Trudge [Comrade]

Let’s be honest. If China became a liberal democracy now and keeps their economic trajectory, would the US really be cheering them on? When it means that China’s GDP will surpass that of the USA in about a decade and double that of the US in two more decades after that? Will America be okay with China becoming the leader of the free world and become China’s junior partner a la Britain?

The honest answer is no to all of the above questions. The strategy has never been to hope that China turns liberal when they get rich and powerful because America doesn’t want China to get truly rich and powerful. China’s political system is of secondary concern for the West. Their increasing wealth and strength is what really bothers the US.

We also saw something that really stood out, which is that the PRC believed the United States was in terminal decline — that our industrial base had been hollowed out, that our commitment to our allies and partners had been undercut, that the United States was struggling to manage a once-in-a-century pandemic, and that many in Beijing were openly proclaiming that “the East was rising and the West was falling.”

Sullivan can’t get away with this. He can’t just say a banger line like this and continue on without addressing it.

This is the future if Trump becomes the president.

The disrespect of not even including Argentina after listing all those countries is astounding. Milei is groveling and licking your feet while barking like a dog just to be included.

Nah I always try pulling this stuff, so I’m bound to get a few misses. Sometimes I have to learn to take an L.

It’s always good seeing you around and goodnight!

I was trying to criticize the tacit view that the Spanish/Portuguese conquest of Americas was a net positive by confusing Koreans and Aztecs.

If Japanese colonialism and forced labor of Koreans is wrong, then the same action that the Spanish did is just as wrong too since people try to inject nuance for that colonization.

I thought that it was a pretty funny comment but it didn’t workout this time. I’m going to send myself off to reeducation.

The shareholder’s lawyers argued that the compensation package should be voided because it was dictated by Musk and was the product of sham negotiations with directors who were not independent of him. They also said it was approved by shareholders who were given misleading and incomplete disclosures in a proxy statement.

The compensation agreement itself is suspect as Musk himself had over 1/4 of the total voting share and other directors were controlled by him as well. As an example, a shareholder who holds 51% of the shares can’t just choose to legally print himself more of the stock at the expense of the 49% and that is what the lawsuit is alleging.

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Yeah I can tell that you don’t know much about Chinese languages.

The spoken form is different, but the written formal form is mostly the same between Cantonese and Mandarin.

Instead of cultural imperialism of forcing English, this measure is giving power back to the populace.

That is exactly why I used the plural form of the word language. You just have to add an “s” at the end of the word like this: languages.

Those who still desire to move there for work have struggled to find jobs owing to the city’s slow economic recovery and changing language requirements. “Every job I applied for required Mandarin, especially in law,” says a woman who trained as a lawyer in Britain, but moved to the city to work as a financial analyst.

“International City” is just a euphemism for a city where you never have to interact with locals and learn their languages.

Link me the 5ch thread so that I can laugh with you!

Naomi Osaka definitely sparked a convo about whether she was Japanese enough to represent Japan, but she hasn’t lived in the country since she was three.

The exact opposite of what’s going on with Carolina, the model in question.

Why are you putting words in my mouth you weirdo.

Either give me a source that has a prominent Japanese publication or a talking head decrying the decision or stay put.

Controversial among weebs and white racists maybe. I can’t find any prominent Japanese publication or talking head decrying the decision.

The article tries to weasel its way out by saying “inside and outside of Japan” but it seems to be mostly people writing in English on Instagram who are riled up about it.

They’re not even going to stop buying Russian gas & oil lol.

No more landlords? That sounds like communism.

“We will make efforts to see outbound shipments of semiconductors, the country’s No. 1 export, reach $120 billion this year,” Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Ahn Duk-geun said. “The new mega cluster’s success will further spread to other parts of the nation and become the world’s leading chip hub.”

To whom can they sell? China was their biggest customer but now the USA is not letting South Korea sell to them. It’s not like demand for raw chips magically spring up just because you make more of them.

No need to panic - it’s a Boeing. They’re supposed to do that.