Aurelius

Philosopher and literary scholar. Writing Masters thesis on trauma theory and the atomic bomb in anime. Likes/retweets =/= endorsement.

[Rチャンネル＜全チャンネル無料＞ @rchannel_japan]

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#鉄腕アトム (1963）幻の2話
日本初の独占先行配信🎉
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フィルム本編が行方不明で動画配信サービスで視聴できなかった2作を #Rチャンネル 独占で先行配信いたします！！

第125話「細菌を探せの巻」
第127話「実験ロボットの巻」

#手塚治虫 #アトム #独占配信 #先行配信

[Aurelius @AureliusTPK]

@MsMelChen @guardian @MrWinMarshall ④ Of course, there are uninformed people who see the headlines and think it's just another US war in the Middle-East with the goal of getting oil. But the more common grievance is that Trump started a war seemingly with no plan on how to end it, leaving geopolitics in shambles.

[Aurelius @AureliusTPK]

@MsMelChen @guardian @MrWinMarshall ③ I'm not sure how many leftists support the IRGC given they massacred all their Marxist allies the second the revolution was over, and ongoing persecution around sexual freedoms, suppression of protest/free speech, etc. Not a popular regime with most Westerners across the board

[Rinne @Rinne_yt]

Was Miyazaki inspired by Twilight Q?

[Flat Ranger - UT @UtahFlatRanger]

The founding fathers burned three Ottoman Vassal States because they dared enslave American Sailors.

Millions for Defense, Not One Cent in Tribute.

[Aurelius @AureliusTPK]

@MsMelChen So basically a mirror to Trump's old rhetoric RE: China supposedly hamstringing the US economy.

[小野田紀美@岡山 @onoda_kimi]

人権擁護局のコンテンツは中学生の作文を題材にした動画やアニメ。人権イメージキャラクターの「人KENまもる君、人KENあゆみちゃん」は漫画家のやなせたかしさんデザイン。前髪が「人」で服の文字と合わせて「人KEN」…なるほど。
#ページ公開8月18日
#法務省こども見学デー
#こども霞が関見学デー

[Rouge @80Creature]

@Halalcoholism @AureliusTPK What I've heard from Singaporeans is that they're a nation of dobbers. I'm not sure if that's high or low trust behavior. But it's certainly going to create high trust-like conditions.

[christoph @Halalcoholism]

I saw a post saying Singaporeans aren’t especially trusting of each other, but have strong faith in the state and the system. Thus they implicitly understand that following the rules makes for a better society, but also is a sign of being a quality citizen. The latter aspect ties into Singaporeans’ highly competitive nature.

I don’t think Singaporeans are particularly afraid of the state; I think the rules were established early on and people internalised them, so they rarely need to be enforced.

In Japan people also are extremely rule-abiding, but the background factor is less government enforcement but social shame. It’s freer in that sense, but both societies are low on transgressions of the social order.

[Aurelius @AureliusTPK]

@Halalcoholism Japan is another East-Asian high-trust society known for safety, low crime, social harmony, etc - without the draconian laws or state torture (well, since 1946 anyway). It's also a far freer, happier, and more innovative culture. Not perfect, but I know where I'd rather live.

[Aurelius @AureliusTPK]

@Halalcoholism There's a bit of a contradiction here. If safety/social cohesion stem from the cultural values of the citizenry without law enforcement breathing down people's necks (true), then there's no need for state torture & authoritarianism to build this kind of high-trust society.

[TheDigiKnow @thedigiknow]

True power move would be for these channels to break up their anime episodes into three parts

(the first being ten minutes, the second being ten minutes, and the third being just a few minutes of course)

[Aurelius @AureliusTPK]

@MsMelChen @Skramerwrites True. But the Singapore government does torture addicts, a practice even worse than the executions.

[Aurelius @AureliusTPK]

@MsMelChen 2) traffickers are generally poor/desperate people with no knowledge of these laws, set up by gangsters who remain safe overseas and thus escape execution. They'll keep finding people to dupe, and executions won't have any effect. Thus, attemtpts continue despite the brutality.

[Aurelius @AureliusTPK]

@MsMelChen This overlooks important details: 1) Singapore govt. uses brutal state torture against drug users (people often suffering from mental illness), and drug traffickers not given the death penalty are also tortured in contravention of international law.

[Aurelius @AureliusTPK]

@MsMelChen Singapore does a better job at international PR (marketing itself as a fun resort island where everything "just works"). But given the PAP's time-dishonoured record of state torture, I think a sane observer would take the Western liberal checkboxes over "enlightened" autocracy.

[TheRealThelmaJohnson @TheRealThelmaJ1]

This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen