Divyam Garg

[Sabeer Bhatia @sabeer]

Something is terribly wrong with the Indian mindset. There is so much hubris that many people defend garbage-strewn streets as if they’re normal, look down on those less fortunate, idolize wealth regardless of how it was acquired, mock sincere effort, and treat hurting others’ feelings as a sign of strength or intelligence.

Then they ask me why I’m critical of India.

Criticism is not hatred. Pretending these problems don’t exist is.

[blue @bluewmist]

I'm finally reading Dune. This quote, which is in the first few pages, hits hard:

"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."

[Divyam Garg @Mugtop]

@ABHISHAKE922759 All bots

[Andrew Kuhn @FocusedCompound]

Goldman Sachs forcing every pension fund to buy AI companies with $10 billion net losses at $1 trillion valuations

[Brett Erickson @BrettErickson28]

Last night, President Trump made a move that came as a surprise to many.

He got TOUGHER in his negotiating position.

But why did he do this is the question many are asking right now. Iran has consistently rejected terms offered by the United States because, quite frankly, they are ridiculously maximalist and entirely detached from the reality of the situation.

Trump is at the table with Iran holding a 7 & 2 off-suit, and Iran is sitting with pocket aces.

So why even waste the time to make an offer Iran is sure to refuse immediately?

Because the deal wasn’t meant for Iran. It was meant for American consumption.

Throughout this conflict, from a strategic standpoint, Trump has been absolutely dog walked by the Iranian regime. From the very first day that Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, and every day since, Iran has held the upper hand, and it only gets stronger by the day.

Trump knows this, even as he wallows in self pity and denial. Iran obviously knows this, and sees the upcoming bullet train of the World Cup, lowest SPR levels in history, midterms, cratering approval numbers… everything is going south for Trump fast at this point. It’s spiraling, and Trump looks increasingly desperate for a deal.

As much as Trump has tried to claim Iran is “begging” for a deal, it is obvious to everyone that it is really Trump that is on his hands and knees.

So if he’s going to reject the latest Iranian proposal because the terms are simply a step too far… why not give the image, the bluster, the BRAVADO of a “tough on Iran” Commander in Chief to sell to the American people.

“Trump is dictating the terms”
“Trump is running the show”
“The United States is in control”

Of course, this is all obviously rubbish. Iran knows that. Trump knows that. And everyone around the world knows that. But it’s not meant for them, it’s meant for his MAGA base.

Trump, by setting forth even more ludicrous terms, allows for a kicking of the can down the road, and the veneer of a tough President that will placate his base that has been ready to rip him to shreds.

It’s not a serious offer. It doesn’t have even the slightest of chance to be accepted by Iran. But it was never meant for them.

It was meant for the desperate and hopeless President Trump to try to prove to his base that he is still in control.

Even when he is clearly not.

[𝙍𝘼𝙅𝙀𝙎𝙃 𝙋𝘼𝙍𝙄𝙆𝙃 @imacuriosguy]

India is not doomed. It is too large, too resilient, and too deeply rooted to fail, even under the gross incompetence of its current government.

But survival is not success.

This country had the demographics, the talent, the capital flows, and the global goodwill to become something extraordinary. A wasted opportunity on this scale is no better than outright failure. 2014 offered genuine hope. A decisive mandate. A willing population. A world ready to invest. And those entrusted with this moment extinguished it through arrogance, spectacle, and sheer mediocrity.

The world no longer waits for a country that houses twenty percent of humanity but contributes a fraction of its potential. India has not collapsed. It has simply become irrelevant.

And irrelevance, unlike crisis, generates no urgency to recover.

[Divyam Garg @Mugtop]

@Z_DauletSingh The line has always been the preservation of US hegemony. India must also tow the line in addition to helping US hole the line in Asia. This has always been the case.

[Divyam Garg @Mugtop]

@rahul67 @WeekendInvestng Would ravage state budgets

[Divyam Garg @Mugtop]

@DeItaone The global economy is breaking before our eyes and this idiot is busy licking trumps ass.

[Divyam Garg @Mugtop]

@Arcticwar907 @sentdefender Dont forget the pain this war has caused for the rest of the world.

[Divyam Garg @Mugtop]

@SavageAryan007 Don't forget the depreciation in Rupees against yuan and USD. 10-20 percent in one year. Imports prices have gone way up in addition to chip and memory price hikes.

[Dyylas @DylanDyylas]

a lot harder to brainwash people when everyone has access to all the footage and news of you slaughtering innocent children like animals you rotten fuck

[Anand Ranganathan @ARanganathan72]

Shocking. @talk2anuradha has received legal notice from Delhi Police for her three year-old sarcastic tweets after Scheduled Castes Commission took suo motu cognisance of them. The draconian SC/ST Act has been invoked. She could be arrested any moment.

I stand with Anuradha.

[Alok Jain ⚡ @WeekendInvestng]

I was having a discussion with my college senior at the GYM yesterday and his outlook for India was that things are gradually slipping out of control, we have spent too much time in last many decades in not securing energy needs, fixing infra, education and too much focus is on religion politics and we have become a reactive society where a disaster like situation has to happen before we try to fix it.

I could sadly not counter his argument.

[Divyam Garg @Mugtop]

@WeekendInvestng World Politics going back to tribal mindset in the words of Mr. Uday Kotak.

[Divyam Garg @Mugtop]

@WeekendInvestng So much wealth destruction

[Tarun Gautam @TARUNspeakss]

Narendra Modi’s funda is simple:

– If it’s about duty, Indians should do it

– if it’s about responsibility, Nehru did it

– if it’s about credit, Modi did it

[IRI Embassy in Armenia @iraninyerevan]

Congratulations to you. Children are innocent and lovable. Those 168 children that your boss killed in the school in Minab, and you justified, were also children. When you kiss your baby, think of the mothers of those children.

[Vidyut @Vidyut]

If India survives Modi. That's a big if. So far, there's no sign of being able to run the country for the well-being of the masses, while there is every sign that he will hold on to power by hook or by crook - mostly by crook - by compromising institutions or outright violence.

By the time the public gets disillusioned enough, there will be little left to loot - but also no resources to rebuild with. Newer generations are growing up entirely out of touch with reality or the building blocks of civilization, so to say. Rational thinking is at an all time low. I seriously don't think our grandparents were as dumb as our contemporaries.

So far the Modi Era is looking more like the end of India than just a dark age to recover from.

[` @ymmayerr]

My greatest adult disappointment was discovering that bad people get away with everything.