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gangster rap music and anime

[Nic0le @nicole_clash]

After exploring China more as an American it’s pretty apparent why the US is getting mogged.

1.Drugs.

Drugs are a pure negative on society and I haven’t realized the impact until now. It makes sense why the Chinese don’t have “homeless”. Homeless to Americans mean people lazing around on the streets, often high. In China, there are a ton of people below the poverty line, but they are all doing something. Swarming around hotel lobby entrances selling umbrellas, back to back fruit sellers, etc. They weren’t given the option to turn to drugs that’ll ruin their life.

2.Politics induced polarization

In the US, the two political parties are incentivized to brainwash voters with their talking points. Polarizing takes will always perform better than neutral ones due to how the internet engages with content.

That is why I start most of my tweets with some form of ragebait if I want it to gain traction. “As an American”. The dangerous thing about political rage bait is that they don’t need to be lies, it’s so easy to invoke certain reactions by presenting truths in a certain way.

For example, the datacenter water argument. One side has clearly been fed propaganda on how data centers are destroying people’s lives with their water consumption and environmental impact. The other side has been fed propaganda about the water usage numbers compared to golf courses and how data centers don’t use that much water. As a result, you have one half of the country in protest and the other half thinking the first half’s retarded.

If only presented with one truth, both parties would reach the conclusion to simply focus on making better data centers in a way that doesn’t disrupt people’s lives.

3.Short term profit incentives

When politicians are elected for 4 year terms, they gain absolutely nothing by investing in a long term plan that takes 20 years to pan out. Thats not going to get them re-elected. They get re-elected by fucking over the economy for short term glowups during their 4 years.

The Chinese can implement public infrastructure projects that span decades. They’ve been doing that shit since the Great Wall. Nowadays it’s resulted in high speed trains and citywide subway systems.

4.Anti-tech mindset

50 years ago the United States was the world’s leader and China was a shithole. The Americans did not see much improvement in their lifestyle with the rise of tech. Meanwhile China was transformed in a large part due to the technological advancements over the years.

Along with nostalgia and political talking points, it is not a surprise that many in the US are against tech advancements.

This was made very clear with AI. Almost everyone in the US opposes it, they see it as massive corporations taking advantage of the people and milking them for profits with the result with their own work. Which is true.

Meanwhile the Chinese understands that advancements in technology makes everyone’s lives better. The models are the culmination of everyone’s work and should be opensourced.

5.Illogical empathy

Due to diversity and polarization incentives, society’s been broken down into many layers of sub identities. Race wars, gender wars, class wars, sexual orientation wars, etc etc. It’s resulted in a massive web of what is considered morally correct within your own group of people, at the risk of alienation if you break ranks.

For example, if you buy a Tesla in the US you are against trans people. Meanwhile, the majority of cars I’ve seen in China is electric. The Chinese have no qualms about EV adoption, it’s quieter, reduces smog, and environmentally friendly. Pure net positive for the government to subsidize various EV manufacturers so the cost is lower on the consumers, and the consumers were happy to make the switch as the result. Win win.
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TLDR Beijing/Chongqing is hard gapping NY/SF rn and we need to pull our shit together.

[j name @joshbailey_k]

@tolerateshay the hunger games?

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

According to GDP China is 6x poorer per person then the USA.

Yet Chinese people live longer, have better healthcare, 92% own their home and Chinese technology and the average person's access to it is better than in the USA.

GDP is simply a measure of how much billionaires are stealing.

[Mortimer @mortimer_1]

So if you are a family that can’t afford your mortgage because of a job loss, you are forced to sell at the current market price

But if you are a developer that built product that no one wanted, you get a taxpayer funded bailout

The stupidity is amazing 🤦‍♂️

[W.E.B. DaBoi @Tyre_94]

Need to get drunk and smoke the Marx cigs

[Don Davies @DonDavies]

If the Prime Minister meant what he said in Davos, Canada will do the same.

[박주현 @hermit_hwarang]

“So is America just North Korea now” no if it were you’d have free housing and no debt or taxes

[Power to the People ☭🕊 @ProudSocialist]

Landlords should not exist.

[Nat 🇰🇵 @NatalieRevolts]

#July4th

[FUCKJIGGYJAYY2 @jiggyjayy2]

GREAT WORK LADIES

[scrappy lil rascal just trying his hardest @speedyspeedboi_]

do private golf courses need all this land? i hate golf and we should seize it all to build housing instead

[The Church Of Satan @ChurchofSatan]

The US is not a Christian nation, and our government is not a theocracy. Religious texts (including various ignorant/random/vague interpretations of them) should never be used to dictate our foreign policy.

[Heather @heathem1221]

I don't know who needs to hear this but America sends Israel ≈$3.8 BILLION a year.

They have universal healthcare.

You don't.

They have government-subsidized college education.

You don't.

Any questions?

[MC Squared @mcsquared34]

Capitalism can’t give you a working healthcare system, but it can give you 175 different kinds of BBQ sauce

[Jake Flores 🇵🇸🇲🇽 @feraljokes]

Why doesn't israel non violently protest Hamas

[Sam Stein @samstein]

Are men maybe too emotional for positions of leadership?

[ZERO/N @Zeronelite]

here's your fucking logo