din

Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.

[Mark Ames @MarkAmesExiled]

DC Dems are anxious because Platner got popular by running against DC Dems, their donors and their beloved Israel. obviously they want Platner to lose more than they want to win the Senate back. It’s a lucrative racket they built, they won’t let go of that bone easily.

[din @dindle_]

the bifurcation of everything

["D." Fool @FoolOfD]

It's only the major factor among the middle classes.

["D." Fool @FoolOfD]

Bay Area "culture" is even worse. Imagine an entire region full of Indians, hоmоѕехuаlѕ, and the most mid Asian women on the planet lecturing everyone on Twitter about their imminent economic disenfranchisement at the hands of some AI fintech scam app they've "built."

[Brutal Truth Bombs @FORTRESSMAXXING]

DoomerNat is closer to communism than 75% of self proclaimed leftists or communists, who hate themselves and the people around them.

[din @dindle_]

@garybobb @ShaykhSulaiman

[din @dindle_]

the perfect distillation of the retarded western lib. he believes that there is a genocide happening in xinjiang with no evidence while simultaneously denying the genocide in gaza

these people live in delusion. they like to imagine that everywhere they see confirmation of the horseshoe theory when in reality it's just normal people from all over the political spectrum staring in disbelief at the blatant hypocrisy and incompetence

[Jeremiah Johnson 🌐 @JeremiahDJohns]

Angelica, the fact that you went to a nice restaurant and had a curated experience changes absolutely nothing about the factual reporting described above.

I see you find 'moral indignation' to be sad. I find your newfound enthusiasm for the CCP to be sad. You've decided, for reasons unknown to me, to transform yourself from a liberal into a shill for a murderous, totalitarian regime. Months ago you casually asked me "Isn't liberalism actually pretty bad? Maybe the Chinese system is better?" and I ignored you, because I wasn't in the mood to start a fight with an acquaintance. But I'll give you an answer now.

Liberalism remains morally superior to authoritarianism. The Chinese system is not better. The CCP are monstrous, murderous thugs. You personally are an immoral person. You are making yourself a willing accessory to crimes against humanity, and you sicken me. You are a handmaiden to genocide, and deserve to be judged as such.

You talk about how you met a nice young person as though that changes the millions kidnapped, tortured, or sent into forced labor programs. You lie and obfuscate and distract from the core facts, which remain true no matter how many lamb skewers you ate. China is attempting to kill an entire culture, and they are succeeding. I hope one day you realize the gravity of your mistake, realize that the CCP would happily murder you and your entire family if they found an ounce of profit in doing so, and that a system that allows for the kinds of totalitarian control the CCP has will always be abused to stamp out human freedom.

Until that day I would like you to know how deeply abhorrent I find you and your new ideological skinsuit and would request you never again spread CCP propaganda in my replies.

[din @dindle_]

@megawhelmed @gonglei89 @izakaminska another sowell midwit LMAO

[din @dindle_]

the gulf states are significantly less suicidal than the europeans and ukraine

[Cayko24022022🇩🇰🇷🇺 ☫ @cayko24022022]

When you let Russia’s enemies bomb Russia, literally nothing happens to you.

When you let Iran’s enemies bomb Iran, your main airport gets shelled to smithereens within a day.

One doctrine is simply superior. You can probably guess which one

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

People don't grasp the sheer speed and scale of Europe's decline.

This 👇 is an extraordinary number shared by Luis Vassy, director of Sciences Po (one of France's most famous schools) in this article: https://t.co/BQbkXb2kPl

He calculated that the EU is declining 3 times faster than the Qing dynasty at the height of China's century of humiliation.

Back then, it took China 50 years to drop from 30% of world GDP to 17%, whereas it took the EU just 17 years (from 2008 to 2025).

Insane 😢 And, sadly, given the current direction and the EU's systematically suicidal policy choices (latest example: https://t.co/6EYJgdXVVo), it's just the beginning...

[din @dindle_]

@adamydda @zoe_habibi @NoLore who is a victim here?

[din @dindle_]

@StealthQE4 it’s not a lie, it’s just not news. this has been iran’s consistent position since before the war. nothing has changed

[din @dindle_]

this has been iran’s position since before the war and has never changed. incredible how easy it is for the administration to manipulate the media and markets with bullshit

[First Squawk @FirstSquawk]

TRUMP: IRAN HAS AGREED THEY WON'T HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON

[Kaiser Kuo @KaiserKuo]

Absolutely worth a read — @chinalawtransl8's piece comparing the panic over Japan with the more recent (and ongoing) panic over China. It was, and remains, about the U.S. itself, not the Asian Other.

[din @dindle_]

@policytensor @AngelicaOung ye

[din @dindle_]

@AngelicaOung @kaiblvg @JeremiahDJohns american liberals have always been like this

[din @dindle_]

@imaginmanchuria @AngelicaOung @AzureBlueSky1 @JeremiahDJohns you have quite the imagination for sure

[Glenn Diesen @Glenn_Diesen]

There is a strange development in which academics of international politics are expected to publicly condemn adversarial countries before they are allowed to participate in public discourse. The complexity of international politics is reduced to a moral question of good versus evil, and academics must make moral declarations before even discussing facts, history, strategy, and interpretations. Academics should explain why states behave as they do; they are not moral validators.

What value does it bring to an analysis if the analyst "condemns" one side? After Russia invaded Ukraine, the former Norwegian foreign minister actually argued that "this is not the time to understand, but to condemn". This ridiculous position is pushed on academics. However, understanding is not endorsement, explanation is not advocacy, and ignorance is not strength. I argue it is in Russia's security interest to push NATO away from its borders, it is in Iran's interest to control the Strait of Hormuz, and it is in China's interest to create a new international economic architecture. This is not advocacy, nor is it a normative position about how the world should work; rather, it is a recognition of how the world actually works.

An academic should examine interests, capabilities, and strategic calculations that produce such policies—not participate in ritualised declarations of virtue that contribute absolutely nothing. Furthermore, moralism and condemnation often lead to a lack of understanding and increased conflict. When the conclusion is always that the good guys are confronting the bad guys, then the solution is always "peace through strength", "weapons are the path to peace", and defeating the latest reincarnation of Hitler. If you want war, condemn the other side as pure evil. If you want peace, the first step is to understand the other side.

[din @dindle_]

@kirso_ @Kenneth54226775 @signulll > people don’t

yes they do

[din @dindle_]

@jona_net @ba9_2_ba9 @Steven1550452 in your mind has there ever been a system that isn’t capitalist and doesn’t “exploit workers”?

[din @dindle_]

@PhdDavinsky “a few points”

lol cope and seethe retard