enjoy Gilmour's first two albums more than Waters ever did solo. Only Amused to Death comes close (even here he's got a couple of weak songs). 

Is it really necessary to look for more feet for the cat than it already has? I don't think so. Waters clings to the band's glorious past and tries to reinvent it absurdly, in my opinion.

I can understand the reasoning behind this, but I think China has bigger problems of their own. The biggest one is an inevitable demographic collapse from their one-child policy. Some have argued that this is already happening and the limited data coming out of China is hiding this. Inevitably this is going to lead to an economic collapse that's going to have repercussions throughout the world for countries that rely on specific resources from China. The U.S.'s move away from globalization is a move in the right direction, but it's coming too late. Further, Xi Jinping has pretty much eliminated any political competition he might have within China, has surrounded himself by "yes men," and has consolidated his power. It doesn't seem like he understands the seriousness of the situation and this is a bad time for a country to have a leader like this. 

Russia is also in the middle of a demographic crisis, though not as severe as what China is or will experience, but this war is exasperating Russia's problems. Who would have ever imagined Russia looking to North Korea for weapons?