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Grapplejack posted:I/P has the most flashpoints so they're not wrong; you've got Kashmir, plus the water situation. Water for China / India / Pakistan all comes from the same general region, which happens to also be in Kashmir, which the three of them have claims over. This is worsened by global warming and India leaping on fascism as the answer to their problems. who do you think is likely to nuke the other over water that will be in the fallout radius? Exactly how will this go down, because this honestly feels really shady to have people all 'well you know THOSE PEOPLE don't know how bad nukes are so they'll use them over something stupid like Kashmir any day now' when, ya know, there's only one country that has a record of nuking people so far.
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Oct 31, 2021 04:57
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Truman was a loving monster.
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Oct 31, 2021 05:23
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I think there's an idea in america that two nuclear powers cannot have a real fight without nukes flying, because our country has spent the last 80 years telling anyone who will listen that our country will nuke anyone who fights us.
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Oct 31, 2021 05:24
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This is why Iran and NK needs nukes ASAP
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Oct 31, 2021 05:30
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Palladium posted:This is why Iran and NK needs nukes ASAP NK just showed off they have subs that can launch ballistic nukes. Iran could have a nuke in 4 months if they felt they needed it
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Oct 31, 2021 05:36
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sexpig by night posted:who do you think is likely to nuke the other over water that will be in the fallout radius? Exactly how will this go down, because this honestly feels really shady to have people all 'well you know THOSE PEOPLE don't know how bad nukes are so they'll use them over something stupid like Kashmir any day now' when, ya know, there's only one country that has a record of nuking people so far. It's mostly just that if the water situation gets bad enough that it becomes a survival thing. Like, whoops, most of the glaciers melted and the only way we can continue to provide water and power to our citizens is by rerouting what little water is left to us! Something like that. It's the most likely scenario, especially with global warming making it much worse. The Middle East is also going to be facing this problem tbh, and we've already seen bits of it with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan fighting earlier this year. China is also facing water stress, it's why you've seen them put a ton of material into the Indian border regions; they need to make sure that they protect their sources. Palladium posted:This is why Iran and NK needs nukes ASAP Iran's been focused on breakout ability rather than actually having nuclear weapons. I've talked about the fatwah here before, but that's still in place and I don't think it'll change until Khamenei dies
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Oct 31, 2021 05:40
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30.5 Days posted:I think there's an idea in america that two nuclear powers cannot have a real fight without nukes flying, because our country has spent the last 80 years telling anyone who will listen that our country will nuke anyone who fights us. We paid the rand corporation millions of dollars to come up with the prisoners dillema and it took a Soviet officer a couple of minutes to decide that the extinction of the planet with nuclear weapons was not good.
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Oct 31, 2021 05:43
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AnimeIsTrash posted:We paid the rand corporation millions of dollars to come up with the prisoners dillema and it took a Soviet officer a couple of minutes to decide that the extinction of the planet with nuclear weapons was not good. "America spent millions of dollars inventing MAD so they could prevent nuclear war. The Russians used a Petrov."
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Oct 31, 2021 05:51
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AnimeIsTrash posted:We paid the rand corporation millions of dollars to come up with the prisoners dillema and it took a Soviet officer a couple of minutes to decide that the extinction of the planet with nuclear weapons was not good. RAND et al can't be full of poo poo otherwise why do we keep paying them billions of dollars *insert ANA vs Taliban energy* Fortaleza posted:Wonder if a lot of sites are like that because of Japanese font rendering. It always makes a page look dated regardless of the rest of the content and afaik it’d take a shitload of effort to make a fancy new typeset that fits the branding Chinese exists buddy Palladium has issued a correction as of 06:49 on Oct 31, 2021 |
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Oct 31, 2021 06:26
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AnimeIsTrash posted:It seems weird to assume that 3 nations that have never used a nuke or given any indication that will would suddenly do so. you dont understand theyre not white countries which makes them suspect in a very non racist way i will explain in my upcoming opinion piece for the new york times
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Oct 31, 2021 07:15
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Palladium posted:Chinese exists buddy not exactly a rebuttal given that china is apparently capable of doing all sorts of crazy poo poo no one else wants to do anymore since making new things is hard
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Oct 31, 2021 07:17
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Grapplejack posted:It's mostly just that if the water situation gets bad enough that it becomes a survival thing. Like, whoops, most of the glaciers melted and the only way we can continue to provide water and power to our citizens is by rerouting what little water is left to us! Something like that. It's the most likely scenario, especially with global warming making it much worse. The Middle East is also going to be facing this problem tbh, and we've already seen bits of it with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan fighting earlier this year. China is also facing water stress, it's why you've seen them put a ton of material into the Indian border regions; they need to make sure that they protect their sources. i thought the majority of water came from rainclouds hitting the south/west side of the himalayas or something, not glaciers edit: oh yeah, and i thought china's moves on the india border were reactions to india aligning closer to america? vaguely remember a RWN episode about american planes getting to refuel at indian bases. crepeface has issued a correction as of 07:35 on Oct 31, 2021 |
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Oct 31, 2021 07:27
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China pressured India on the border in 19 because India started a skirmish with Pakistan prior to that with 2 cross border fights and India made major change to the dispute region with new constitution (revocation of article 370 which gave the residences in the dispute region special status). There are other minor reasons but IMO these 2 reasons were the most important one. It has nothing to do with water (because the BJP doesn't plan that far ahead.)
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Oct 31, 2021 08:24
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wait for it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV3fyWuAReY Some Guy TT posted:not exactly a rebuttal given that china is apparently capable of doing all sorts of crazy poo poo no one else wants to do anymore since making new things is hard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q8z_y0Ye7U BrutalistMcDonalds has issued a correction as of 10:36 on Oct 31, 2021 |
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Oct 31, 2021 10:13
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Alchenar posted:The point of the intimidation isn't even to generate espionage assets (although they do do that incidentally). The point is to send the message 'Just because you live in a free country do not for a moment think about exercising those freedoms in a way the CCP disapproves of'. It isn't about creating a fifth column overseas, it's about preventing the Chinese diaspora from forming any sort of polity that would indicate to the world and at home that the CCP and the Chinese people are not one and the same. lol
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Oct 31, 2021 11:01
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https://twitter.com/SilingWu/status/1454750258567782400?t=QXWuFx3y1vbO7ENxlIomxw&s=19
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Oct 31, 2021 11:24
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I know, nyt sucks, but this article is hilarious: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/30/world/asia/japan-election-fumio-kishida.html It's basically every single friend and colleague of the current japanese PM calling him a boring piece of poo poo, with no charisma. amazing that they don't even hide their names. japanese politics is so awful.
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Oct 31, 2021 13:35
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The LDP might lose outright majority in Japan, but they will at least retain control of government in coalition with Komeito. Nothing to see here, lol.
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Oct 31, 2021 14:01
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Mirello posted:I know, nyt sucks, but this article is hilarious: so, its america but without the populace obsessed over dumb decorum?
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Oct 31, 2021 14:21
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https://mobile.twitter.com/TaoJiangScholar/status/1454536830452371459
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Oct 31, 2021 15:11
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 Whoever relies on the Tao in governing men doesn't try to force issues or defeat enemies by force of arms. For every force there is a counterforce. Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.
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Oct 31, 2021 15:53
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Palladium posted:without the populace obsessed over dumb decorum? This sounds exactly the opposite of everything I've ever heard about Japan. quote:His self-effacement undergirds a political pragmatism that allows him to pivot when certain ideas grow unpopular or he needs to cater to a particularly powerful constituency. More often than not, that constituency comes from within the party, not the public. Japanese PMs usually last a couple of years so this sounds fine for a guy who'll probably be gone before COVID. Lostconfused has issued a correction as of 16:20 on Oct 31, 2021 |
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Oct 31, 2021 16:00
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/05/national/history/philippines-man-leads-lonely-quest-honor-kamikaze-pilots/quote:Seventy years after Japan formed its first kamikaze unit in the Philippines, one local resident remains adamant that the suicide pilots were noble warriors who should be honored in the nation their military occupied. what the gently caress is wrong with people
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Oct 31, 2021 16:53
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lol
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Oct 31, 2021 17:09
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/05/national/history/philippines-man-leads-lonely-quest-honor-kamikaze-pilots/ the ultimate cuck
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Oct 31, 2021 17:13
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Staying in the airplane when it hits the [carrier]? Say what you want about it…not cowardly
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Oct 31, 2021 17:21
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Mantis42 posted:Staying in the airplane when it hits the [carrier]? Say what you want about it…not cowardly People always say there are mitigating factors such as, not enough fuel for the return trip, did anyone fly sober back then? etc. But being on the winning side is cool, and not drowning in seawater and shaming your ancestors, also cool.
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Oct 31, 2021 17:40
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https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1454820516942991360 the international jokerfication continues
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Oct 31, 2021 18:18
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the international j—oker
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Oct 31, 2021 18:25
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Centrist Committee posted:the international j—oker The only clown to be kicked out of 100 countries
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Oct 31, 2021 18:27
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30.5 Days posted:I think there's an idea in america that two nuclear powers cannot have a real fight without nukes flying, because our country has spent the last 80 years telling anyone who will listen that our country will nuke anyone who fights us. I mean Pakistan is explicitly clear that it has a first strike policy so in the case of a hot war its a matter of who presses the button that turns Northern India into a glowing crater. As much as I hate the current government in India and think delhi is a shithole I don't want it glowing in the dark.
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Oct 31, 2021 18:29
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https://mobile.twitter.com/Johnny_suputama/status/1454833739083751426
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Oct 31, 2021 18:45
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Al-Saqr posted:Australians are pretty much the bottom tier of the white world under the New Zealanders. Traditionally speakin the irish are at the bottom of the white pile.
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Oct 31, 2021 19:02
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why is japan a one party state. i've never really bothered to look into it because i'm a lazy oval office as far as climate change goes though https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature is the more critical thing in terms of an area being liveable outside of constant natural disasters and guess what Pakistan is hitting it already
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Oct 31, 2021 19:19
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It's not a one party state, it's just a parliamentary system that results in a one party state like western democracies.
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Oct 31, 2021 19:28
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japan has been optimized for best party rule
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Oct 31, 2021 19:43
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Lostconfused posted:It's not a one party state, it's just a parliamentary system that results in a one party state like western democracies. the LDP seem markedly less insane than our tories have ever been though
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Oct 31, 2021 19:45
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Jose posted:the LDP seem markedly less insane than our tories have ever been though thats mostly because your tories are too insane even for america. like jesus christ how could you elect margerine thatcher. how stupid can a human being get
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Oct 31, 2021 19:47
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Jose posted:why is japan a one party state. i've never really bothered to look into it because i'm a lazy oval office the CIA propped up the LDP after the war against the left and japanese electoral districts are insanely weighted towards rural areas, leading to decades of pork barrel clientelism
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Oct 31, 2021 19:51
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It sounds like they are too bland and vanilla to have any ideology. They just cater to whatever voting blocks that can get them elected. So they're pretty much a centrist party with some reforms when needed. The parliamentary system kinda makes that happen when a party can't maintain a majority but will get dragged one way or another by the opposition. Edit: also yeah it really just sounds like anyone interested in challenging the status quo is either marginalized or dead. While everyone else is just comfortable being a cog in the ruling apparatus. So the country is just still kind of coasting in terms of politics. Lostconfused has issued a correction as of 19:58 on Oct 31, 2021 |
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