@DOGE FEMA providing emergency relief following a hurricane down here in Florida. People who were in no way affected by the storm are attempting to use FEMA vouchers to check in to a hotel I work at. So for 1 person, a reservation for 60 nights for a storm that happened months ago.
@daveatherton ALSO, the forced conversions were typically reserved for the Catholics in the region, not the Orthodox, seen as an ally in the fight versus the west, eastern christianity and islam versus catholicism, a continuity of the east/west schism which still resonates in some forms today.
@daveatherton Stefan Dusan, ruler of Serbia prior to the Ottomans, used similar tactics. Only his tactics targeted the Catholics, forcing them to convert to Serbian Orthodox. Also, in 1595, the Serb church had special protective status by the Ottomans. This bishop started an armed uprising.
@2583780677Yang@stats_feed@WhitneyGrenaway If the U.S. or the west in general, gave unlimited visas to the Chinese people, the population of China would be halved in a year.
@dus2SD@stats_feed@WhitneyGrenaway Idk I met a lot of working class Chinese who recently left. If the U.S. embassy in China allowed more visas there would be a lot more Chinese in the U.S.