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shawn1122 @ shawn1122 @sh.itjust.works
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  • Tariff-splaining

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  • They have suprisingly open hiring policies, unlike some American institutions under the current regime.

  • India Will Buy Russian Oil Despite Trump’s Threats, Officials Say

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  • The implication is that China is a serious military threat so being allied with the West (not sure if the West as a whole is that strong militarily, moreso the US [perhaps the UK and France] specifically) is necessary for India.

    China and India were friends long ago, throughout much of human history actually. The attitude between both regions was one of "you got your good thing going, and we got our good thing going". It's how both civilizations coexisted for thousands of years.

    Things changed in the colonial era and after. Britain needed to bankroll their industrial revolution to, in their view, push humanity forward but really it was mostly for themselves. They turned India into a resource mining machine and pumped China full of opium (often grown in India) mostly so that they could... purchase tea?

    Shortly after the end of WW2 and both nations were free from the shackles of Anglo tyranny, China was not happy with the borders the British had drawn and wanted to take control of a region, given to India, that connected Tibet and Xinjiang called Aksai Chin. This led to the Sino Indian war in 1962 which China won with a suprise attack, reasserting its presence as a major regional player and putting India in a position to more closely ally with the Soviet Union for military purposes.

    Since then, India and China have not really been close, even if they are both BRICS nations. China also went on to help Pakistan procure nuclear weapons so its going to be quite some time before this relationship is mended.

  • India Will Buy Russian Oil Despite Trump’s Threats, Officials Say

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  • Thats one way to see it. India and the West see each other as strategic allies in a mutually beneficial arrangement given Indias proximity to China and Russia. I don't see it as one sided as you're suggesting, especially since historically India and Russia have been friendly to each other.

  • Predictably denying the Uyghur genocide

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  • Tankies and MAGA.

    They're the same picture.

  • India Will Buy Russian Oil Despite Trump’s Threats, Officials Say

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  • They've gotten friendlier with the West in the past few decades. The distrust is for good reason given history of Western foreign interference (colonialism) and the US having a close relationship with Pakistan pre Bin Laden.

  • Red hat = No cat

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  • This sounds like a misrepresentation of left wing politics.

    It sounds more like how the right defines the left which brings us to the real issue.

    Outrage narratives have grown increasingly popular with social media and the right spends endless time blaring sirens on representing the left a certain way.

    The left has in response, done little, to influence the narrative.

    I personally have not heard the left as a whole admonishing individual men simply for being men.

    I think an honest assessment of society, historically and now, should lead to the conclusion that we live in a male centric society that is gradually becoming less male centric. This is a good thing if you believe in fairness and egalitarianism (ie. not fascism).

    It was a little more than 50 years ago that women could not hold credit and were expected to be subservient to their husbands or else be institutionalized for "mental illness".

    I think many women see this backlash / desire to go back from conservative men as a skill issue so I'm not suprised they're looking elsewhere.

  • Rep. Lauren Boebert’s troubled eldest son Tyler charged with child abuse

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  • Amazing how generous we are with our language when the criminal is Hitler-approved demographically.

  • Skydance deal allows Trump’s FCC to “censor speech” and “silence dissent” on CBS

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  • In an open marketplace I'm afraid that is a competitive disadvantage Especially with a 1 in 3 approval rating.

  • Best System Possible

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  • Disagree strongly. Some cultures value sustainability more than others, especially more than Western cultures.

    I've seen the noble savage trope used too often by pro-colonists seeking to support their materialism, resource hoarding and genocidal behavior with the same argument you're using ie. All people are essentially the same across time and cultures and you all would have done the same with what we had if it were you.

    No. Western culture has set us on a path to extinction via climate change the likes of which we have never seen before. Western culture financializes and monetizes everything (even that which sacred, spiritually meaningful or has mostly artistic value) by worshipping at the altar of open markets and free trade. Its why so many people in the West have disproportionate wealth but aren't really happy. Its why chronic illness has exploded in the past decade. Its a culture that often takes the life out of living and tries to fill the void with hedonistic consumerism and materialism. Its a culture that does not penalize or discincentivize waste and celebrates / promotes excess consumption.

    Not to be too antagonistic, there are many positives it has brought about also.

    But there is no question our ancestors did one thing much better than we do ie. sustainability. Climate change is all the proof you need for this.

  • Best System Possible

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  • Don't need to go back to it entirely to adopt some of the wisdom. Like not taking more from the land than you need.

  • Poll: Zohran Mamdani's policies are popular with Americans outside New York — even if Mamdani is not

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  • This survey seems to suggest otherwise.

    Many, including myself, see Trumps wins as backlash by legacy European settler descendants for to a part African man serving two terms as president.

  • Sometimes you just get it wong

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  • An alarming number of Americans (and people around the world) just vote on vibes. That's the only way you can explain voting for a fascist one election and immediately pivoting to a democratic socialist.

  • 71% of Americans say the US should spend more on "assistance to the poor". But if you use the word "welfare" that number drops to 30%

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  • 54% of Americans read at below a grade 6 level.

    Welfare is may litterally just mean 'moocher' to an American who has been drowned in propaganda their whole life.

  • Congressman Brandon Gill tells mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani "Go back to the Third World"

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  • The majority of those countries were robbed by first world countries for centuries so anyone using the phrase without any moral reflection is intentionally not looking at the whole picture.