# ![@PAstynome Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1281860767592017920.png) @PAstynome Phryne Astynome

Phryne Astynome posts on X about japan, china, in the, 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 Influence

**Social category influence**
[countries](/list/countries)  52.68% [finance](/list/finance)  9.82% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  7.14% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  7.14% [stocks](/list/stocks)  5.36% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  3.57% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  3.57% [currencies](/list/currencies)  2.68% [financial services](/list/financial-services)  0.89% [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  0.89%

**Social topic influence**
[japan](/topic/japan) 19.64%, [china](/topic/china) 17.86%, [in the](/topic/in-the) #6764, [south korea](/topic/south-korea) #418, [the world](/topic/the-world) 8.04%, [ai](/topic/ai) 7.14%, [the most](/topic/the-most) 7.14%, [countries](/topic/countries) 5.36%, [taiwan](/topic/taiwan) 3.57%, [iran](/topic/iran) #3039

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Keep coping you worthless clown. No one believes in the religious sermons about democracy that you preach not even Westerners"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1886945455877374122)  2025-02-05T01:10Z [----] followers, 22.2K engagements


"People also forget how chummy North Korea and Japan were during the early postwar period since the LDP (TBF all of Japan honestly) absolutely loathed Syngman Rhee. Japan traded with North Korea and repatriated a bunch of Koreans to the North during this time as an FU to Rhee. This is like not true because South Korea only pulled ahead in the 1970s and North Korea only became diplomatically isolated from the Second and Third World after bombing Socialist Burma in [----] and admitting to kidnapping Japanese people for the lulz This is like not true because South Korea only pulled ahead in the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2020723839609774359)  2026-02-09T04:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Not sure why but the Sinosphere (China HK Singapore Taiwan) is greatly outperforming the Japanosphere (Japan North Korea South Korea) in economic performance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2021050395553038575)  2026-02-10T02:35Z [----] followers, 60.5K engagements


"Capex is also insane for nuclear power plants and they always have cost overruns and they can take up to a decade or two to build. Most investors cant afford that timeline since its a gigantic opportunity cost. @memecrashes Nuclear had already lost to the fossil fuels for once because it is just too expensive takes way too much time to build. Everyone except France and China abandoned it. The former was always concerned about self-relience and is now increasing the share of renewables in its grid. @memecrashes Nuclear had already lost to the fossil fuels for once because it is just too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2021613960018165789)  2026-02-11T15:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Edwin O. Reischauer said that Japan was the only non-Western country to develop a system analogous to Western feudalism. He argued that this was why Japan was able to successfully industrialize since the shogun had to develop a system of laws to win the trust of the daimyos. I call this line of thinking East Asia Fallacy the claim that an Eurasian society could have matched the East Asian development trajectory. The way you prove it wrong is by reading the appropriate sections of two books linked below: And then you see that even in the https://t.co/UDr3i4JhlW I call this line of thinking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2022764260640620855)  2026-02-14T20:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Greenland has already been forgotten lol. Rubio gets a standing ovation after his speech at Munich Security Conference. 🗣Rubio: We care deeply about your future and ours. And if at times we disagree our disagreements come from a profound sense of concern for Europe to which we are connectednot just https://t.co/kr5bDfamEz Rubio gets a standing ovation after his speech at Munich Security Conference. 🗣Rubio: We care deeply about your future and ours. And if at times we disagree our disagreements come from a profound sense of concern for Europe to which we are connectednot just"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2022841597654897078)  2026-02-15T01:13Z [----] followers, 77.3K engagements


"Why is it then that Iran was overthrown by a religious cleric if the country was on a trajectory that would have make it more advanced than South Korea @PAstynome Iran would have been a lot more advanced than South Korea if it wasn't for Islamic Republic. This regime has kept the country backwards. Also Islamic Republic is a lot worse than North Korea @PAstynome Iran would have been a lot more advanced than South Korea if it wasn't for Islamic Republic. This regime has kept the country backwards. Also Islamic Republic is a lot worse than North Korea"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2022971173907436023)  2026-02-15T09:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Bethany I dont think China needs to engage in propaganda to prove that democracies are not better; they are already doing that all on their own by their incompetence and inability to deliver what they promised to their constituents"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1887538792883433655)  2025-02-06T16:28Z [----] followers, 16.9K engagements


"Mitsui Seiki and Yasda utilize something called kisage to build their ultra precision mother machines. They scrape the machines with their hands. Its basically Japans artisan/craftsman culture on steroids. Its this tacit knowledge that makes these machines hard to copy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2017064549191651766)  2026-01-30T02:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@TimRuhr One thing Germany does well is that a lot of these vital companies are owned by foundations such as the Carl Zeiss and Robert Bosch foundations. Zeiss and Bosch both have pretty awful margins but those foundations insulate them from outside pressure"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2017290192256962660)  2026-01-30T17:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Austria Germany Northern Italy Japan and Switzerland all have that artisan culture. Supposedly those artisans can smell or touch the products they make and notice something is off when theres some microscopic defect. How do you get AI to replicate that tacit knowledge Italy and Japan converge in many respects despite seemingly opposite cultures. They are both the place you want to go for anything which requires deep expertise and respect for the product. Italy and Japan converge in many respects despite seemingly opposite cultures. They are both the place you want to go for anything which"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2017353118108057947)  2026-01-30T21:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I wonder whats going on with Korean women and Indian men Its just so random lol. I have met Indian male and East Asian female couples although thats a very California thing. Here's a big chart of the latest data on interracial marriage in America. It's an ethnicity-by-ethnicity breakdown of who marries who for some of the biggest groups. https://t.co/OFKA8zvdM2 Here's a big chart of the latest data on interracial marriage in America. It's an ethnicity-by-ethnicity breakdown of who marries who for some of the biggest groups. https://t.co/OFKA8zvdM2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2017434510766583864)  2026-01-31T03:07Z [----] followers, 12.6K engagements


"I learned of this niche Korean semiconductor equipment firm called HPSP that has a virtual monopoly in high-pressure hydrogen annealing equipment which is used by the most advanced nodes. The most interesting part is Peter Thiel is the biggest investor. https://thehpsp.com/ https://thehpsp.com/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2017731122353082597)  2026-01-31T22:46Z [----] followers, 172.5K engagements


"Thiel invested in HPSP when it was a castoff from Poongsan. It was bought for $9M in [----] by the private equity firm hes sponsoring in Korea. Its worth billions now. He invested in it before anyone knew it would be big. it's a monopoly after all why wouldn't he invest it's a monopoly after all why wouldn't he invest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2017765110186705198)  2026-02-01T01:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Bill Gates said that Goldman Sachs was the company that worried him the most since he thought the top tier investment banks would hoard all the best talent. https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/1031/045.html https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/1031/045.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2017796901895340284)  2026-02-01T03:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I find it funny how North Korean soldiers murder Chinese citizens and also rob them of cryptos but China doesnt say anything. It similar to how the US doesnt say anything about Israel killing US citizens. So much for sovereignty and being a tough guy. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/4/30/north-korean-soldiers-suspected-of-china-killings https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/4/30/north-korean-soldiers-suspected-of-china-killings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2017830979520631172)  2026-02-01T05:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Japan has lost a lot of political and economic power but they arent completely helpless. They still have a lot of technologically advanced upstream products that China/Korea/Taiwan cant replicate. Tools from Yasda Seibu and JEOL are still far ahead of what China can build. @PAstynome Some groups just happen to have higher cultural influence though its important to note cultural influences do not translate well into hard power i.e. African American culture is very popular but they often find themselves at the end of the stick held by the White House. @PAstynome Some groups just happen to have"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2018081608247763167)  2026-02-01T21:58Z [----] followers, 21.3K engagements


"Ive been seeing Indians argue about beef and the military (often bringing up Imperial Japan) and I just want to say that North Korea has a beef taboo and its one of the most militarized countries in the world. Beef consumption has no correlation with the warrior spirit. Well when the Indian Army was being rebuilt after the failures on [----] it was realised that the calorific intake of most recruits was simply too low so breakfast was introduced to the Indian Army which until that point in time had enjoyed only two meals a day. Now chapatis Well when the Indian Army was being rebuilt after the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2018144600926589420)  2026-02-02T02:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I met people who enjoyed puroresu (Antonio Inoki is like a comic book character) origami Japanese cuisine Japanese films and J-dramas J-pop literature card games and etc. Then there are the intellectuals who like the high culture stuff. Its not all anime and video games. @PAstynome How popular is Japanese content outside of anime and video games I think they excel for those two but their music movies and social media (non existent here) are rather lacking in overseas popularity. @PAstynome How popular is Japanese content outside of anime and video games I think they excel for those two but"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2018172775580786886)  2026-02-02T04:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Almost all the mining magnates in South Africa were Jewish but somehow the Jewish South African community convinced the world they were all anti-apartheid activists even though they benefited from apartheid. Remember this shit every time someone tries to emotionally blackmail you with the false idea that Jews writ large were the allies and caretakers of Black people during the civil rights era Remember this shit every time someone tries to emotionally blackmail you with the false idea that Jews writ large were the allies and caretakers of Black people during the civil rights era"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2018227047999668531)  2026-02-02T07:36Z [----] followers, 31.1K engagements


"Shes a former model turned VC and it seems like Epstein introduced her to her Italian aristocrat husband and to the VC world. Some meritocracy we live in. Sleeping your way to the top seems to be the way to go. NEW:  British biotech investor Nicole Junkermann asked Epstein if he wanted to have a baby with her: "Will you have a baby with me Where is the best place to do so" https://t.co/2gfb3uoYO7 NEW:  British biotech investor Nicole Junkermann asked Epstein if he wanted to have a baby with her: "Will you have a baby with me Where is the best place to do so" https://t.co/2gfb3uoYO7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2019093265388298305)  2026-02-04T16:58Z [----] followers, 204.3K engagements


"They arent overpaid. In fact if you look at the margins of these companies they are arguably underpaid. Its shocking people actually are saying you should be paid less Most Americans don't realize how overpaid they are and how much USD has to fall to make them globally competitive. It is a long way down. Most Americans don't realize how overpaid they are and how much USD has to fall to make them globally competitive. It is a long way down"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2019141426035192003)  2026-02-04T20:10Z [----] followers, 243.6K engagements


"Considering AI is sucking up all the money I dont think cryptos will be coming back until soon. Trump gave it a huge dead cat bounce. Anyways good luck to you and BTW Microstrategy was always a garbage BI platform. HODL HODL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2019510349754724674)  2026-02-05T20:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Kling is incredible. Who knew Kuaishou would make one of the best AI video models. Omni [---] @Kling_ai [--] Character nightclub scene with native audio. Character images in comment posts below. 🔊🎧 https://t.co/ywGbDVHQPD Omni [---] @Kling_ai [--] Character nightclub scene with native audio. Character images in comment posts below. 🔊🎧 https://t.co/ywGbDVHQPD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2019578021804667046)  2026-02-06T01:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I learned of this Italian machine tool company called Pietro Carnaghi. They make these giant precision machine tools called vertical lathes and they are used for jet engines nuclear reactor and gas turbines. They are considered one of the best if not the best in that niche"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2019665544576922054)  2026-02-06T06:52Z [----] followers, 65.5K engagements


"It produces a lot of Goldman and McKinsey wannabes. Its shocking but a lot of high school students now know these firms. In the past almost no high school student at top high schools knew what Goldman or McKinsey were. This is completely anecdotal and unprovable but it is my sense that the range of interesting characters are greater at Tsinghua than elite US universities. Elite US college admissions produces cookie cutter students who speak the same language. They all do a bogus sport do This is completely anecdotal and unprovable but it is my sense that the range of interesting characters"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2019813642963939683)  2026-02-06T16:41Z [----] followers, 37.5K engagements


"I accepted a long time ago that the gaming segment of Nvidia will become like the school calculator segment of Texas Instruments. Its sad to see though. Nvidia paused gaming GPUs because the math made the decision for them. In Q3 fiscal [----] Nvidias data center revenue was $51.2 billion. Gaming was $4.3 billion. That means gaming is 7.5% of total revenue. Five years ago gaming was Nvidias largest segment. Today it rounds Nvidia paused gaming GPUs because the math made the decision for them. In Q3 fiscal [----] Nvidias data center revenue was $51.2 billion. Gaming was $4.3 billion. That means"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2019853879194833223)  2026-02-06T19:21Z [----] followers, 135.3K engagements


"Heres an interesting factoid about FANUC and the small town its headquartered in. It has the highest fertility in Honshu. This has to be one of the most dangerous locations to put the headquarters of one of the most important companies in manufacturing. If Mt. Fuji erupts the global supply chains are going to be in pure chaos. https://t.co/dIQ77dugb1 This has to be one of the most dangerous locations to put the headquarters of one of the most important companies in manufacturing. If Mt. Fuji erupts the global supply chains are going to be in pure chaos. https://t.co/dIQ77dugb1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2019903445894066427)  2026-02-06T22:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Honestly sounds like a made up story. I think a lot of people forgot that Epstein is also a fraudster who made his money from a Ponzi scheme and other scams. ⚡- In one of the newly released emails from the Epstein Files Jeffrey Epstein recalls sitting with Chinese diplomats who warned each other about him stating: 'Be careful of the Jewish dog' EFTA00813315 - @Spectator_MENA https://t.co/V66GWWhyCy ⚡- In one of the newly released emails from the Epstein Files Jeffrey Epstein recalls sitting with Chinese diplomats who warned each other about him stating: 'Be careful of the Jewish dog'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2019949504309665836)  2026-02-07T01:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"My friend told me if he wasnt married he would be dating strippers. Said dating is tough so why restrict yourself with these arbitrary rules And people would be surprised by how much men are willing to spend on escorts. Also people need to stop stigmatizing sex workers. Men love whores. All of this will make a lot of sense when you understand that despite all the shouting about onlyfans despite all the anger about women "slutting around" despite all the endless larping around being traditional men and wanting stay at home wives or mom the Men love whores. All of this will make a lot of sense"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2020214569923408168)  2026-02-07T19:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"This was a big reason why Japan occupied Manchukuo. They had plans to move 5-10 million people there. Anyways high TFR is absolutely disastrous for societal stability. Fertility Rate of Japan in [----]. Overall the North had a higher TFR than the South. With a strong band of prefectures having a TFR of 6+. This is juxtaposed to today where the opposite is true. Moreover Okinawa which today has the highest TFR had the second lowest in [----]. https://t.co/CM74ysv1Iu Fertility Rate of Japan in [----]. Overall the North had a higher TFR than the South. With a strong band of prefectures having a TFR of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2020227352077439251)  2026-02-07T20:05Z [----] followers, 33.8K engagements


"Tom Clancy wrote this book where Japan teams up with China and India to wage war on the US. It became famous because its ending was similar to 9/11. This is how hysterical and dumb Boomers (Clancy was born in 1947) were in the 90s. Its kind of insane to think about; but within living memory one of the most popular authors was a guy who wrote military books for dorky teens and middle aged men. https://t.co/dtsEMee3QX Its kind of insane to think about; but within living memory one of the most popular authors was a guy who wrote military books for dorky teens and middle aged men."  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2020256539974766782)  2026-02-07T22:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Apparently you are the bad guy if you lend money to someone and expect a decent return. @BarneyFlames My friend was memeing in one of our gc's a certain public personality on Twitter for having "Finance Derangement Syndrome" who blames every inconvenience in life on the malevolent influence 'financialization'. @BarneyFlames My friend was memeing in one of our gc's a certain public personality on Twitter for having "Finance Derangement Syndrome" who blames every inconvenience in life on the malevolent influence 'financialization'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2020323996030628048)  2026-02-08T02:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Its not an everyday occurrence when a superpower collapses. Imperial Russia lasted [---] years and dysfunctional states all across the world are pretty resilient. Nigeria and Zimbabwe are two states that should have collapsed but they are still standing. As an elaboration of this point it's worth noting that many media from the 80s (Cyberpunk Neuromancer Blade Runner) thought the Soviets would just continue well into the future. The sudden breakdown was actually surprising at the time even to western intelligence. As an elaboration of this point it's worth noting that many media from the 80s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2020332742836383864)  2026-02-08T03:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@okaythenfuture @oscpmentor @SloptopCaptial Japan has a lot of world class technology on the B2B supply chain. Absolutely no country in Asia compares to Japan in metrology CNC machines specialty chemicals material science or scientific instruments. Yes they are behind on the bits but they are very strong on the atoms"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2020376381214060913)  2026-02-08T05:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@okaythenfuture @oscpmentor @SloptopCaptial Oh and Poland doesnt even compare to Japan in those industries. I forgot to mention semiconductor equipment but thats quite well known. All those Japanese B2B suppliers are used by the top companies across the world. Mitsui Seiki is used by GE for cutting its engine blades"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2020377130295783758)  2026-02-08T06:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The LDP isnt really a unified party. There are even liberals in the party along with far right firebrands and business oriented neoliberals. Can Takaichi get them all aligned on her agenda Who knows but you shouldnt expect anything like GOP unity on Trump. There's a very Euro and Anglo-American tendency to see Japan's system works the same as their own. The LDP has been out of power only twice since its birth in 1955: - 1992-1993 after the collapse of the bubble - [--------] after the [----] GFC with the DPJ. Very different. The There's a very Euro and Anglo-American tendency to see Japan's"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2020706392810934640)  2026-02-09T03:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@pplsartofwar LOL. The JSDF isnt going to become a major force. People should look at the spending. Japan used to have the second highest military spending in the world during the 90s but that was a statistical illusion caused by an insane yen that gave Japan a per capita GDP 50% than the US"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2020707730386976775)  2026-02-09T03:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Nationalism has been in rapid decline in South Korea over the past decade or so. Tagging @okaythenfuture. Its why Olympic viewership is also declining. https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/society/20260209/why-south-koreans-are-tuning-out-2026-winter-olympics https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/society/20260209/why-south-koreans-are-tuning-out-2026-winter-olympics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2020713310946201777)  2026-02-09T04:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@okaythenfuture I didnt watch the Super Bowl but thats mostly because I wasnt feeling good and I had work to do. Yeah my job sucks. And yeah the Winter Olympics arent interesting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2020714442938621975)  2026-02-09T04:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Really impressive stuff. Almost makes me want to cancel my Google AI Ultra subscription. Veo [---] is beginning to fall behind a bit compared to Kling and Seedance. seedance [---] is the only model make me so scared literally every job in film industry is gone you upload a script it generates scenes (not just clips) with vfx voice sfx music all nicely edited we may not even need editors anymore and now I understand why its not https://t.co/UYsP5fGMo6 seedance [---] is the only model make me so scared literally every job in film industry is gone you upload a script it generates scenes (not just"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2020749388109455711)  2026-02-09T06:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@BarneyFlames Its stuff like their stupid protectionism for the retail sector and other barriers to trade. Theres also those ridiculous cash handouts and also subsidizing gas prices"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2020783730801983850)  2026-02-09T08:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Chinese people used to have a hatred of the Qing that rivaled or even exceeded todays Indian hatred of the Mughals. The Qing is kind of popular now in China and the Manchus are considered kin. Basically these things are not set in stone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2020791391891190129)  2026-02-09T09:26Z [----] followers, 22K engagements


"North Carolina is a massive tech and finance hub. Its not a surprise. Today I learned Charlotte NC has a higher GDP per capita than Miami. In fact so does Raleigh and Durham-Chapel Hill. Despite all the copy about the ultra wealthy and hype of finance or tech hubs in Miami Florida doesnt actually produce all that much of anything. Its a pretty Today I learned Charlotte NC has a higher GDP per capita than Miami. In fact so does Raleigh and Durham-Chapel Hill. Despite all the copy about the ultra wealthy and hype of finance or tech hubs in Miami Florida doesnt actually produce all that much of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2020952131973546181)  2026-02-09T20:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"India is actually a major and hidden part of the Western semiconductor supply chain. They already do a lot of R&D and design for Western semiconductor firms. All the major firms often have their largest foreign R&D sites in India. Obviously they play second fiddle but it counts. Baboon you don't know whether there will be an R&D spend on semiconductor in next decade. GOI has already came up with [--] Bn USD worth of R&D fund for deep tech start ups many of them working in semiconductor sector. It's just bad retarded assumption on your part that there Baboon you don't know whether there will be"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2020963407802106097)  2026-02-09T20:49Z [----] followers, 15.2K engagements


"No one is going to invade Japan but theres a LOT of tech that Japan has that no one else in Asia comes close to. Theres a reason why Korea and Taiwan run huge trade deficits with Japan even though Japan barely exports any consumers goods to those countries. Its very funny and sad that Japanese believes anyone wants to invade their country. They used to have tech that others might want but not anymore theres no Japanese TSMC. In terms of resource they got nothing. Nobody will invade them over some Wagyu and expensive fruits. Its very funny and sad that Japanese believes anyone wants to invade"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2020972675368354252)  2026-02-09T21:26Z [----] followers, 43K engagements


"@gyfchan Optics have been one of Japans strengths for a while. Its why they are the only country outside the Netherlands to make lithography machines"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2020975839727452168)  2026-02-09T21:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Tas1Bora South Korea and Taiwan have had difficulty breaking into those fields. Specialty chemicals are a pretty tough field to break into"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2021030630654607669)  2026-02-10T01:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Hankasauruss Yasda and Mitsui Seiki handscrape their insane machine tools"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2021035230501667169)  2026-02-10T01:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@okaythenfuture South Korea is structurally far more similar to Japan than it is to China. Its a micro separation and Taiwan also is quite different from Japan especially after the infusion of the KMT. North Korea has gone out of its way not to be a part of the Sinosphere (they purged Hanja)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2021053060534108599)  2026-02-10T02:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The pay disparity is just too high for this to happen on a large scale. It took [--] yrs for the US to become a scientific powerhouse. That's been destroyed in just [--] months" More and more US scientists are moving to Europe where they "no longer worry a rightwing bureaucrat or influencer will decide their research is woke 💪 https://t.co/UhFGy9BphP It took [--] yrs for the US to become a scientific powerhouse. That's been destroyed in just [--] months" More and more US scientists are moving to Europe where they "no longer worry a rightwing bureaucrat or influencer will decide their research is woke"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2021277362717925628)  2026-02-10T17:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@TheMindScourge 250M people compressed into that small space Not sure how France would behave if it were that big. Theres a very good chance the country wouldnt be able to scale up and all of its neighbors would try to contain it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2021295397575283037)  2026-02-10T18:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"People barely talk about what China was doing during the 50s because they are so obsessed with the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. Anyways they were developing a sound foundation and rapidly increasing literacy and developing human capital but Mao got impatient. The real truth is that Chinese divergence in terms of education steel production manufacturing etc had already eclipsed India by the time LKY just started ruling Singapore in the 1960s. That Deng and else managed to take LKY and run in the 1980s is only part of the story The real truth is that Chinese divergence in terms"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2021407393893224875)  2026-02-11T02:14Z [----] followers, 12.3K engagements


"@blanowk Its just about a nasty surrogacy operation for rich Chinese couples"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2021461481683108339)  2026-02-11T05:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Theres free speech in the US in that the government itself doesnt do any policing but instead outsources this speech policing and censorship to the private sector and private donors. Instagram has suspended Track AIPAC the highly popular watchdog project that documents AIPACs political spending citing a violation of Instagram intellectual property rules specifically trademark rules. The account tracks FEC donations and points out top-funded lawmakers. Instagram has suspended Track AIPAC the highly popular watchdog project that documents AIPACs political spending citing a violation of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2021641604684218717)  2026-02-11T17:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@blob_watcher Japan and South Korea have seen a rapid decline in nationalism. Notice how South Koreans dont care about unification"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2021709707967393916)  2026-02-11T22:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"One thing I recently found out is that Citizen and Seiko (Japanese watch companies) build some of the best machine tools and precision instruments in the market. Basically jewelry/watchmaking created those industries. Swiss luxury watches have also done the same in Switzerland. And yet far more value has been created in the Swiss watch industry since the watch became technically obsolete with the invention of quartz. A lesson for how value generation after automation And yet far more value has been created in the Swiss watch industry since the watch became technically obsolete with the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2021714596617498817)  2026-02-11T22:34Z [----] followers, 12.1K engagements


"@przidnt254593 They also have a contract with Grok"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2021749560729862372)  2026-02-12T00:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@pplsartofwar It was actually a brilliant move by both sides. Koreans were very skeptical of Takaichi while Japanese were very skeptical of Lee. Then this event happened and it calmed down both sides and both people arent expecting any disruptive fights anymore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2022068677852770733)  2026-02-12T22:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This pork distribution is why Japan has been in stagnation for a while. They just keep bailing out unskilled boomers so they can run their unproductive farms/shops. Its why Japans productivity is so low (the keiretsus are actually extremely productive despite the long hours). Stuff like this happens because Japanese/East Asian politics in general is just a really big pork distribution machine not an ideological contest like it is in Western countries. Without Western influence I doubt they'd even keep the pretense of democratic elections. Stuff like this happens because Japanese/East Asian"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2020761077609623788)  2026-02-09T07:25Z [----] followers, 45.4K engagements


"China seems to have good relations with the Orthodox world. Ukraine despises China but thats not a surprise. Xi net approval rating in Europe: Top fans: Serbia: [--] Moldova: [--] Greece: [--] Top haters: Sweden: [---] Ukraine: [---] Pope Leo XIV net approval rating in Europe: Top fans: Croatia: [--] Poland: [--] Ireland: [--] Top haters: Turkey: [---] Serbia: [---] https://t.co/1PYxHhzh9Z Xi net approval rating in Europe: Top fans: Serbia: [--] Moldova: [--] Greece: [--] Top haters: Sweden: [---] Ukraine: [---] Pope Leo XIV net approval rating in Europe: Top fans: Croatia: [--] Poland: [--] Ireland: [--] Top haters: Turkey: -31"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2021348629412446586)  2026-02-10T22:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"If a lot of people loved each other the world would be a better place to live. - Johnny from The Room"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/1885896363046559993)  2025-02-02T03:41Z [----] followers, 184.8K engagements


"Citadel is one of the most technologically advanced companies in the world and has done a lot of automation for decades. So if hes saying this about AI it should be taken seriously. NOW - Citadel's CEO says AI has re-empowered technology departments in every business but the claims that 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs will disappear due to AI in five years is "hype" driven by the AI industry's need to justify raising billions for data centers. https://t.co/zYfnNxUqmA NOW - Citadel's CEO says AI has re-empowered technology departments in every business but the claims that 50% of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2014038789770060246)  2026-01-21T18:14Z [----] followers, 751.1K engagements


"Good example of the Korea discount here. SK Hynix has an EBITDA of $40B while Micron has an EBITDA of $18B. NTM EV/EBITDA for Micron is 21x while for SK Hynix its 8x. Even an HBM moat or record profits arent enough to save SK Hynix from the Korea corporate governance discount"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2017805628052541647)  2026-02-01T03:42Z [----] followers, 80.2K engagements


"One thing people dont know about Japan is that its a powerhouse in material science. One Japanese company makes virtually all the ultrathin glass used in advanced AI chips. Nittobo controls the T-glass market and isn't adding capacity for months. We talk a lot about GPU supply constraints but the bottlenecks keep showing up in places nobody's watching. Chip One Japanese company makes virtually all the ultrathin glass used in advanced AI chips. Nittobo controls the T-glass market and isn't adding capacity for months. We talk a lot about GPU supply constraints but the bottlenecks keep showing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2020962017151193490)  2026-02-09T20:44Z [----] followers, 91.2K engagements


"One positive thing about the Plaza Accord thats forgotten is that the strong yen led to a massive expansion of Japanese capital into Southeast Asia especially Thailand. Its how Thailand became one of the auto hubs of Southeast Asia. https://www.mitsui.com/mgssi/en/report/detail/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2025/04/14/2502_h_yoshida_e.pdf https://www.mitsui.com/mgssi/en/report/detail/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2025/04/14/2502_h_yoshida_e.pdf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2021498670659907876)  2026-02-11T08:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"My favorite Chris Paul moment. The Toronto Raptors have waived Chris Paul. The Toronto Raptors have waived Chris Paul"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2022429192940597758)  2026-02-13T21:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Its shocking how many Iranian monarchists believe this. Iran and South Korea had very different societal and economic structures in the 1970s. Also the Islamic Republic is nothing like North Korea. Reza Pahlavi: Iran should have been the South Korea of the Middle East . At the time Irans GDP was five times larger than South Koreas. Today instead we have become North Korea . https://t.co/iJybG3BovL Reza Pahlavi: Iran should have been the South Korea of the Middle East . At the time Irans GDP was five times larger than South Koreas. Today instead we have become North Korea ."  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2022645214402494893)  2026-02-14T12:12Z [----] followers, 53K engagements


"I enjoy European TikTok a lot. TikTok actually made globalization psychologically real rather than just an abstract notion. It's the only place online I get a pretty representative sample of the totality of human existence from nary every part of the globe. TikTok actually made globalization psychologically real rather than just an abstract notion. It's the only place online I get a pretty representative sample of the totality of human existence from nary every part of the globe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2022770406520951184)  2026-02-14T20:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@xbtsnow I was just saying that they were prioritized in the end. He only had a daughter with his Korean family but still just pointing it out since its the opposite of Lee Byung-chul whose Japanese family just became very private and rich"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2022772081319084405)  2026-02-14T20:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The US used Thailand as a base during the Vietnam War to conduct air strikes on Vietnam while Vietnamese engaged in ethnic cleansing of the Hmong and invaded Cambodia. Also during WWII Burmese and Thais collaborated with Japan. So much for that unity. Difference between South East Asians & South Asians When SEAs have a common enemy they stop fighting w each other and unite against the external enemy. SAson the other hand keep fighting among themselves & even support external enemy to weaken their own regional neighbours https://t.co/jdaM96vJKb Difference between South East Asians & South"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2022780129567494462)  2026-02-14T21:08Z [----] followers, 14.5K engagements


"@gigaterabased Asian Americans especially Japanese Americans and Korean Americans arent really Sinophobic and many of them oppose it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2022782894109073528)  2026-02-14T21:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Ive been doing some research on Huawei and Ive learned that its CloudEngine switches are just as good as Nvidia/Mellanoxs InfiniBand switches and this is why Huawei is such a legitimate and dangerous competitor to Nvidia in AI. Can anyone confirm this https://actfornet.com/ueditor/php/upload/file/20181230/1546123813991575.pdf https://actfornet.com/ueditor/php/upload/file/20181230/1546123813991575.pdf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2022854443923050607)  2026-02-15T02:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Honestly you also see a lot of China bashing from this particular cohort as well. They use the same anti-Chinese stereotypes such as being uncreate copycats to bash China too. An underrated factor explaining the breakdown in transatlantic relations is America's diversification. When it comes to vulgar American anti-European rhetoric online an ungodly amount of it comes from recent immigrants from the third world particularly South Asia. An underrated factor explaining the breakdown in transatlantic relations is America's diversification. When it comes to vulgar American anti-European rhetoric"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2022769923081339158)  2026-02-14T20:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Mustafa Kemal Ataturk promoted a pseudoscientific ideology called the Sun-Language Theory. It was a theory that said all languages descend from a proto-Turkic language. After he died Turkey abandoned that ideology since it was so embarrassing. https://www.nytimes.com/1936/02/09/archives/turks-teach-new-theories.html https://www.nytimes.com/1936/02/09/archives/turks-teach-new-theories.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2022880528480063926)  2026-02-15T03:47Z [----] followers, 22.3K engagements


"Black American millennials like LeBron are cowards. Their parents were fighting apartheid while they defend it. You got to admire the Anglo ruling class their civil rights reforms assimilated Black Americans to the point they now defend apartheid and American imperialism. [--] years ago Muhammad Ali sacrificed the prime of his career rather than compromise his principles by standing against U.S. imperialism. American athletes today are cowards who are willing partners in genocide covered in the stench of atrocity and completely unashamed. [--] years ago Muhammad Ali sacrificed the prime of his"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2023309219093692419)  2026-02-16T08:11Z [----] followers, 40.1K engagements


"The content is trash but the technology is extremely impressive. We just made a $200000000 AI movie in just one day. Yes this is 100% AI. https://t.co/TMotM7rguY We just made a $200000000 AI movie in just one day. Yes this is 100% AI. https://t.co/TMotM7rguY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2023549902153035906)  2026-02-17T00:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@AMLOVER218 FANUC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2019566975975059942)  2026-02-06T00:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I found out the founder of Samsung Lee Chung-byul was a bigamist with a second family in Japan. Tokyo was pretty much his second home in the 1960s-1980s. Samsung had an electronics JV with Sanyo in its early days which is why Lee had to live in Tokyo. https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/people-events/20111012/10-lee-byung-chull-founder-of-samsung-group https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/people-events/20111012/10-lee-byung-chull-founder-of-samsung-group"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2022606089636974760)  2026-02-14T09:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@TimRuhr Yeah Kokusai has a monopoly on a certain type of batch processing ALD furnace. It probably wasnt that hard to make it a success. But foreign private equity is having an impact (both positive and negative) on Japan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2023661103079977088)  2026-02-17T07:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Why do even Russians and other non-Westerners who have no reason to like Japan prefer Japanese content over Chinese content I mean just talk to Latin Americans. Japan barely even put effort into places like Iran and there are Iranians in Iran who know Japanese content. @PAstynome Sure but are you sure there arent worthy Chinese authosrs being passed up cuz politics @PAstynome Sure but are you sure there arent worthy Chinese authosrs being passed up cuz politics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2017834016901369866)  2026-02-01T05:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"89% of Iranian TV viewers watched a Japanese soap opera called Oshin. It was so popular that it even created a loan word Tanakura to describe a bazaar that sells second hand goods. Its because the main character Shin Tanokura sold those goods. https://ajammc.com/2021/02/16/tanakura-bazaar-iran-oshin/ https://ajammc.com/2021/02/16/tanakura-bazaar-iran-oshin/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2017841979217088933)  2026-02-01T06:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The biggest danger of the Epstein files is the complete loss of credibility and prestige of the Anglophone elites. The public will now believe all the worst conspiracy theories about them. The public has been losing trust in them for decades but now its probably completely gone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2017875781138190352)  2026-02-01T08:20Z [----] followers, 94.1K engagements


"Oddly enough Trump did have a half Black half White girlfriend for some time. Her name is Kara Young. That said it was always obvious to me he didnt like Black women. Trump directly implicated by Epstein not only as a sex pest but as a racist: https://t.co/Zbs4TcePBu Trump directly implicated by Epstein not only as a sex pest but as a racist: https://t.co/Zbs4TcePBu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2018074075202199837)  2026-02-01T21:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I read up on how Chinese peasants killed NRA soldiers and even sided with Japan during Operation Ichi-Go because they were pissed off about being brutalized and seeing their sisters raped by KMT allied landlords. The Henan Famine also angered them. Yeah the KMT deserved to lose. Paine citing Hsi-sheng Ch'i's "Nationalist China at War" claims that Japanese had about a 30:1 K/D ratio during Operation Ichi-Go April 1944-February [----]. Wonder how much of that ratio is due to KMT corruption with officers claiming losses among soldiers who didn't exist. https://t.co/rKSdkuU7uq Paine citing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2018157301568548906)  2026-02-02T02:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@TimRuhr Yeah you are right about that word. Also a lot of the people I know who like Japanese soft power dont even watch anime or read manga or play video games. Its very very diverse as you point out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2018225644635869653)  2026-02-02T07:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Zainichi Korean Yakuza members used to be overrepresented in the Japanese far right. This form of overcompensation is also a thing in the US with a bunch of men from ethnic groups who are visibly not Northern European being fanatically racist and far right. Its very universal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2018381780466987390)  2026-02-02T17:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"China is becoming a very software driven country like the US. In medical equipment they create superior software to compensate for precision issues to compete against the top German or US machines. Supposedly they do the same too for CNC tools against German and Japanese tools"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2018420681374101693)  2026-02-02T20:26Z [----] followers, 18.1K engagements


"The whole Jeffrey Epstein scandal showed the world that the Anglophone elites arent quite as smart or as refined as they say they are. Also what tax advice can Epstein give a billionaire that they cant get from a Big [--] private client service tax division"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2018458933145612480)  2026-02-02T22:58Z [----] followers, 48.6K engagements


"@StMaximus049 Machine tools. Beijing Jingdiao in China is famous for its strong software and is almost as good as the top tier German and Japanese machines. https://en.jingdiao.com/ https://en.jingdiao.com/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2018565056964035002)  2026-02-03T05:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"This doesnt sound good for Bill Gates. Melinda Gates has said Bill Gated and others must answer questions about their ties to Epstein Melinda Gates has said Bill Gated and others must answer questions about their ties to Epstein"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2018949171005579358)  2026-02-04T07:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Takaichi has the highest favorability rating in South Korea out of all the major leaders surveyed. Its not really that they like her but that they hate Putin Trump and Xi more. Obviously theres no need to ask them about Kim since its probably the lowest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2019109621232013739)  2026-02-04T18:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"For me the best part about this Epstein stuff is just seeing the legitimacy and reputation of the Anglophone ruling class crumble. It will make it much harder for them to govern now since the masses will not trust them. Its terrible but also funny since they deserve this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2019125541950091676)  2026-02-04T19:06Z [----] followers, 10.6K engagements


"Its because Iran isnt really an important country to the modern supply chain. Iranian activists also suck. Try to do some introspection next time of why you guys suck at drumming up support rather than blaming people. Its your job to convince people why Iran is important. No one spoke about the deaths of more than [-----] people in Iran at the Grammys. That silence shouldnt surprise anyone. Iran doesnt lend itself to easy virtue signaling. Much of modern celebrity human rights discourse is not actually about victims. Its about narrative No one spoke about the deaths of more than [-----] people in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2019129692264247621)  2026-02-04T19:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Reminds me of North Korea and how they give a huge middle finger to China and gives them zero credit for the Korean War. You sometimes have to admire both Israel and North Korea for having this level of chutzpah and constantly insulting and humiliating their patrons. 🚨 NEW: The IDF has bulldozed part of a Gaza cemetery which contained the war graves of British soldiers who died in WWI and WWII @guardian 🚨 NEW: The IDF has bulldozed part of a Gaza cemetery which contained the war graves of British soldiers who died in WWI and WWII @guardian"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2019192423713501498)  2026-02-04T23:32Z [----] followers, 11.5K engagements


"@Alexios246CE You forgot the hyper nationalist and insanely racist part"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2019213615623286914)  2026-02-05T00:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"If you work with senior management this doesnt come as a surprise. They only want summaries and PowerPoints and get really pissed off if you are too granular. Its understandable but they really only have shallow surface knowledge. Not a surprise our policymakers are the same. I wrote this before. Especially on private chats. There is no secret elite knowledge about China. It is just a few enclaves in intelligence who are knowledgeable and nobody with power cares about their writings. The rest of the business and political elite are just as clueless https://t.co/nCrKfCgXmq I wrote this before."  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2019239985120211330)  2026-02-05T02:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@TheDeeGroup Doesnt change the fact that shes a former model with few skills. And why would I care about likes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/2019272590376985004)  2026-02-05T04:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Well well well. You just trashed your credibility. https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/02/19/china-uighurs-genocide-us-pompeo-blinken/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/02/19/china-uighurs-genocide-us-pompeo-blinken/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1363014033197043715)  2021-02-20T06:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Horribly governed countries like Nigeria are still standing even after decades of poor governance and instability. Im not sure why people think the West or the US will collapse when even the most poorly run states in the world are still standing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1541158224744701952)  2022-06-26T20:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Industrialization is a brutal dehumanizing process. Theres a reason why communism became a thing. Italian coal miners at the end of their shift in Belgium. In case anyone still thinks the west is inherently 'civilized.' https://t.co/6578kSlgKZ Italian coal miners at the end of their shift in Belgium. In case anyone still thinks the west is inherently 'civilized.' https://t.co/6578kSlgKZ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1570883196476325889)  2022-09-16T21:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The movie that influenced Hayao Miyazaki the most was this [----] Soviet animated film called The Snow Queen. Soviet animation is underrated. Japan and the USSR also collaborated on a bunch of films in the past such as Swan Lake (my personal favorite). https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/hayao-miyazakis-favorite-film https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/hayao-miyazakis-favorite-film"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1595967103047188480)  2022-11-25T02:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Theres a weird assumption from Pottinger et al that if China became a democracy that Chinese people will just forgive and forget that the Anglosphere tried to overthrow their popular government"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1796628533789528309)  2024-05-31T19:43Z [----] followers, 128.3K engagements


"Really FT Are you seriously saying this opium and gang infested shithole in the 30s was an oasis of free markets Fifteen years after China pledged to turn it into a global financial hub the city has failed to live up to its early promise. Here's how Shanghai's ambition to be the 'future of finance' fell apart: https://t.co/8nrEhPMrv4 https://t.co/cIThvIp7C4 Fifteen years after China pledged to turn it into a global financial hub the city has failed to live up to its early promise. Here's how Shanghai's ambition to be the 'future of finance' fell apart: https://t.co/8nrEhPMrv4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1861640440144969914)  2024-11-27T05:17Z [----] followers, 17K engagements


"The whole anti-Indian discourse is a reminder of why minorities end up supporting the Democrats and also why woke became a thing. The right especially MAGA is its own worst enemy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1873098345658630176)  2024-12-28T20:07Z [----] followers, 23K engagements


"One of the best economic news to come out of China this year. Sanity is beginning to prevail"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1889619797282783386)  2025-02-12T10:17Z [----] followers, 49.6K engagements


"Mao is now the more prominent communist figure than Stalin due to his more enduring legacy. Stalins empire collapsed [--] years after his death and not only did Russia lost all its gains from WWII but they also lost a significant amount territory from the Russian Empire days"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1898483289763303545)  2025-03-08T21:17Z [----] followers, 22.5K engagements


"Theres a lot of Americans who think China is a pushover and an easy opponent when in reality its by far the toughest opponent the US has ever faced. No exaggeration but China is tougher than the Axis and the Warsaw Pact. And yes Im comparing China alone to those alliances"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1912371291748962665)  2025-04-16T05:03Z [----] followers, 45.1K engagements


"The secret weapon behind Americas STEM dominance isnt democracy or freedom of speech or even free markets its basically just money. Americans just pay its STEM talent a lot of money and also spends a lot on the R&D infrastructure"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1913666664908075513)  2025-04-19T18:51Z [----] followers, 27.5K engagements


"Had a competitive analysis meeting and they keep talking about how rapid and terrifying Chinas advances in medtech software are. They were talking about how its hard to catch up and theyve never seen anything like it in terms of how rapid the advancements are"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1968367929717833952)  2025-09-17T17:34Z [----] followers, 21.2K engagements


"I will get mocked for saying but developing countries can learn far more from Indias development than it can from Polands development. India has to deal with challenging conditions that post-communist Poland has never had to face so its more relevant to developing countries"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1976377017592594524)  2025-10-09T19:59Z [----] followers, 78.1K engagements


"Russia has declined a lot but being one of the few countries to be able to autonomously build jet engines and nuclear submarines keeps them in great power status. Russia's merely accepting faits accomplis and the actual limits to its hard power projection abilities. Russia has at least taken Assad to safety in Moscow this time unlike what the late stage Soviet and ex-Soviet nomenklatura had done towards Afghanistan's Najibullah who . Russia's merely accepting faits accomplis and the actual limits to its hard power projection abilities. Russia has at least taken Assad to safety in Moscow this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PAstynome/status/1940310483560800617)  2025-07-02T07:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

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