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vrolijke blanke man - gezellig rechts - parttime trol - 35 % viking - trotse conservatief - non urinat in ventum

[Forum voor Democratie @fvdemocratie]

De warme zomerdagen zouden een gevolg zijn van door de mens veroorzaakte klimaatverandering.

Hoe stevig is de wetenschappelijke basis onder dat verhaal? Is de opwarming wel zo problematisch als wordt gesuggereerd?

@lidewij_devos zet de feiten op een rijtje.

[Mona Keijzer @MonaKeijzer]

Toen wetenschappers zich begonnen te gedragen als dragers van de absolute waarheid en zich lieten gebruiken door politici en bestuurders om deze waarheid op te leggen aan het volk, toen ging het mis.

[Lidewij de Vos @lidewij_devos]

Onze natuur heeft geen stikstofprobleem, zo bevestigt ecoloog en em. prof. Lindeboom vandaag in het gesprek over het stikstofrapport van prof. Meester.

De stikstofnormen moeten dan ook niet worden vervangen door emissiereductie - zoals het kabinet wil - maar worden afgeschaft:

[Eric van de Beek 🇳🇱 @beek38]

Het klopt dat Rob Elens 'omstreden' huisarts was. Maar dat was hij door basisschoolleraar Hugo de Jonge. @EenVandaag oordeelt dat hij "verkeerd medicijn" voorschreef. Bij volgende pandemie zal het weer net zo gaan. MSM die opvolger van clown Hugo nakakelen https://t.co/ZLcunlQEgE

[𝓜𝓪𝓻𝔂𝓼𝓸𝓵 🇳🇱 @RosasMarysol2]

De telefoons van potentiël gevaarlijke asieleisers mag niet meer gecheckt worden, want privacy.
Maar als jij als Nederlander de hond uitlaat en je hebt geen ID bij je, dan betaal je € 100 boete.
Gekkenhuis!!!

#Asielstop

[Wierd Duk ܦܝܪܬ ܕܘܟ @wierdduk]

Stel: er vestigen zich binnen enkele decennia honderdduizenden Nederlanders, Duitsers, Zweden en Belgen in Turkije of Marokko. Hun kinderen krijgen er deels prima functies in ambtenarij, media, bedrijfsleven, onderwijs en politiek en integreren probleemloos. Een deel van hun kroost zorgt echter voor grote overlast: van vaak zeer gewelddadige criminaliteit tot religieuze ondermijning en openlijke straatterreur die vooral gericht is tegen vrouwelijke, etnische Turken en Marokkanen. Als die gemeenschappen op dit wangedrag worden aangesproken luidt het antwoord: ‘racisme!’, ‘angstzaaierij!’ Verder eisen de activistische elementen uit deze minderheden op hoge toon dat de Turkse en Marokkaanse samenlevingen zich aan hún gebruiken aanpassen: van de Kerstviering en het eten van varkensvlees tot aan de acceptatie van Zwarte Piet en de bouw van honderden christelijke kerken. Wie daar bedenkingen bij heeft, wordt weggezet als ‘xenofoob’ want: ‘Er bestaat niet zoiets als de oorspronkelijke Turk of Marokkaan, wen er maar aan'. Ook proberen zij via eigen politieke partijen hun agenda’s om te zetten in beleid. Nu de vraag: hoe zouden bevolking, politiek en media in Turkije of Marokko op dit alles reageren? Juist.

[Jason Smith - 上官杰文 @ShangguanJiewen]

I think the real challenge in understanding contemporary China is this.

There were a considerable number of foreigners living in China just prior to 2018, and a lot of their visas were not renewed. Some of this was because of increased vigilance in checking whether they had the proper degrees and paperwork. Some of it was because the government decided that for-profit after-hours English programs were creating social divisions that were making meritocracy untenable.

With the passing of new laws, many of the foreigners who were the least qualified were swept away. This happened at a great transitional time in China along many lines. China was already in the process of cleaning up the water, air, and investing unthinkable amounts of new homes for the poor, new roads, and tens of thousands of kilometers of high-speed rail.

Tens of thousands of foreigners went home in 2018. And then, during the first months of the pandemic, perhaps one or two hundred thousand foreigners also went home. By the end of the Pandemic in 2023, the only foreigners remaining in China were true lovers of China, their people, and culture. People with families here. People with massive investments, and people with very high qualifications.

Two divergent narratives emerged. Those who were sour that they were swept away, or disappointed that they left, and secondly, those who emerged with higher positions, and more depth of understand. Of course, not all who left were unqualified. Some genuinely wanted to be with their families at a complex global moment. Having said that, there was an acute reduction in drunken foreigners following this period. But something had changed, other than the evaporation of alcoholics, and tenuous long-term visitors. China has changed.

In the space of about a decade, starting around 2012 or so, but largely unnoticed until its effect by 2018, or 2020, and then 2023. China cleaned all its waterways, moved heavy industry away from cities, and made these facilities far cleaner. China became the world leader in high-speed rail, launched the most advanced clean energy cars the world had ever seen, increased its solar energy capacity to equal the rest of the world combined. And for all practical metrics, virtually ended homelessness. Wages continued to grow at pace, while overall unemployment remained around 5%, and the cost of living stayed the same.

China, today, is enjoying a cleaner environment, the world’s best infrastructure ever, 90% homeownership, 40% family savings rates, and opulence that is hard to explain to those outside of China. China is now a model of economic prosperity, unheard of at this scale. And it did it without imperialism.

So, these two groups of foreign narrators see China very differently. Those living in, or travelling to China since 2023, and those who left before 2018 or so, know two different China’s. Very slowly though, the world is starting to see that the true state of contemporary China. This is outraging those clinging to their outdated perspectives. Soon though, I am convinced, their discordant, and inaccurate story telling will convince no-one of consequence.

Reality is persistent. And China’s reality is one of which the world is increasingly aware.

China is the most advanced, peaceful, and economically prosperous nation of scale the world has ever known.

It’s time we learn from China’s example.

[鍾翔宇 Xiangyu @notXiangyu]

This is what you'll see when you leave Kashgar and head up the Pamir Plateau

[Afshin Rattansi @afshinrattansi]

If these were scenes in Russia, China, Iran or any Arab country, Western media would be calling the protesters heroes, and damning the government for mass arrests and brutal crackdowns, while calling for regime change.

Since these scenes take place in the headquarters of the empire, the compliant journalists in NATO countries dare not make the assessment that the US needs a regime change, despite the President arming and enabling a genocide, while the federal and state governments brutally repress America’s students.

More coverage: https://t.co/s9hAqyXn31