(Thread IKs:
fart simpson)
|
Danann posted:https://twitter.com/_mm85/status/1676821597934723075 Lmao that is a terrible strategy my god
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 02:10
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 25, 2024 01:43 |
|
|
https://twitter.com/ProductOfLabor/status/1678802350977187842?t=PpRuviGSCbp7GXK5P8tLdg&s=19
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 02:40
|
|
|
most country's top executives don't have term limits
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 02:41
|
|
|
It's giving like... fascism. Oh my god.
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 02:44
|
|
|
The USA doesn't even need them any longer now that the CIA can just shoot uppity execs
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 02:45
|
|
|
Wait until she finds out who the head of state of the United Kingdom and most European countries is.
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 02:54
|
|
|
whats going on in thailand. i see some anti military party won but they have some stupid name like 'move forward' rather than 'communist party' so are they five star movement liberal types
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 03:29
|
|
|
mila kunis posted:whats going on in thailand. i see some anti military party won but they have some stupid name like 'move forward' rather than 'communist party' so are they five star movement liberal types Their leader was begging Taylor Swift to add tour dates to Bangkok Draw your own conclusions
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 03:31
|
|
|
gradenko_2000 posted:Their leader was begging Taylor Swift to add tour dates to Bangkok so holocaust denying fascists, got it
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 03:40
|
|
|
mila kunis posted:whats going on in thailand. i see some anti military party won but they have some stupid name like 'move forward' rather than 'communist party' so are they five star movement liberal types this is the only guy I know who covers Thailand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WJOFH7yNkU
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 03:54
|
|
|
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ8zSljxJZE very insightful
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 03:56
|
|
|
also Tsai Ing-Wen’s disapproval rating rose from 37 to 48.2% in just one month lets get nate silver on this
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 04:06
|
|
|
fart simpson posted:https://youtu.be/GJ8zSljxJZE goddamnit, i'd been able to avoid seeing zeihan's face until now
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 04:08
|
|
|
Danann posted:https://twitter.com/_mm85/status/1676821597934723075 literally Kodak's strategy for digital cameras. kodak is still #1 in the world for cameras, right?
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 04:17
|
|
|
when you have a good leader in power term limits are bad e.g. FDR (who was a dictator also (and also did internment camps but worse than China's)) "I would have voted for obama if he could have run a 3rd term" and "Xi is a dictator because he has a 3rd term" are the same people basically is what I'm saying
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 04:19
|
|
|
It's a really funny thing to get hung up on because it's not even a unanimous feature in the west.
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 04:36
|
|
|
Also wasn't it only implemented by Hu, during his tenure?
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 05:45
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/Eivor_Koy/status/1678750741190647809?s=20 at what cost
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 07:34
|
|
|
the only time ive ever seen anybody care about term limits is when western shitlibs need an excuse to support some fascist coup in the global south
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 07:42
|
|
|
Danann posted:https://twitter.com/_mm85/status/1676821597934723075 Remembering from my university course about innovation: innovation models (based on actually observed lifecycles) show that a bunch of innovation usually happens right at the end of a technologies' lifecycle, as the new technology that is going to replace them is starting to kick into gear. This leads to competition between the two until the new tech reaches a point where it becomes all upside rather than a tradeoff, after which the old tech dies quite suddenly. It is usually quite profitable for a firm to stay firmly committed to the mature tech during this whole process, though these firms do regularly disappear once the bottom falls out of the old tech. So the expectation based on this model is that ICEs will become significantly more efficient over the next 5 years (cheaper to produce, better MPG, less pollution etc etc), but EVs (and crucially EV infrastructure) will eventually get to a point where they outcompete ICEs on everything (except maybe some emotional bullshit like the engine roar or whatever) and you won't be able to sell an ICE to anyone no matter how good it is. Kodak was literally one of the examples given in explaining the model. Another was casettes vs CDs.
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 08:45
|
|
|
"The Chinese government takes the use of illegal drugs very seriously. Unlike in the United States, where many homeless persons are drug addicts, the homeless Chinese are mostly destitute or mentally ill. Those who don't work and depend on others are looked down upon in Chinese culture. If given the opportunity to work, most Chinese people would rather not live on the streets or beg." I can despise the united states treatment of homeless people while still thinking this dude's a giant rear end in a top hat right'?
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 09:19
|
|
|
lol literally one of the replies https://twitter.com/Azzashood/status/1678799711577288705?t=T-Iisk-lKx3RIoDNapUfxg&s=19
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 10:26
|
|
|
"assume the cost not worth the benefits" = have an ideology that devalues the benefits.
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 10:28
|
|
|
mila kunis posted:whats going on in thailand. i see some anti military party won but they have some stupid name like 'move forward' rather than 'communist party' so are they five star movement liberal types yeah capital city liberal types got the most seats by appealing to chiang mai liberal types, promising to do something about seasonal smog and harvest smoke. they also edged out the northern red shirts in their strongholds by appealing to thai muslims who are nervous about hardline militant buddhist cults cleansing brothers in faith from myanmar. still, expect the northern red shirts and the capital city liberals to join a coalition if they can dodge constitutional hurdles. the 1st constitutional hurdle is that the outgoing junta installed unelected senators in house of lords type thing. they get a say in selecting the prime minister too, so the orange party needs more partners. the 2nd constitutional hurdle is that yellow party ultraroyalists claim that the orange party's popular platform of free speech and lese majeste reform is dismantling the kingdom. attempting to amend the "he said she said social media witch trials" aspect of lese majeste law, if a court finds that is tantamount to plotting an overthrow, the orange party will be disbanded. the 3rd constitutional hurdle is that the liberal orange party top candidate might have owned shares in a media corporation, also against election law. where in america election finance law is joke, playing politics in thailand is to use election law as a cudgel. thai politicians often remain informal power brokers despite having been banned from holding office or participating in a party for ten years.
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 11:28
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/PhilstarNews/status/1679046687858507777?t=i5ySMFeMCo2MmxxTxLpR4A&s=19 Lmfao owned
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 11:42
|
|
|
mila kunis posted:whats going on in thailand. i see some anti military party won but they have some stupid name like 'move forward' rather than 'communist party' so are they five star movement liberal types Basically the recent round of military/royalty government (from 5 years ago) revised the constitution again, and make opposition parties very hard to win. You pretty much have to win around 75% popular votes to form a new government. If not the government goes back to the former general-Prime Minister. So the two major opposition parties that dislike each other have to work together to try to form a government. The new kid on the block is the "forward" guys, represent the southern Bangkok metropolitan urbanites and small business. The other is "northern" Pheu Thai party. The Pheu Thai party in general represent the northern, "rice farmer" interest, had won a couple times previously and had 2 prime minister, Thaksin and his sister, both ousted by different coups that represent the royalty, is now headed by Thaksin's preggo daughter. Thailand politic has a weird setup, it has a very powerful "Constitutional Court", so they really hold the sword over the "forward" party and can find faults in their campaign practice and disband them again. But maybe the power that be will let the opposition parties form a new government for a few years before unleashing the constitutional court, it depends on the haggling between the King, the military, and the opposition. And the "forward" guys (Pita) and his cofounder, are all 40-something 2nd generation billionaires who hasn't worked a day in their lives. They got their US Ivy league education and went back to Thailand, took over their dead fathers mega business and went straight to politics. The joke is one of them is Hyperloop lover. Not just Elon Musk lover, a Hyperloop lover. I think its safe to label the entire Forward party a Baltic styled US alianed party. Thailand politic is interesting because its very weird, the foreign policy affiliation is not widely discussed. IMO the Forward party is definitely pro US; the "northern" party is historically pro China; military government based on what they did probably pro China; the tatted up King probably neutral for now. There is also a KIng's more popular sisters you haven't heard from them in a while, they are the wild card.
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 12:51
|
|
|
the change from film to digital cameras happened without needed enormous regulatory changes and social investment in new infrastructure . I don’t know if it’s comparable also Ice ve battery does the same thing. it gets you from a to b in the same amount of time. digital photography is a whole new level of what you can do with pictures and changes the experience drastically film to digital camera is like going from walking or riding a horse to a car on a highway euphronius has issued a correction as of 13:03 on Jul 12, 2023 |
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 13:01
|
|
|
gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/PhilstarNews/status/1679046687858507777?t=i5ySMFeMCo2MmxxTxLpR4A&s=19 "After two viewings of the movie" Lmao
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 13:11
|
|
|
Too engrossed the first time, didn't want to pause
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 13:15
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/MyLordBebo/status/1678867445614882816
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 13:58
|
|
|
gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/PhilstarNews/status/1679046687858507777?t=i5ySMFeMCo2MmxxTxLpR4A&s=19 still shaped like a cow's tongue point vietnam
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 14:16
|
|
|
I watched a Chinese finance youtuber discussion of Yellen's visit. (He is the Author of "Currency Wars") He has a much more convincing analysis of what Yellen asked for based on the recent western finance media narratives He said Yellen is asking for China to forgive large chunk of BRI and Global South debts, if China doesn't comply, the West will re-cook the "debt trap" angle again. The west won't forgive their debts, why? "because they are private debts" owned largely by the 3 US private investment funds (BlackRock Invesco and Vanguads). Canada recent made a stink about "AIIB being controlled by China." So the 5 eyes countries are already working on this "Debt Trap 2.0" angle. He said "per UN, since Covid IMF and World Bank has lent 280 billions to the developed countries, and only 8 billions to the developing countries." So a lot of developing countries are running into financial troubles and they need balt out from the AIIB or the Brics bank,. And the US is trying to shut down Beijing's alternative lending competition to the IMF. This analysis makes a lot of sense when you think about the recent news of China lending RMB to Argentina to repay their IMF debt. Argentina exchanged part of the RMB to USD before repaying, and paid about half to IMF directly in RMB. This act probably touched a lot of old money red lines. Secondly, Yellen asks for Beijing buy more US debts (well no surprise here). Yellen is not going to touch the tariff issue because the US officials are very good at point the responsibility to other colleagues. She won't answer on the semiconductor sanctions either. - BTW on the subject of tariff, if the US keep this tariff up for a few more years, IMO the oversea drop shippers (Temi Aliexpress Shein ) are going to steal alot of business from the US retail stores. stephenthinkpad has issued a correction as of 17:51 on Jul 12, 2023 |
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 14:18
|
|
|
stephenthinkpad posted:I watched a Chinese finance youtuber discussion of Yellen's visit. (He is the Author of "Currency Wars") To do what though? Raise the dollar exchange rate? Which might slow inflation, I guess?
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 14:27
|
|
|
Benagain posted:"The Chinese government takes the use of illegal drugs very seriously. Unlike in the United States, where many homeless persons are drug addicts, the homeless Chinese are mostly destitute or mentally ill. a lot of people with china hardons are law-and-order types. Also people anywhere when given the opportunity would work rather than living on the streets or begging.
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 15:01
|
|
|
Tankbuster posted:a lot of people with china hardons are law-and-order types. Also people anywhere when given the opportunity would work rather than living on the streets or begging. But if there aren't people starving to death from lack of work, how will there be incentive to work?
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 15:38
|
|
|
Consumption of drugs (as that term is commonly understood) is illegal in China and drug addicts are imprisoned. Make what you will of that policy, but it enjoys widespread popular support and the average Chinese person would be perplexed as to why that wasn't also the case in other countries.
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 15:52
|
|
|
Important context is that time when foreign powers, chiefly Britain, forcibly flooded the whole country in drugs as part of an effort to subjugate, colonize and rob it of all its wealth.
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 15:55
|
|
|
Orange Devil posted:Important context is that time when foreign powers, chiefly Britain, forcibly flooded the whole country in drugs as part of an effort to subjugate, colonize and rob it of all its wealth. lol that the US did it domestically instead
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 15:58
|
|
|
Was there any followup to "you should forgive debt because you own it, we shouldn't because it's corporate debt" or was it literally just "you should be punished for not being beholden to corporate interests"
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 16:09
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 25, 2024 01:43 |
|
|
right right I just got a lol out of "unlike the degenerate, drug-addicted homeless population in the US ours just have mental issues and are easier to deal with"
|
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2023 16:09
|
|