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Chinas wonderful success Can be read as the primacy of socialism over capitalism. In reality is a nation not constrained by lawyers. Governed by lawyers. United States Supreme Court failure to discipline the legal profession has resulted in a most inefficient government.
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China was poor for a long time. Its people sacrificed - parents worked overtime hundreds of miles away from family seeing them only once a year. Children were raised by grandparents who sacrificed their golden years Families skipped vacations, new clothes, dining out to save up for their kids education That's why China is unstoppable. It did & still can make sacrifices Europe works 35 hours a week, takes months off on vacation & blames China for overcapacity Europe is fucked because its leaders not only don't have solutions but they don't even know why they have problems in the first place With AI, China will be ok, so will America since it has all the capital If Europe doesn't make the painful adjustments needed to it's economy and society - the type China did in the 1990s - Europe will be the Africa of the 1980s
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PROF. JEFFREY SACHS: To end the Ukraine proxy war, the USđŸ‡ș🇾 MUST stop its campaign to weaken and divide RussiađŸ‡·đŸ‡ș ‘Russia has 6,000 nuclear warheads, 1,600 that are deployed. Russia is under attack by the US and UK. I say that because while Ukraine nominally presses the button or makes the attack, it’s US weaponry, US satellites, US Intelligence, US tracking, US logistics. And so we have an active hot war going on right now. It’s insane
 So far, no American president has had either the bravery or the decency to tell the truth, which is that from the time of the end of the Soviet Union in December 1991 until now, the US has been on a campaign to weaken Russia, to divide Russia, to surround Russia, to put US military all around Russia, to break apart Russia if possible, to sanction Russia to its knees, whatever it is. That’s been the US campaign. So if this war is going to stop, the US has to stop its campaign against Russia. That’s the story.’ -Prof. Jeffrey Sachs on Going Underground
Prof. John Mearsheimer: ‘A number of European leaders have said we should fight to the last Ukrainian, which I find morally sickening. Ukraine is losing this war and is in a demographic death spiral, and we’re encouraging them to throw bodies into the meat grinder.’
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When I was Muslim, I used to ask Christians: “If Jesus was really God, why did He eat, sleep, and bleed like us?” And honestly, I used to ask it with pride like it was some unbeatable argument. But later I realized something: That question was not exposing Christianity. It was exposing my misunderstanding of what kind of God Jesus claimed to be. Because the real question is not: “Why would God become weak?” The real question is: “What kind of God would willingly step into human suffering at all?” Islam taught me about a God who was distant and untouchable. But Christianity introduced me to a God who stepped into hunger, exhaustion, grief, pain, betrayal, blood, and suffering with us. And suddenly His humanity stopped feeling like weakness to me. It became proof of love. If Jesus ate, it means He came close enough to experience hunger beside us. If He slept, it means He embraced the exhaustion we carry. If He bled, it means He did not stand above suffering watching us from a distance. He entered it Himself. Philippians 2 says Christ emptied Himself and took on flesh. Not because He stopped being God, but because He wanted humanity to finally see what God is actually like. And it turns out God is willing to suffer for the people He loves. That changed everything for me. Because every other religion demanded sacrifice from humanity. Jesus became the sacrifice Himself. And no prophet in history ever claimed that.
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The Chinese shills are coping and seething, I see. No, Trump has not weakened the US's position against China. Trump has done quite the exact opposite. We can take the Iran war as a simple example -- between Venezuela and Iran, we've actually effectively cut off (or demonstrated the US's total control over) about 25% of China's energy imports. China MUST import VAST quantities of energy and food, or it will starve and its industries will grind to a halt. As a net exporter of food and energy, the US has no such weakness. But China? China can be brought to its knees by a couple of well-placed naval blockades. China has no viable answer to this problem. They cannot project military power far enough out to defend their own vital supply lines. They are not without advantages, however. China has a strong industrial and manufacturing base. They can build ships, they can manufacture an endless variety of consumer products, they can produce huge volumes of steel and concrete, and they can maintain extremely deep missile and ammunition stores. But! They are technologically stunted when compared to the US. They aren't good at a few key high-tech disciplines that are holding them back in a big way. They're decades behind on silicon. They're bad at high-performance jet engines. Much of their military tech is based on Soviet designs, or what they could steal of Western designs. Their metallurgy and materials science is poor. Their stealth tech is a bit ahead of Russia but is lagging far behind the US. So China's prospects in a war with the US are frankly grim. Any version of the US that has the will to fight is an invincible foe to China. And Taiwan is unreachable. But only so long as we DO have the will to fight. Does Trump seem weak to you? Does he seem to be unwilling to apply force to an enemy? Seriously, what other president would have been stronger against China?
Francis Fukuyama on the U.S. as a declining power: American decline is a direct product of Trump's rise since 2016. It is as if Trump had decided to do everything in his power to weaken the United States vis-à-vis China. He has polarized an already polarized country, cut funding for basic scientific research, and attacked American universities which are the best in the world. He and his colleagues have openly stated that their domestic opponents — the Democrats — are a far greater threat to the future of the United States than either China or Russia. There is agreement among America's friends and rivals that the United States has become something of a rogue state that is contributing to global instability and disorder — as well as something of a laughingstock.
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Europe didn’t lose its industry because China “destroyed” it. Europe hollowed itself out, raised its own energy costs, drowned its factories in bureaucracy, outsourced production for decades, and then woke up angry that China still knows how to make things. When European cars, machinery, luxury goods, chemicals, and high-end components flooded the Chinese market, China did not call it “European overcapacity.” It learned. It built. It upgraded. It competed. Now that China can produce better, faster, cheaper, and at scale, Europe suddenly discovers “fair trade.” Funny. If cheap Chinese goods disappeared tomorrow, Europe would not magically become a manufacturing powerhouse again. Consumers would simply be forced to buy more expensive, worse products from economies that forgot how industrial civilization works. China’s supply chain was not printed overnight. It took more than thirty years of factories, workers, engineers, ports, logistics, iteration, and brutal competition. Europe wants the result without the discipline. It wants market access without competition. It wants respect without productivity. And when it loses, it calls the winner “destructive.” No. China didn’t destroy European industry. Europe abandoned it, then mistook China’s competence for aggression.
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The Man Who Found the Upside Down In the early 1900s physics was coming apart. Einstein had already destabilized Newton. Quantum mechanics was turning matter into probability soup. Light behaved like particles. Electrons behaved like waves. Nothing fully fit together anymore. ——— Then came Paul Dirac. A man so painfully quiet that Cambridge students jokingly invented a unit called: “one dirac” defined as one word spoken per hour. That’s the kind of mind we’re dealing with. But underneath the silence was one of the most dangerous intellects physics has ever produced. Dirac believed something radical: not intuition. Not common sense. Not human comfort. Mathematical symmetry. In fact, Dirac once said; "It is more important to have beauty in one’s equations than to have them fit experiment.” Which sounds insane until you realize what happened next- In 1928 Dirac attempted something nearly impossible: combine Einstein’s relativity with quantum mechanics into a single equation for the electron. And then the equation produced something no one wanted: negative energy states. Most physicists assumed they were mathematical garbage. Artifacts. Mistakes to discard. Dirac disagreed. He trusted the equations more than human intuition. And that decision changed physics forever. ——— Because Dirac proposed something shocking: if electrons exist, then opposite versions should exist too. Same mass. Opposite charge. Antimatter. At the time this sounded borderline absurd. Then in 1932, Carl Anderson found it. The positron. Anderson was studying cosmic rays inside a cloud chamber placed within a magnetic field when he noticed a particle leaving a track identical to an electron’s
 except it curved the opposite direction. Same mass. Opposite charge. Exactly what Dirac’s equations implied should exist. ——— Not the first time mathematics predicted something before observation. But one of the most psychologically destabilizing moments in the history of physics. Because reality did not lead the equations. The equations led reality. And underneath all of this was an even deeper destabilization: the vacuum itself was no longer truly empty. Dirac helped push physics away from a universe built from isolated objects and toward one built from fields, symmetries, constraints, and permitted relationships. Dirac did not merely solve equations. He helped drag physics across the threshold where humanity first began realizing the universe may be stranger, deeper, and more mathematically alive than human perception was designed to comfortably endure.
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Failure to secure rare earth is just reason to fire every leader in the US All members of congress, all judges, all bureaucrats All military above major All of them , make it a crime for them to be hired by defense of any company doing business with government, or foreign govt
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The strongest red flag was when leftists lost the ability to be funny. Comedy relies on subverting expectations to expose truth. Leftism subverts the truth to peddle lies. That’s why they can’t be funny, they can’t reveal the truth, their entire politics depends on concealing it.
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#ÚLTIMAHORA VLADIMIR PUTIN đŸ‡·đŸ‡ș ÂĄRusia nunca ha sido y nunca serĂĄ su enemigo! No queremos materias primas y riquezas europeas, tenemos nuestras propias materias primas y riquezas, no necesitamos en absoluto sus materias primas. Rusia es el paĂ­s mĂĄs rico del mundo en tĂ©rminos de materias primas. No queremos su tierra ni su territorio. Miren quĂ© amplia es Rusia en el mapa. Rusia es el doble del tamaño de toda Europa en un solo lugar. ÂżPara quĂ© necesitarĂ­amos su tierra, quĂ© hacemos con ella? ÂżPor quĂ© creen que Rusia es enemiga de Europa? ÂżQuĂ© daño les ha hecho Rusia? ÂżLes hemos vendido gas y materias primas a precios mĂĄs bajos que los precios a los que sus "amigos" les venden actualmente? SÍ ÂżRusia sacrificĂł a 20 millones de personas en la Segunda Guerra Mundial para deshacerse de los nazis? SÍ ÂżFue Rusia el primer paĂ­s que ayudĂł a Europa durante la pandemia de COVID? SÍ ÂżAyudamos a Europa cuando hubo incendios y desastres naturales? SÍ ÂżQuĂ© les ha hecho Rusia que la odian tanto? Rusia no es vuestro enemigo; vuestros verdaderos enemigos son vuestros dirigentes, aquellos que os dirigen". Vladimir Putin dixit.. -
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Why is the US declining as a superpower while China is rising? Our congress is made up of lawyers. China is run by engineers. They plan for decades. We plan in 4-year election cycles. They invest billions in infrastructure. We invest billions in corporate tax breaks for the top 1%. Engineers build. Lawyers bill.
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And then

. God created woman.
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La Vérité
Je veux prĂ©senter mes excuses, au nom des Français, pour avoir enfantĂ© la French Theory (qui a enfantĂ© la pire des merdes idĂ©ologiques : le wokisme). Nous avons donnĂ© au monde Descartes, Pascal, Tocqueville. Et puis, dans les ruines intellectuelles de l'aprĂšs-68, nous avons donnĂ© Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze. Trois hommes brillants qui ont fabriquĂ©, dans l'Ă©lĂ©gance de notre langue, l'arme idĂ©ologique qui paralyse aujourd'hui l'Occident. Il faut comprendre ce qu'ils ont fait. Foucault a enseignĂ© que la vĂ©ritĂ© n'existe pas, qu'il n'y a que des rapports de pouvoir dĂ©guisĂ©s en savoir. Que la science, la raison, la justice, l'institution mĂ©dicale, l'Ă©cole, la prison, la sexualitĂ©, tout n'est qu'une mise en scĂšne de la domination. Derrida a enseignĂ© que les textes n'ont pas de sens stable, que tout signifiant glisse, que toute lecture est une trahison, que l'auteur est mort et que le lecteur rĂšgne. Deleuze a enseignĂ© qu'il fallait prĂ©fĂ©rer le rhizome Ă  l'arbre, le nomade au sĂ©dentaire, le dĂ©sir Ă  la loi, le devenir Ă  l'ĂȘtre, la diffĂ©rence Ă  l'identitĂ©. Pris isolĂ©ment, ce sont des thĂšses discutables. CombinĂ©es, exportĂ©es, vulgarisĂ©es, elles forment un systĂšme. Et ce systĂšme est un poison. Car voici ce qui s'est passĂ©. Ces textes, illisibles en France, ont traversĂ© l'Atlantique. Les dĂ©partements de Yale, de Berkeley, de Columbia les ont absorbĂ©s dans les annĂ©es 80. Ils y ont trouvĂ© un terreau qui n'existait pas chez nous : le puritanisme amĂ©ricain, sa culpabilitĂ© raciale, son obsession identitaire. La French Theory s'est mariĂ©e Ă  ce substrat, et l'enfant de ce mariage s'appelle le wokisme. Judith Butler lit Foucault et invente le genre performatif. Edward Said lit Foucault et invente le post-colonialisme acadĂ©mique. KimberlĂ© Crenshaw hĂ©rite du cadre et invente l'intersectionnalitĂ©. À chaque Ă©tape, la matrice est française : il n'y a pas de vĂ©ritĂ©, il n'y a que du pouvoir, donc toute hiĂ©rarchie est suspecte, toute institution est oppressive, toute norme est violence, toute identitĂ© est construite donc nĂ©gociable, toute majoritĂ© est coupable. VoilĂ  comment trois philosophes parisiens, qui n'ont probablement jamais imaginĂ© leurs consĂ©quences pratiques, ont fourni le logiciel d'exploitation Ă  une gĂ©nĂ©ration entiĂšre d'activistes, de bureaucrates universitaires, de DRH, de journalistes, de lĂ©gislateurs. VoilĂ  comment on a obtenu une civilisation qui ne sait plus dire si une femme est une femme, si sa propre histoire mĂ©rite d'ĂȘtre dĂ©fendue, si le mĂ©rite existe, si la vĂ©ritĂ© se distingue de l'opinion. C'est de la merde pour une raison simple, et il faut la dire calmement. Une civilisation se tient debout sur trois piliers : la croyance qu'il existe une vĂ©ritĂ© accessible Ă  la raison, la croyance qu'il existe un bien distinct du mal, la croyance qu'il existe un hĂ©ritage Ă  transmettre. La French Theory a entrepris de dynamiter les trois. Pas par mĂ©chancetĂ©. Par jeu intellectuel, par fascination du soupçon, par haine de la bourgeoisie qui les avait nourris. Mais le rĂ©sultat est lĂ . Une gĂ©nĂ©ration entiĂšre a appris Ă  dĂ©construire et n'a jamais appris Ă  construire. Une gĂ©nĂ©ration entiĂšre sait soupçonner et ne sait plus admirer. Une gĂ©nĂ©ration entiĂšre voit le pouvoir partout et la beautĂ© nulle part. Je m'excuse parce que nous, Français, avons une responsabilitĂ© particuliĂšre. C'est notre langue, nos universitĂ©s, nos Ă©diteurs, notre prestige qui ont donnĂ© Ă  ce nihilisme son emballage chic. Sans la lĂ©gitimitĂ© de la Sorbonne et de Vincennes, ces idĂ©es n'auraient jamais traversĂ© l'ocĂ©an. Nous avons exportĂ© le doute comme d'autres exportent des armes. Ce qui se construit maintenant, en silicon valley, dans les labos d'IA, dans les startups, dans les ateliers, dans tous les lieux oĂč des gens fabriquent encore des choses au lieu de les dĂ©construire, c'est la rĂ©ponse. Une civilisation se reconstruit par les bĂątisseurs, pas par les commentateurs. Par ceux qui croient que la vĂ©ritĂ© existe et qu'elle vaut qu'on s'y consacre. Par ceux qui assument une hiĂ©rarchie du beau, du vrai, du bon, et qui n'ont pas honte de la transmettre. Alors pardon. Et au travail.
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He’s joining the Infantry? Good. When he gets to his first duty station, arm him only with a broom, mop, and buffer.
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“You have to be able to think independently: when you come to a conclusion, you have to really not care what other people say and just follow the facts and your reasoning.” This is by far the hardest part across political institutions, organizations, and company boards.
Warren Buffett: “You don't need a lot of brains in this business
What you do need is emotional stability. You have to be able to think independently: when you come to a conclusion, you have to really not care what other people say and just follow the facts and your reasoning.”
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🚹 JUST IN: President Xi Jinping is PERSONALLY guiding President Trump on a tour of Zhongnanhai garden, teaching him about the history and sacredness of the land It turns out, Xi is gifting 47 seeds of ROSES from this very garden đŸ‡ș🇾🇹🇳 Trump is LOVING IT!
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Given the kleptocracy that is Russia, A nuclear Ukraine would own most of Europe by now This isn’t a country with rule of law, shit they don’t even do elections, and when the candidate wins that prefers Russia Bill Clintons party overthrew him ( invalidated his election) BS
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For those of us whose mothers have passed away #MothersDay "But I had not so much of man in me, And all my mother came into mine eyes, And gave me up to tears." ~ Shakespeare, "Henry V" (Act IV, Scene VI)
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Replying to @WarintheFuture
Sounds like an exploitable vulnerability to me. The object of strategy, at any level, is place the enemy on “the horns of a dilemma,” and force him to choose between similarly unfavorable positions, both of which are to your own advantage. This sounds like a horn fully formed out of one leg of Clausewitz’s three legged stool.
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