@PAstynome Avatar @PAstynome Phryne Astynome

Phryne Astynome posts on X about china, japan, countries, south korea the most. They currently have [---------] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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Social topic influence china, japan, countries, south korea #422, india, israel, iran #3017, korea, russia, taiwan

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"Its good to see China forgoing immediate rapid economic growth to enact reforms and improve its technological capabilities instead. It also seems like they will focus on developing its internal market. They also seem to be deleveraging and tackling bad debt which is good"
X Link 2021-03-05T08:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"DCEP cant come soon enough. Once thats set up the US will be unable to track transactions conducted by China. Im waiting for the day when people will start using stable coins like USDC or USDT to evade the SWIFT system. The psycho empire is so desperate to fight Russia and Iran that its threatening Europe with sanctions long term imperiling the dollar as the worlds reserve currency. Ultimately shooting itself in the foot thankfully. https://t.co/3Gwu1Ak9qy The psycho empire is so desperate to fight Russia and Iran that its threatening Europe with sanctions long term imperiling the dollar as"
X Link 2021-03-12T22:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"China needs to stop bringing up slavery in the US and start bringing up Agent Orange and the firebombing of North Korea instead. Those are far more damaging to the USs image in Asia. It would be nice if they brought up Yemen but that would damage relations with the Saudis"
X Link 2021-03-27T03:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Biden hasnt done anything to worsen relations with China. The sanctions imposed were sanctions that China expected. Theres no dumb Pompeo-esque grandstanding. Im not a fan of Bidens policies but things arent spiraling downwards. Notice that Biden dropped the app bans"
X Link 2021-05-04T20:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"I did mention before that this bill was nothing more than pork barrel spending and Im not disappointed at all that it turned out this way. This is how we're going to beat China. https://t.co/s0PiMPrBLj This is how we're going to beat China. https://t.co/s0PiMPrBLj"
X Link 2021-05-15T03:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"You should be more concerned about your presidential campaign. Only 1% of GOP voters are willing to support you. Todays CCP - which celebrated its 100th anniversary last week - reflects the worst of humanitys harsh and barbaric past. The United States and our allies must ensure that it does not command humanitys future. https://t.co/CZjOFhcxEv Todays CCP - which celebrated its 100th anniversary last week - reflects the worst of humanitys harsh and barbaric past. The United States and our allies must ensure that it does not command humanitys future. https://t.co/CZjOFhcxEv"
X Link 2021-07-09T16:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Molson_Hart @adam_tooze Its honestly more of a military issue but it has affected their civilian side as well. Picking suppliers in certain countries to make sure those countries pick Boeing when they are procuring both civilian and military planes"
X Link 2021-07-15T18:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Snapchat is worth more than companies like Qorvo FANUC Skyworks and Tokyo Electron. Is Snapchat more valuable to society than these firms Im not sure but market cap certainly doesnt tell us this. China isnt wrong to focus on hard tech over companies like Tencent"
X Link 2021-07-24T22:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"I find it really weird that guys like Tom Cotton and Mike Pompeo care about Uyghurs. As Republicans shouldnt they be condemning China for not running extermination camps and not exterminating the entire Uyghur population of Xinjiang"
X Link 2021-07-28T06:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"They have no issues with the Saudis inducing a famine in Yemen"
X Link 2021-07-28T06:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Yes Lithuania; Im sure China being the second largest economy in the world isnt the reason why Lithuanians are investing more in China than the other way around"
X Link 2021-10-07T23:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@mattysino Is that a Parrot Protocol avatar"
X Link 2021-11-04T05:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Looks like the hawks in the US will have to give up their dreams of South Korea joining the Quad. https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/01/d159173c7ecd-s-korea-opposition-suspends-presidential-campaign-for-overhaul.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/01/d159173c7ecd-s-korea-opposition-suspends-presidential-campaign-for-overhaul.html"
X Link 2022-01-03T20:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"I could see this happening if the RMB ended up like the Turkish lira. P.S. The RMB will never end up like the Turkish lira because of Chinas colossal foreign exchange reserves (biggest in the world and no one even comes close)"
X Link 2022-01-26T20:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"A close friend of mine went to a hotel in Japan and commented to me that there were so many workers doing the smallest tasks that could be done by one person. He was wondering what Japans productivity would be employing so many people like that lol. Even the one old rich Asian country Japan has been de-converging from US GDPpc for [--] years now and its really beginning to show in things like how uncompetitive and just downright bad the Japanese service sector is and how un-digitized Japanese firms are. Even the one old rich Asian country Japan has been de-converging from US GDPpc for [--] years"
X Link 2022-04-20T04:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Japans exporters do have world class productivity though. Companies like Keyence and FANUC are great"
X Link 2022-04-20T04:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"One unexpected consequence for China if these auto companies decline is that these countries are going to become very hawkish towards China. The auto trade wars in the 80s were pretty nasty. European and Japanese auto companies are screwed period. Not just in China. The future belongs to EVs and they absolutely have no advantage over the likes of Tesla and BYD when it comes to EVs. Only disadvantages. European and Japanese auto companies are screwed period. Not just in China. The future belongs to EVs and they absolutely have no advantage over the likes of Tesla and BYD when it comes to EVs."
X Link 2022-06-11T02:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@ShazCoder Currency appreciation and small size"
X Link 2022-07-07T22:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"This was one of the weirder fights that Spike Lee had and it does show you how Black Americans are completely in the Anglosphere camp and are Westerners. Spike was angry that Clint Eastwood didnt show any Black soldiers in his Iwo Jima movie. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/jun/06/usa.race https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/jun/06/usa.race"
X Link 2022-08-12T22:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Centuries worth of data should show you that sanctions dont change any states behavior. Ottoman trade sanctions certainly didnt make Italian city states like Venice or Genoa more amenable to their demands. The whole point of sanctions is to weaken adversaries. Define what you mean by "work." It is difficult to identify a single case where sanctions changed undesired behavior -- Russia China Iran North Korea Venezuela. Define what you mean by "work." It is difficult to identify a single case where sanctions changed undesired behavior -- Russia China Iran North Korea Venezuela"
X Link 2022-10-12T18:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"A rather depressing map to look at. Comoros declared independence from France but has been incredibly unstable with nonstop coups while Mayotte is more stable and has developed to some extent. Mayotte is poorer than what the GDP per capita shows but its more stable than Comoros"
X Link 2022-10-17T18:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Our standards have fallen quite a bit. This was the US GDP growth rates in the 70s. The 2020s have much lower growth rates and with the inflation that plagued the 70s. New: US economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter. GDP rose by an annualized rate of 2.9% - revised up from the initial government reading in October showing 2.6% growth. New: US economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter. GDP rose by an annualized rate of 2.9% - revised up from the initial government reading in October showing 2.6% growth"
X Link 2022-11-30T18:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"You know its amazing how people forgot how this happened back in [----] and [----]. Did people seriously think they would continue making $300K a year as an entry level programmer People were making that much in inflation adjusted pay back during the dot com era and it didnt last. Companies are using layoffs to cut new-hire salaries and win back the power they held before the pandemic per BI. Companies are using layoffs to cut new-hire salaries and win back the power they held before the pandemic per BI"
X Link 2023-02-24T05:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The US and Taiwan could do a scorched earth policy on all of Taiwan and its not going to change Chinas mind. China regardless of government has wanted Taiwan back for the past [---] years stuff like TSMC are completely irrelevant when it comes to Chinas Taiwan policy"
X Link 2023-05-12T16:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@randomusernamw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbotech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbotech"
X Link 2023-05-13T15:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I just realized that no one is talking about Sudan anymore. The world basically moved on. @Kdenkss is right about these African countries being two bald guys fighting over a comb"
X Link 2023-05-25T01:15Z [----] followers, 13.9K engagements

"China has lived with the status quo in Taiwan for over [--] years and has generally been fine with it with the usual caveats and grumbling. They arent going to go to war over it unless something threatens to change the status quo. An economic downturn is not one of them"
X Link 2023-06-20T07:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I went to check the US treasuries yield curve and this is what it looks like"
X Link 2023-06-22T15:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Im not sure why theres this obsession in China with the Plaza Accord. A lot of Japans problems come from its refusal to make reforms to the service sector (majority of GDP) and some outside factors such as China and Korea taking marketshare away from its companies"
X Link 2023-06-27T21:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Accounting for inflation the yen right now is the weakest its been in over four decades and it isnt making a difference in exports"
X Link 2023-06-27T21:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"If people wonder why the US occupied the Philippines; it was mostly to gain a base to access the China market and to also ensure the other imperial powers didnt lock the US out of China"
X Link 2023-06-30T02:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Americans went to war with the UK Mexico Spain and Japan all to trade unimpeded with China. Do people seriously think decoupling is going to happen when the past [---] years show you that the US merchant/business class will revolt over this"
X Link 2023-06-30T02:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Boston Brahmin families were involved in the opium trade. FDRs family the Delanos were big opium traders. Its why FDR had a soft spot for China and hated Japan because his family got rich off the opium trade and didnt want Japan to close this"
X Link 2023-06-29T23:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"* Didnt want Japan to close the China market"
X Link 2023-06-29T23:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"So many WWII related media in the US. You just had a movie recently about fighting Nazis (Indiana Jones). Supposedly the audience was old. @pplsartofwar is on to something about the Boomers and how they just pine on about their glory day and their pathetic irrelevant culture"
X Link 2023-07-09T19:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@pplsartofwar @SClemmt @Meow_Meow_2020 @longshortgamma I mean they are beneficiaries of it so of course they are going to support it. Their anger towards the US is more about being excluded rather than due to its policies"
X Link 2023-07-10T04:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@pplsartofwar @SClemmt @Meow_Meow_2020 @longshortgamma You see this bitching from a lot of discriminated groups across all empires. Ukrainians and Belarusians bitching about the USSR despite oppressing others Flemish bitching about Belgium despite Congo Scots bitching about the UK despite helping the empire and etc"
X Link 2023-07-10T04:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Very shocking quote from V.S. Naipaul considering how insanely racist he was and how he was generally an Anglophile. That said hes not wrong here lol"
X Link 2023-07-11T03:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Some people need to leave their echo chambers and realize not everything is rosy. The slowdown in Chinas economy is real. It doesnt mean China is doomed but it is a problem that needs to be addressed"
X Link 2023-07-11T06:20Z [----] followers, 13.1K engagements

"@ix_zixi Just check out North Korea. The leaders there would rather maintain absolute power than become an industrialized wealthy country in which they dont have absolute power. People love their shitty fiefdoms"
X Link 2023-07-11T04:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@pplsartofwar @ix_zixi I have fond memories of reading his book Hyperspace in my childhood but yeah hes been very clownish for the past decade or so"
X Link 2023-07-11T07:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Always found it interesting how this mentality isnt really that common in East Asia. Both Chinese and Koreans bash Japan but they still marry each Japanese people. The conflict with Muslims and other groups is always so much more bitter and marrying out is always controversial"
X Link 2023-07-11T21:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Justice_justuju @HMBrough_ Theres a lot of weird stats because Koreans in Japan arent counted as Korean once they become Japanese citizens. The marriage stat you see is of Zainichi Koreans who havent obtained Japanese citizenship and are still Korean citizens (either North or South)"
X Link 2023-07-11T22:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@todistetta No. Uyghur and Han intermarriage is incredibly low. So is Kazakh and Han intermarriage"
X Link 2023-07-12T03:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Ethnoreligious groups are a thing you know and religion is often tied to ethnicity in many cultures. Hell the West used to call themselves Christendom"
X Link 2023-07-12T07:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I just saw this cartoon and want to say to China PLEASE STOP IT WITH THE DANCING. I cant believe the cartoonist actually drew a cartoon of someone dancing"
X Link 2023-07-12T22:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The Bank of Japan owns over 50% of all Japanese government bonds. The end game for them is probably to own 100% of all JGBs and 100% of the Nikkei and achieve a minimum 10% inflation since 4% core is apparently not enough to Ueda"
X Link 2023-07-22T19:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@gigafestyu They only have 3.2% inflation right now. Its just that the BOJ thinks this isnt enough"
X Link 2023-07-22T20:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Its amazing how I saw this tweet pop up while I was enduring the worst Uber ride Ive ever ridden. A filthy car with horrible music and yet I left [--] stars and a 25% tip"
X Link 2023-07-28T03:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"These BOJ clowns seriously think inflation is the way to revive Japans economy and not undertake serious reforms"
X Link 2023-08-02T06:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"So Japan wasnt an existential threat to the US but nukes were used on them anyways. The US is an existential threat to China so would China be justified in using nukes on the US to preserve itself during a war"
X Link 2023-08-11T18:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"You really really dont want to go aboard these yachts especially if the yacht goes out into the open sea. Ive heard some men threaten to throw the women overboard and tell them no one will know they are dead if they dont give them sexual favors"
X Link 2023-08-13T03:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"This is unfortunately why you need a pimp if you are a prostitute. Pimps will best the shit out of a violent john and they are often connected to organized crime so they often ensure the prostitutes are safe and the clients pay up"
X Link 2023-08-13T03:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Went down a weird rabbit hole yesterday and looked at my alma maters yearbook and looked them up on LinkedIn/FB/IG. I will just say that age is an equalizer. Former past prime but still pretty sorority girls that I had no business asking out I can probably do now and get a yes"
X Link 2023-08-13T17:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I have to praise the Afro-Brazilian diaspora who returned to Africa for not copying their Anglo counterparts (Americo-Liberians) and creating an apartheid state in Africa"
X Link 2023-08-13T19:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@ix_zixi Despite all the stereotypes I have noticed that men age much worse than women. I guess the difference is men are much richer at that older age but looks and health wise I have noticed women are much better off"
X Link 2023-08-13T21:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I think the British Empires fall is more relevant to the US than either the Roman Empire or Soviet Unions collapse. Losing access to Japanese bases is the equivalent of the British losing India and the US will instantly become irrelevant in Asia"
X Link 2023-08-13T23:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"A topic of interest for @Kdenkss. Saudi Arabia is becoming a big force in video games and is investing in a lot of gaming companies. A Saudi firm owns SNK and a Saudi PIF owns the largest outsider stake in Nintendo. Seems its not just soccer where they are making an impact"
X Link 2023-08-14T17:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"China doesnt want to be the dominant global hegemon because it requires a lot of wars to be one. The US got lucky that Europe and Japan decided to engage in self destructive behavior and was able to get a huge discount as a result. This is obviously not the case for China"
X Link 2023-08-16T18:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The most annoying China hawks (both Chinese and non-Chinese) are the ones who are past their prime professionals/businessmen who no longer make much money in China and are bitter about their career failures"
X Link 2023-08-17T01:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I havent been impressed by any politician across the world lately with the exception of Jokowi. Never in my life did I think Indonesia would have a decent leader. Human capital in politics right now is probably at an all time low and will sink lower when millennials take power"
X Link 2023-08-18T02:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I remember my neighbor in SF who I was close with said we built everything in China when I talked to her about Chinas economy. This is the sort of ignorance you have to deal with it. A lot of people seriously think Chinas economy was built by America or the stuff below"
X Link 2023-08-18T22:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Talk about a huge exaggeration. Theres always this orientalist strain of thought where everyone assumes Asians have some insane hatred towards one another when its exaggerated. Chinese are incredibly indifferent to Japan and the Korean hatred for Japan is highly exaggerated"
X Link 2023-08-19T02:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@stevenfilms1998 Theres a reason why very very few actors ever worked with Kubrick twice. Genius filmmaker but my god the way he treated his actors. Supposedly Jack Nicholson would just go straight to bed after filming The Shining. I dont even need to mention poor Shelley Duvall"
X Link 2023-08-19T03:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Kdenkss Its annoying as hell. Communists are another group of people who have an unhealthy obsession with this war and who use it to talk about how they saved the world from fascism. Its insufferable"
X Link 2023-08-20T17:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Is this about Vivek Ramaswamy This tidbit about one of his companies is crazy. I'm pretty competitive. I looked up the net worth of a rich guy who is just a few years older than I am. He's worth $600 million+. I am not. I have respect for him but the way he got his money was by rolling up some IP and IPOing it within [--] years of founding. WTF man. https://t.co/OSoXWNtuVi I'm pretty competitive. I looked up the net worth of a rich guy who is just a few years older than I am. He's worth $600 million+. I am not. I have respect for him but the way he got his money was by rolling up some IP and"
X Link 2023-08-20T20:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Do they seriously think foreigners will provide funding They stupidly decided to fight an unnecessary war and have the chutzpah to seriously think foreigners will provide help. Whatever help they get will be usurious. As @Kdenkss likes to say NGMI"
X Link 2023-08-20T23:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@pplsartofwar @przidnt1 Cargill is one ruthless company that more people need to talk about"
X Link 2023-08-21T03:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Nikkei article about Sun Yat-sen and how a lot of his earliest supporters were Japanese who genuinely supported pan-Asianism and opposed Western imperialism. He also married a Japanese girl a marriage that most people dont want to talk about lol"
X Link 2023-08-24T22:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Were they victims of Japanese imperialism and Allied injustice as South Korea declared or were they war criminals who were fully complicit in Japanese war crimes"
X Link 2023-08-25T18:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"People keep asking why GOP candidates hate Ukraine so much when the answer is pretty simple. They hate Ukraine because they want to flip Russia over to their side by any means necessary (including giving much of Ukraine to Russia) so that Russia can help the US confront China"
X Link 2023-08-25T18:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@VonMller1 They have gotten better but the issue is Ukraine is a much poorer country than Russia and Russia should have performed better"
X Link 2023-08-25T18:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"One of the reasons for engaging with China was to also put a check on Japans economic power. China bailed out l a lot of US firms. Who knows what the economy would have looked like if the US didnt engage with China. Japan would probably be more economically dominant in Asia"
X Link 2023-08-26T04:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Japan was pretty democratic during the Taisho period and it didnt lead to the US being friendly to Japan unless you think the Washington Naval Conference was a friendly move. Thats all you need to know about the US and whether a democratic China would be treated as an equal"
X Link 2023-08-26T04:35Z [----] followers, 10.6K engagements

"The late 90s to the late 2000s were a very different time. The humor was extremely offensive even compared to the 80s and the Internet was rife with this sort of stuff. Technological changes such as social media will more or less ensure it doesnt return"
X Link 2023-08-27T00:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"This is how low the status is of Africans across the world. You have a government that embraces Black Lives Matter yet has no problem overlooking their mass murder. Not even Black American politicians or citizens care about this. Look at how all the diplomats are anonymous lol"
X Link 2023-08-27T18:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Content in the media is dictated by the market aka citizens. They ultimately are responsible for the content. Truth is most people are as awful as the content generated. That means yes if you see racist or sexist content it exists because the citizens demand it"
X Link 2023-08-28T02:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I was talking to @blob_watcher about high income ($150K+) blue collar workers (such as oil workers in North Dakota) and how they spend money. Basically they blow all their money on strippers/prostitutes and monster trucks. Theres a reason why they see Trump as one of them"
X Link 2023-08-28T02:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@Molson_Hart @blob_watcher Oh yes this is a big problem. I heard longshoremen also deal with this issue which is scary since that job is so dangerous and has to do with operating heavy machinery"
X Link 2023-08-28T03:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The US alliance system (adding Germany Japan Italy and others) that the US built after WWII was basically the equivalent of the US getting the top [--] draft picks of the [----] NBA draft and selecting Olajuwon Jordan Barkley and Stockton. The USSR couldnt compete against that"
X Link 2023-08-29T01:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Kdenkss @Ashtonica You might as well ask why Vietnam prefers its relationship with South Korea to North Korea despite the past war crimes and ideological differences. At the end of the day money will triumph not weird ideological garbage. Samsung has contributed more to Vietnam than North Korea"
X Link 2023-08-29T19:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@Kdenkss @Ashtonica Theres a reason why Vietnam is willing to overlook a lot of things with its partners who all did terrible things to the country (Japan South Korea US). If they can ignore those things they can definitely ignore the horrible stuff China did"
X Link 2023-08-29T19:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Latin America race topics are pretty weird because if you ask the average Black American if they consider Dominicans to be Black they will say no. Just look at any discussions about MLB diversity and you see Black Americans say that theres no Black baseball players anymore"
X Link 2023-08-30T03:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@Francis_GSouth It really is. The middle classes in developing countries are often in a more precarious position than in wealthier countries so they are going to be far more protective of their privileges"
X Link 2023-08-30T05:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Germany runs an [--] billion euro trade deficit with China. Theres only three industrialized countries that run a trade surplus with China (Australia Switzerland and Taiwan). I guess China is accomplishing its goal of running a trade surplus with the entire industrialized world"
X Link 2023-08-30T06:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@gonglei89 Its mostly about yields but yeah I know what you are saying. I mostly made this comparison since you see a bunch of China analysts always talk about how inefficient it is when in reality a LOT of countries do inefficient stupid things"
X Link 2023-08-31T18:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Israels high fertility shows you that one way to increase your TFR is to build settler colonies. Cheap land and labor to exploit give people an incentive to have kids. This used to be a method in the past for countries like Japan (Manchukuo) to dump their excess population"
X Link 2023-08-31T19:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Tokens. What would the Anglosphere be without them"
X Link 2023-09-01T19:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Ive been going to a ton of museums in LA lately and I have to say when I think about my time in SF I am shocked at how much of a desert it is in terms of museums. The Bay Area is one of the wealthiest regions in the world with a ton of billionaires yet a cultural wasteland"
X Link 2023-09-02T04:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Settle down cowboy its a bit too early to extrapolate one bad year and extend it to the end of the century"
X Link 2023-09-02T06:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"New 22nm FPGA from Gowin (a Chinese vendor). Its based on RISC-V technology although the vendor that is providing the IP for its RISC-V cores is Taiwanese. Remains to be seen if this can compete with Xilinx or Altera but its a start"
X Link 2023-09-03T07:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I went to the Museum of Tolerance in elementary school. My high school also showed Schindlers List. Look the Holocaust was terrible but for it to take precedence over teaching about Americas crimes against its indigenous population and Latin America says a lot"
X Link 2023-09-03T18:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Theres an arrogance that Ive been seeing these days from a lot of Mainlanders that often remind me of American arrogance in that they believe they can do anything if they put their minds to it and that their foreign competitors are morons. Its been grating on me these days"
X Link 2023-09-03T22:37Z [----] followers, 35.9K engagements

"@KuittinenPetri I dont really think China even cares about yields right now. They are just brute forcing everything at any price"
X Link 2023-09-04T07:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@TimRuhr Thanks I enjoy our interactions too and believe me I honestly dont know that much though lol. Its actually a humbling experience to talk to other people like you and @blob_watcher about topics that are just completely outside my domain but I learn a ton"
X Link 2023-09-04T16:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"This is one reason why a lot of multiethnic/multinational countries often employed censorship to keep ethnic relations smooth. Amy Chua in World on Fire actually called out the West for encouraging free speech in Rwanda because free speech enabled genocidal rhetoric"
X Link 2023-09-04T20:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Indians make up 71% of gangsters in Malaysia. This is a case of affirmative action gone very very wrong as they were the group most negatively impacted by the bumiputera policy. They are well represented as middle class professionals in Malaysia though. https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2013/sep/13/71-of-criminals-in-Malaysia-are-of-Indian-origin-516100.html https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2013/sep/13/71-of-criminals-in-Malaysia-are-of-Indian-origin-516100.html"
X Link 2023-09-05T03:50Z [----] followers, 27.5K engagements

"@Tas1Bora @blob_watcher They did manage their stagnation okay but after 3/11 things really went to hell"
X Link 2023-09-05T17:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I remember @Tianxiashunv and @blob_watcher all mentioned to me the possibility of this scenario. People are so damn predictable"
X Link 2023-09-07T18:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Girl I knew was a Durham grad and she said no one in California had a clue about the prestige of Durham. She was American BTW but grew up in the UK (no English accent though) so went to school there"
X Link 2023-09-07T22:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Nothing odd about this. Just check out the Koreas or China/Taiwan or Arabs really. Ethnic nationalism is very much a 19th/20th century phenomenon and is becoming less relevant in this more globalized world"
X Link 2023-09-10T08:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I have seen China Korea and Taiwan all compared to Japan and predicted to end up in a lost decade. At this point I think you should just exit out of your browser whenever the lost decade is brought up for an Asian state. Its just becoming racialized wishcasting at this point"
X Link 2023-09-10T19:54Z [----] followers, 10.9K engagements

"Capitalism is racist because the people are racist not the other way around. And no communism doesnt make anyone less racist as East Germany North Korea and the USSR show. You will never rid a system of racism because the people are the problem not the system"
X Link 2023-09-11T03:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"One of the reasons why the lost decade even became a thing is due to how Japan responded (reliance on bailouts and BOJ and refusal to make reforms). After seeing what China has done to Ant/Jack Ma do people seriously think China will respond the same way in a financial crisis"
X Link 2023-09-11T04:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"This was one of my first tweets when I joined. Immigration really did screw over Black Americans since they would have been a far more potent political voice in the US due to their higher TFR. Hispanic and Asian immigration really diluted Black political power. Tagging @Kdenkss"
X Link 2023-09-11T06:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Had a discussion at work today and Im beginning to wonder if the West understands the gravity of the situation of China moving up the value chain. A lot of Western firms (in fields with high entry barriers) have gotten lazy and are at serious risk of commoditization from China"
X Link 2023-09-12T21:50Z [----] followers, 25.8K engagements

"I dont think China will ever surpass the West in per capita GDP but I do think that poverty is going to increase a lot in the West as they lose a lot of their cash cows to the forces of commoditization from China. Thats my nuanced prediction of the future"
X Link 2023-09-12T22:16Z [----] followers, 15.9K engagements

"@HMBrough_ @Empty_America One thing people dont know is that theres been a lot of anecdotal evidence that fertility has actually been declining a lot in North Korea. One of the main causes is actually the spread of cram schools (yes really) since everyone wants to become a hacker"
X Link 2023-09-12T22:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Francis_GSouth @pplsartofwar They will grow their GDP but not really deliver all that much to their shareholders lol. A lot of Western firms have crazy margins and thats going to come under pressure soon. Im already seeing it in my industry"
X Link 2023-09-12T23:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I remember this quite well. Alec Sulkin (writer on Family Guy) saying that Japan deserved 3/11 due to Pearl Harbor"
X Link 2023-09-13T01:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Anglophone China reporting is just a roller coaster these days. One minute they are celebrating the decline of the Chinese economy and the next minute they are having a massive meltdown over Huaweis semiconductor progress. We really need better reporting thats free of hysteria"
X Link 2023-09-13T05:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"How North Korea and Taiwan fared as Chinese and US allies is a good example of how vast the power differential between the US and China still is. North Korea has widespread recognition but zero trade relations outside China and is incredibly poor. The opposite is true for Taiwan"
X Link 2023-09-13T07:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"PerkinElmer is a medical equipment firm that was once the leading lithography firm before Nikon/Canon destroyed them. The carcass of the lithography unit was eventually acquired by ASML which is why ASML is in Wilton CT. Will this happen to ASML someday"
X Link 2023-09-15T19:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Intel/NEC/Nikon/Toshiba used to be the dominant semiconductor firms and now its TSMC/Nvidia/ASML/Samsung (all of them upstarts in the 80s and 90s). Things can change very rapidly in technology in ways we cant even imagine"
X Link 2023-09-15T19:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"I hate to point this out but I have never seen a medtech pharmaceutical semiconductor cloud computing EV AI and other hard tech startups built by girlbosses. Theres really no point in working for any of these girlbosses. They dont built anything innovative"
X Link 2023-09-16T06:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"It offends me to see social media influencers make millions of dollars influencing people to buy useless junk. I have no idea how this is valuable to society. Ive gotten far more sympathetic to Chinas crackdown and think every society needs to crack down on this mess"
X Link 2023-09-16T10:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Heh this is also the case in medical equipment which is why that industry is rapidly becoming commoditized. Its going to become much worse for the big Western players in the coming years once Chinese firms make inroads in the Global South which they are currently doing"
X Link 2023-09-16T19:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"India will be fine and wont face any backlash. It should be mentioned that China has often ignored crimes (including murder) committed by North Korean agents on their soil and China is a country thats big on sovereignty. Allies often overlook and will forgive these things"
X Link 2023-09-20T06:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Most likely there were Chinese nationals who were victimized by this. China wont punish North Korea for this though. Allies will often ignore crimes of their allies even if their nationals were the victims. Rachel Corrie is also another example"
X Link 2023-09-20T06:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@HMBrough_ There was this incident and Australia and the UK even expelled Israeli diplomats over this. This was more or less forgotten by the end of the year. Israel and the UAE are also friendly now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Mahmoud_Al-Mabhouh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Mahmoud_Al-Mabhouh"
X Link 2023-09-20T13:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Wouldnt be surprised if we see a golden age of assassinations in this decade and the next since the international order is breaking down. Only country I dont see engaging in it is China due to its dogmatic insistence on sovereignty and potential for massive Western backlash"
X Link 2023-09-21T05:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Rich Jewish Republicans are going to lose a lot of their influence in foreign policy since many of them are dovish on China unlike their hawkish stance on the Middle East and USSR/Russia. I expect Indian Republicans to replace them in influence since they are hawkish on China"
X Link 2023-09-21T15:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Theres no jumping the gun early. Hiding and biding was all but impossible by [----] when China became the second largest economy. China was moving up the value chain and their foreign policy goals remained the same from the Maoist period. Confrontation was going to happen soon"
X Link 2023-09-21T16:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Shaimurato13576 Armenia doesnt have many options so they are just going to stick to Russia. Turkey makes it impossible for the West to actually exert any influence there and Iran is LOL although they are the closest thing Armenia has to an ally outside of Russia"
X Link 2023-09-21T21:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@TonamiPlayman Oh lord one of those overvalued startups. Are they trying to be another Evergrande"
X Link 2023-09-21T22:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Say what you want about Aliyev of Azerbaijan but he accomplished all of his state objectives (liberation of the seven occupied Azeri districts and annexation of Nagorno-Karabakh) that he promised to his people. Not many leaders can say they did that these days"
X Link 2023-09-22T02:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"They want to concentrate on China and they still have dreams of flipping Russia over to the US side. Its why they hate Ukraine so much since they think Ukraine is ruining this far fetched opportunity that never existed in the first place"
X Link 2023-09-22T19:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Chinas ally everyone I remember Russias treatment of China during COVID-19 was far worse than Western countries and Japan/Korea"
X Link 2023-09-23T02:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I used to think Chinas shunning of formal treaty alliances was dumb but now I think its a smart move. Making promises that you are unable to keep is far worse than not having any formal allies. Once you break a promise no one will trust you and foreign relations get harder"
X Link 2023-09-23T06:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@blob_watcher Intel won the x86 patent battle and denied Japanese firms the license to design x86 competitors. They only granted them to select US firms like AMD and Cyrix because they were pretty much forced to. Intel is a very litigation trigger happy firm that used to sue everyone"
X Link 2023-09-23T16:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"You had a lot of interesting political talent during the Cold War. Some examples include Adenauer Atlee Brezhnev Castro Deng de Gaulle Eisenhower Kekkonen Kennedy LKY Mao Nasser Nehru Thatcher Tito and more. The current gen is forgettable except for Trump lol"
X Link 2023-09-23T20:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The collapse of the Ottoman Empire has led to a centurys worth of genocides and ethnic cleansing. I was thinking about this since the Azeri-Armenian conflict is a story of both sides engaging in ethnic cleansing. If China or India collapsed it would probably be a similar story"
X Link 2023-09-25T03:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@trancabaixo @pplsartofwar Not a chance in hell. Mexico is pretty much off limits to all foreign powers. I mean the U.S. joined WWI on the side of the Allies because Germany tried to recruit Mexico. The U.S. would nip any attempt at recruiting Mexico to another powers side immediately"
X Link 2023-09-26T06:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"This has less to do with the media and more to do with the fact that Korea is dependent on US technology and not Chinese technology. They do run a trade deficit with China but its not even the same type of trade deficit that Korea runs with Japan (irreplaceable capital goods)"
X Link 2023-09-27T08:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Michael Oher/Tuohys and now SBF. Has anyones reputation fallen faster than Michael Lewis"
X Link 2023-10-02T19:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@ix_zixi Theres also the whaling in Faroe Islands Iceland and Norway"
X Link 2023-10-02T19:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"They (Hayastanci rather than older Ottoman descended Western Armenians like the Kardashians) have a somewhat negative reputation in Southern California. A lot of people view them as scammers who cheat the health insurance system. They also fight a lot with Hispanics in schools"
X Link 2023-10-02T19:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Mike Gallagher from the so called China committee wrote this. We all remember how the U.S. behaved in Latin America during the Cold War. Just amazing how these people dont have any kind of self awareness"
X Link 2023-10-02T21:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Ive seen some Latinos mock the Armenian Genocide and make trolling comments to Armenians about Turkey. No one in SoCal really cares about the Armenian Genocide and a lot of people I know just roll their eyes when Armenians mention it"
X Link 2023-10-02T22:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@ix_zixi Incredibly unexpected for both favorite and least favorite countries ha. Fact that you put Macron as your favorite leader just tells you how horrible most leaders are right now. Jokowi is my favorite leader right now"
X Link 2023-10-03T05:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"People have no idea how bad it is for millennials. And yes Im one of those millennials who is affected by higher rates. Housing prices have not budged from [----] (bubble prices) while interest rates have soared. Im not going to buy a million dollar plus [----] sq ft house at 7%. Millennial are feeling the pain of higher rates more than baby boomers per BI: https://t.co/EOFARWL5ue Millennial are feeling the pain of higher rates more than baby boomers per BI: https://t.co/EOFARWL5ue"
X Link 2023-10-04T16:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Google Image Search is unusable now. Its just full of Pinterest spam. Google search is also full of spam. Sundar Pichai is basically Googles Ballmer. Lets hope Google finds a Nadella to replace him"
X Link 2023-10-04T19:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@ix_zixi I really didnt think it would get this bad and thought high interest rates would lead to lower prices. Instead a decade of low rates have led most homeowners to stay put and refuse to sell their homes except for the most outrageous prices"
X Link 2023-10-04T22:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@OrlovProvince I mean thats why Lithuania has been doing all that crap with Taiwan. They have been acting like North Korea who is sucking up to Russia"
X Link 2023-10-04T22:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I remember a guy once told me that Chinese people are genetically stupid because they cant run a country without authoritarianism while Indians are smarter than them because they are capable of creating a democracy. This was a Polish dude that I talked to at a conference"
X Link 2023-10-05T02:33Z [----] followers, 23.7K engagements

"Japan isnt Germany but they honestly arent as bad as one would think. They are nowhere near Turkey and the big issue is honestly that most Japanese civilians are apathetic to everything political. They dont know any of these WWII things because they just dont care"
X Link 2023-10-05T03:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@TimRuhr Jack London said this about Koreans"
X Link 2023-10-05T04:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Pierre Trudeau vs Justin Trudeau. I always talk about how this generation of political talent across the globe is the worst in generations especially compared to the Cold War era and Pierre vs his son is a pretty good example of this"
X Link 2023-10-05T06:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@HMBrough_ @Molson_Hart A physician Hes probably making more from his passive income than his full time job. More power to him though"
X Link 2023-10-06T01:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Honest mistake lol. Imagine saying this to shareholders or auditors let alone federal prosecutors. Sam Bankman-Fried is truly shameless"
X Link 2023-10-07T15:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Poland and the Czech Republic both have a large Vietnamese population. No one there seems to care though. They (especially Czechs) do say quasi genocidal stuff about the Roma though"
X Link 2023-10-07T16:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"What are their views on Gulf Arabs considering so many Indians live and work in the Gulf I just find that intense Islamophobia stupid considering India has a lot of Muslim friends. Newsflash to these sanghis Pakistan is not representative of most Islamic countries"
X Link 2023-10-07T19:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@HMBrough_ @americakaran Wealthy and upper middle class white southerners are still well represented as officers in the military. Former officers do pretty well in the workforce and you would be surprised how well they do in fields like high finance"
X Link 2023-10-07T20:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Noah is such a clown. Yeah the Middle East was incredibly stable with no wars during the post Cold War unilateral period"
X Link 2023-10-07T20:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Daniel Pipes knows damn well that Gaza becoming a Singapore of the Middle East isnt remotely possible. God do these columnists/think tankers seriously think their readers are that dumb https://www.wsj.com/articles/israels-opportunity-to-destroy-hamas-5b942e18 https://www.wsj.com/articles/israels-opportunity-to-destroy-hamas-5b942e18"
X Link 2023-10-08T07:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"This is why I laugh when certain people say Northeast Asia has incredible animosity towards each other when in reality Chinese/Japanese/Koreans get along fine for the most part and do a lot of trade and tourism with each other"
X Link 2023-10-08T16:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The GOP hates Huawei more than Hamas and view them as a far more dangerous organization"
X Link 2023-10-08T17:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@HMBrough_ Its very difficult to categorize Japan BTW. The people who call Japan ultranationalist are from the usual suspects (Chinese and Korean nationalists and their sympathizers) while the country as a whole is just incredibly apathetic to everything. The LDP is also dysfunctional"
X Link 2023-10-08T19:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Do some basic research. China is one of Israels biggest foreign investors and its second largest trading partner after the US. China doesnt support this and Abbas is not part of Hamas (in fact they detest each other)"
X Link 2023-10-08T19:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Israel has done a good job with its propaganda convincing people its a modern day Prussia. Of course the difference is Prussia beat weaklings like Austria France and Russia while Israel beat titans like Egypt Lebanon Syria and Palestine"
X Link 2023-10-09T03:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"This is eight years old but Netanyahu said Hitler didnt plan on exterminating Jews until the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem encouraged him to do so. Theres been a lot of whitewashing of Nazis over the past decade or so coming from very odd circles"
X Link 2023-10-09T18:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Howard Hughes vibes"
X Link 2023-10-10T18:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"People needed a study for this Former athletes are highly overrepresented in sales jobs which are the jobs that get you promoted the fastest. Investment banks also love hiring former athletes too. Theres a reason why people make jokes about lacrosse and investment banking"
X Link 2023-10-10T18:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I think MLMs are worse than TikTok but thats just me. Considering Utah politicians are all in the pockets of MLM fraudsters I dont expect them to ever tackle that issue. Utah has sued TikTok accusing it of harming children by intentionally keeping young users spending unhealthy amounts of time on the short-video sharing platform. Utah has sued TikTok accusing it of harming children by intentionally keeping young users spending unhealthy amounts of time on the short-video sharing platform"
X Link 2023-10-11T01:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Jose_Solis97 It was back in [----] when those two were going at it. Its not relevant for now lol although France is supporting Armenia so they might start to bicker again"
X Link 2023-10-11T05:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The Anglosphere is very irrational and emotional when it comes to Israel. Truth is Huaweis semiconductor breakthroughs are more impactful to global affairs and detrimental to US interests than whats going on in Israel but the US is distraught and having a meltdown right now"
X Link 2023-10-11T06:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"So many of the same Anglophone analysts who mock Chinese people for being emotional about Taiwan are being even more hysterical and emotional over Israel"
X Link 2023-10-11T15:49Z [----] followers, 13.6K engagements

"Former Japanese colonies are the odd exception. Even a mess like North Korea is technologically ahead of most former colonies with similar or even higher GDP per capita"
X Link 2023-10-11T19:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Leftymelon Lots of collaborators and back and forth assimilation policies depending on who was in charge. Western imperialists never thought their subjects were assimilable due to being racially different but Japan had different views with Korea and Taiwan"
X Link 2023-10-11T19:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@devarbol Yes and a Korean professor actually said the Industrial Revolution in Korea started in 1911"
X Link 2023-10-11T20:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@devarbol Theres a lot of anger in Korea among left nationalists over how the aid given by Japan in the 70s made Korea dependent on Japanese capital goods even now. The trade deficit with Japan is a massive sore spot"
X Link 2023-10-11T20:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"It always surprises me that mainstream politicians and etc still use the term civilized world. Its a very 19th century term with strong racial connotations. Well it just goes to show you people havent changed much; its just that those opinions have been driven underground"
X Link 2023-10-11T22:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@ix_zixi The Anglosphere is very good at PR (aka propaganda) and cultivating an image that they are more civilized than others. It helps that they control much of the media apparatus across the world"
X Link 2023-10-12T01:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Im pretty sure these Westerners have enough self awareness to not lecture China on these things"
X Link 2023-10-12T20:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Most people whine when they dont have privilege over others. Thats all it is. Theres absolutely zero contradiction between supporting ETIM terrorism in China and opposing Hamas terrorism in Israel when you understand this and realize its all about self interest and privilege"
X Link 2023-10-12T21:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"North Korea refugees from the 1940s underwent a Nakba of their own (they have keys and deeds of their homes). Similarities end there. They are disproportionately rich and powerful in South Korea and were involved in a lot of horrific massacres targeting communists and leftists"
X Link 2023-10-12T22:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"One reason why regular North Koreans dont want to reunify under South Korean rule is because these rich and powerful refugee descendants want their land back and havent changed their stance on it. Its similar to how Israelis oppose the Right of Return"
X Link 2023-10-12T22:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The West has probably permanently lost much of the Arab if not Islamic world to China who wisely didnt take a side. The Arabs arent going to help the West against China. The West just isnt very strategic anymore"
X Link 2023-10-13T03:08Z [----] followers, 11.5K engagements

"Does this guy seriously think Iran under a secular democracy would become friendly to Israel It wouldnt because Iran wants to be a great power in its region and that would clash with Israels security interests (they dont want any great powers there)"
X Link 2023-10-14T01:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@gonglei89 Iranians are happy with getting bullied by great powers such as the US UK and Russia/USSR"
X Link 2023-10-14T02:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"You settle a region with people from the Soviet Union and you are surprised that they dont care about the rules of engagement or about civilian lives lol Have you seen Nagorno-Karabakh (same behavior from both Armenians and Azeris in expelling each other)"
X Link 2023-10-14T19:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"If a Chinese leader talked like this he or she would be on the SDN list the next day. Carrie Lam was put on that list for much much less than this"
X Link 2023-10-15T01:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Old Washington Post article from [----] about AIPAC helping Azerbaijan get its sanction lifted"
X Link 2023-10-15T02:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Dharmapurinerd Thats why many of them dont like Iranian Azeris. They think Iranian Azeris are too Persianized and downplay their Turkic heritage"
X Link 2023-10-15T02:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I dont know why people talk about Palestinian refugees committing terrorism in the countries they moved to and then say they are undesirable savages. North Korean and Chinese refugees moved to South Korea and Taiwan and committed mass murder but no one calls them savages"
X Link 2023-10-15T02:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Mont_Jiang I dont have Spotify due to Apple One Premier but I ended up relenting and buying YouTube Premium because the ads are horrendous"
X Link 2023-10-15T03:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The West will give support to Israel as they turn Gaza into the next Grozny while simultaneously lecturing to Arabs to support the West against China because Chinas construction of a radar station in the SCS will lead to humanitys extinction"
X Link 2023-10-15T20:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Believe it or not but India has decent relations with North Korea despite Indias friendly relationship with Japan South Korea and the US. India is one of the few countries to have an embassy in Pyongyang. Obviously a legacy of Nehru (Rhee hated him)"
X Link 2023-10-15T20:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Interesting article from Nature about Indias role as a neutral mediator in the Korean War. Nehru was a very talented statesman and diplomat and really helped Indias soft power during the Cold War. Rhee detested Nehru though for this neutrality"
X Link 2023-10-16T04:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@ix_zixi I saw their complaints about him and laughed hard. He had one of the hardest jobs in the world so hes going to make some mistakes. That India didnt end up in a horrible famine or a civil war after Partition was a miracle. The country was incredibly stable and no coups"
X Link 2023-10-16T04:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Ive been reading up on yacht girls and now it makes sense whenever I see Instamodels flying on private jets. One of my high school classmates is a yacht girl and she has 600k followers on Instagram but barely any sponsors. Shes always wearing expensive clothes. @ix_zixi"
X Link 2023-10-16T20:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"They are nice because they are rich. This line from Parasite is a pretty good explanation of why the West is so nice and why they care so much about human rights"
X Link 2023-10-16T20:55Z [----] followers, 13.4K engagements

"Japan had a crazy per capita GDP throughout the 90s. Its GDP per capita was on par with Switzerland in a country of [---] million people. This left a trauma though for the boomers so the policymakers are obsessed with a weak yen since they blame it for prolonging the recession"
X Link 2023-10-16T23:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@gonglei89 You also see some revisionist history about its semiconductor industry saying Japan focused too much on commoditized DRAM when in reality they made a lot of inroads in CPUs too (SH RISC for example). Its just Intel did a lot of shady stuff to screw them over"
X Link 2023-10-17T00:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@gonglei89 If Japans focus was on commoditized DRAM the US government wouldnt have been bitching that much. In reality it was in the full spectrum such as lithography (Canon and Nikon wiped out much of the US competition)"
X Link 2023-10-17T00:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Indian medical unit in the Korean War. They treated thousands of Koreans. Rhee grudgingly thanked Nehru for this. Nehru thankfully wasnt a petty asshole and didnt hold it against Korea for Rhee. Cold War showcased both the best and worst of humanity"
X Link 2023-10-17T02:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Ive been tweeting about India and the Korean War because the sort of leadership that Nehru displayed is completely absent today. Yes India wasnt a major player in that war but they tried to be mediators and helped the victims in that war. We just arent seeing that anymore"
X Link 2023-10-17T02:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I see some hypothetical questions asking if American Christians would support Palestinians if they were Christians and I think wars like the Crimean War (UK/France supporting Ottomans against Russia) should answer that question. No one gives a damn about religion in geopolitics"
X Link 2023-10-17T04:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Historians always place [----] as the end of Pax Britannica but I think you can make an argument it was really [----] when the German Empire was born. Thats when the UK began its decline and when unipolarity was beginning to be eroded. We can say the same is happening right now"
X Link 2023-10-17T22:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Imperial Japan: 1868-1945 (77 years) USSR: 1922-1991 (79 years) US-Japan alliance: [----] - Present (78 years and ongoing) Japan has been a US ally longer than it has been an empire. Next year this alliance will also exceed the life of the USSR. No sign this alliance is ending"
X Link 2023-10-17T23:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

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