The customer is always right.

What the East fails to understand—due to the legacy of communism—is that they have inverted the economic structure by making the bourgeoisie the customer, or the buyer.

When you examine the full vertical structure of the East, you’ll notice that individuals with resources are treated far worse than they would be in the West—with the exception, of course, of their own government elites.

This is how communism has removed all viable opposition to itself.

As a result, the man of the house, the individual with wealth, the customer, and even the foreigner—all those with real buying power—are systematically inverted in the social and economic hierarchy.

This inversion is designed to create a trickle-up effect, concentrating value and power into the state.

That’s why the seller—or the so-called "working class" under communist doctrine—acts as if they are doing you a favor.

And this is why, when Chinese state media speaks, it frames itself as benevolent—positioning the state as if it is doing a favor for the buyer.What is happening all over the world—among great individuals and great nations—is a growing awareness of this inversion. Even when cut off from various global networks, they are choosing a form of tribal isolationism.

Not because they are inherently isolationist, but because those they are expected to engage with offer minimal value in return—essentially functioning as parasites.