USA was never "homogenous". The first settlers were Filipinos in 1587. The next settlement were slavers in Virginia 1607, they came with black slaves. Genocide of Native Americans created pockets of British colonies. The Irish and Italians and later the Eastern Europeans were not seen as part of the homogenous. In fact, "white" identity in USA is post WW2
@narayananh@DealsDhamaka This makes no sense. If it is the same brand and same model, they're not going to setup an entire supply chain to make subpar quality products to send to India.
beyond a certain net worth, negotiating with people less privileged than you (cab drivers, house help, carpenters etc) causes rot to the soul.
just overpay and move on
@AadiAchint China also did not beat their drums before they became strong.
As Deng Xiaoping said "hide your strength and bide your time".
Let's do that.
I know people in Eswatini with mathematics degrees who are raising chickens (and there is nothing wrong with raising chickens).
But in America, those same skills could earn them hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, perhaps millions over the course of a career in fields such as data science or finance.
So please stop telling me Africa is poor because Africans are not educated enough.
A degree cannot create a job where entrepreneurs are not free to create companies that need your talent.
“If you go to China and get out of the few shiny cities, it gets pretty grim pretty fast.”
Grant Newsham just revealed that China is not the juggernaut it pretends to be.
“In actual fact, it’s a very poor country.”
“There’s 600 million Chinese at least who live on $5 a day or less.”
“Youth unemployment is officially admitted to being about 17-20%, when actual fact is probably closer to 50%.”
@NewshamGrant
@MonaADhar For me it is
1. a small house with a garden
2. space enough for a dog
3. Not in the city, but near enough to have access to decent facilities
4. good food and wine
5. the ability to support this lifestyle
It's because "allies" is a polite euphemism for vassals, Prof. McFaul. Vassals are by definition inferiors and subordinates. Flunkies.
In a world where power is the only currency that matters, powerful adversaries are worthy of respect. Vassals aren't. Political Science 101.