Di Mche

[Di Mche @Captain_Shmidt]

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

[Ada Lluch @AdaLluch]

In Bern, Switzerland, people jump into the river and swim to their jobs.

Europe really has the most beautiful culture, landscapes and people in the world!

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#Spring in Georgia 🪻🇬🇪🌺

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Brigitte Gabriel knows what she's talking about. Complete history of Islam in 8 minutes

[James Eagle @JamesEagle17]

If you compress 400 years of economic history into a single animation, this is what you will see. The world has never been stable.

Today the headlines are dominated by conflict. There is a brutal war in Ukraine. There is now a major war in the Middle East involving the United States, Israel and Iran, with the risk that the conflict could spread across the region.

But the long sweep of economic history shows that instability is not unusual. Power shifts and the balance of the global economy changes.

In the 1600s the global economy was dominated by Asia. The Mughal Empire and China towered over the rest of the world. Europe was visible, but economically marginal.

Then something changed. Industrialisation transformed Britain and later Europe, and the United States. Factories, steam power and global trade networks shifted the centre of gravity westward.

For much of the twentieth century the hierarchy looked settled. The US sat firmly at the top while Europe and Japan followed. But the chart begins to move again.

China’s rise over the past forty years is one of the fastest economic expansions in recorded history. What the animation shows is that the global balance might be shifting back toward Asia.

So what does all this mean?

Across centuries the centre of economic power moves. It never stays in the same place forever. Although the world might seem scary now, visualising in this way can bring comfort. We're not living in unusual times. We're just living through history like it's always been. And the data here shows that.

What do you think?

Music: Eternal Odyssey by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen.mp3

[Di Mche @Captain_Shmidt]

"Bloody" Israel Army warns civil population of Iran about air strikes
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#Iran #Israel #USIranWar

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Bloody Lunatic is dead

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One nation, one culture. Different political systems. Socialism is cancer

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Western Civilization in BACK

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@RZitelmann setzen das Werk ihrer Vorfahren fort

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@daily_romania @other_europe To defend "new europeans" from "evil, brutal Western Civilization"

[Secretary Marco Rubio @SecRubio]

The United States cares greatly about the people of Europe and the bonds we share as a civilization. But we want strong allies, not seriously weakened ones. Europe must depart from the culture they've created over the last ten years. Otherwise, they will destroy themselves.

[Di Mche @Captain_Shmidt]

The illusion called international law has vanished like morning mist. Everything in the world is back to where it was thousands of years ago: mentally ill barbarians are killing people: Iran, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine. And nobody cares. Hey, UN, where are you?

[Di Mche @Captain_Shmidt]

Despite all the horror unfolding in Iran, it can be assumed that Trump is expecting a 100% chance of victory. He cannot take any risks. The stakes are too high

[Lauren Chen @TheLaurenChen]

People often say that the developing world is poor because the Western world colonized them and stole their resources.

The truth, however, is that over the past century, the developing world has, for the most part, shown that they are completely incapable of harnessing their own resources. They are not poor because we stole from them. They are poor because they do not know how to run and administer their own countries, resources be damned.

Take Venezuela. The world's largest oil reserves mean nothing if you have a corrupt communist as your leader. People will actually be starving and trying to eat zoo animals while you sit on trillions of dollars in resources!

Africa is another example. Europeans left behind farmland, trains, roads, and mines in Africa. What happened to it all?

It's not that all of a sudden, the Africans started running things like anti-colonialist activists had envisioned at the time. No, no.

All the infrastructure fell into disrepair and/or was stripped down and looted. They were literally handed fully functioning, completed supply chains for resource extraction, and basically unlimited wealth, but they couldn't manage the simple upkeep.

Now, the defense for Africa might be that "The Europeans didn't teach the Africans how to manage any of this! It's not the Africans' fault they couldn't run it independently! They were never trained!"

But my brother in Christ, the Europeans DID try to train locals for management! Obviously it would have been easier to have at least some locals in administration, rather than having to import an ENTIRE workforce, but efforts to find African talent were largely unsuccessful.

Don't believe me? Just look at the different outcomes in Hong Kong and Singapore when compared to Africa. In East Asia, Europeans often did work with locals in administrative and management capacities. When colonialism ended, Hong Kong and Singapore were able to manage themselves. Not the case with Africa.

Now, none of this is to say that colonialism is good. People have the right to self-rule and seld-determination. However, the idea that colonialism and resources extraction are responsible for the developing world's ongoing poverty? That is quite simply a crock of shit.

[Di Mche @Captain_Shmidt]

All we need to know about the UN

[Somalia Mission to UN-NY 🇸🇴 @SomaliaatUN]

As #Somalia assumes the Presidency of the #UNSC today, we are guided by a deep sense of duty to uphold international #peace & security.
We will prioritize transparent, efficient & consensus-driven working methods & engage broadly with #UN members & stakeholders. #SOM2526 #Jan2026

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@visegrad24 It was the time to escape 😞

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@Paulilimo @CNN Absolutely 💯

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The dream of the new mayor of New York, Comrade Mamdani, is cheap state-run stores. We lived in the USSR and remember that joy. The photo shows a store in Moscow, 1988
#NYC #mamdani #USSR #marxism

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Predictions on NYC mayor election according to Kalshi and Polymarket

Welcome to the #USSR #NYC

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UK and Europe needs it's own 2nd amendment!

[Daily Mail @DailyMail]

Moment 'knifeman who hurt 11 people in Huntingdon train rampage storms into Peterborough barber shop moments after stabbing 14-year-old boy'.

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