Sean Keith

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[Sean Keith @sean_keith]

@its_mccarthy cooperatives) and robustly regulate them (ration how much carbon they use, ban them from working with militaries engaged in war crimes and genocide, etc.).

[Sean Keith @sean_keith]

@its_mccarthy would encourage socially destructive, profit-seeking activities. We see this all the time with Norges Bank. If we want “democratic governance” of AI companies, we don’t need a SWF at all. We need to change their legal structure (turn them into non-profit, unionized

[Sean Keith @sean_keith]

@its_mccarthy Are you objecting to an AI Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) in general or rather Sanders’ specific proposal for an AI SWF controlled by the federal government?

[Sean Keith @sean_keith]

@sstrangio @sheehanj920 These minutes from the AMCHAM Myanmar May 29th meeting seem to allude to the issue: "In light of the governance issue discovery from previous board term, he explained proper procedures have been taken to ringfence and protect AMCHAM from various risks." https://t.co/gFb4TaEYGI

[Sean Keith @sean_keith]

@sheehanj920 What’s your guess for why they arrested him? My instinct is that it’s strange because he condemns Myanmar’s resistance movement & advocates for engaging with the junta. He states that doing so can combat Chinese influence in Myanmar. Could China have asked Myanmar to arrest him?

[Sean Keith @sean_keith]

@red_dilettante Libertarian socialist supply chain manager

[Sean Keith @sean_keith]

@sheehanj920 years to build the infrastructure needed to process the rare earths. Also, you might be interested in this article which documents the ties between the American Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar, Mercury Public Affairs, and Ferrari & Associates https://t.co/MkAdFriRC2

[Sean Keith @sean_keith]

@sheehanj920 Agreed. Castillo has advocated for the United States to partner with India to transport Myanmar’s rare earths into India and get them processed in India, but China would likely block their transfer into India (China exerts a lot of control over the Ledo Road) and it’d take India

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@sandeepvaheesan The full speech: https://t.co/amG5FZLSeR

[Sean Keith @sean_keith]

@sandeepvaheesan This is a great related quote by Peter H. Clark, a famous black abolitionist and socialist, condemning the railroad companies for reducing wages to maintain dividend payments which in turn led to the Great Railroad Strike of 1877.

[Sean Keith @sean_keith]

@tooslick2230267 @doku9anryu The hilarious thing is that he actually does and recommends people read “The Jakarta Method” in his post. He’s just such a committed Dengist that he genuinely thinks China is able to magically and seamlessly turn a far right war criminal into an anti-imperialist overnight lol

[Sean Keith @sean_keith]

@tooslick2230267 @doku9anryu Arnaud Bertrand also unironically claimed last year that China’s rising power turned Prabowo into an anti-imperialist lol https://t.co/wUdtZWT0np

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

There is no overstating how extraordinary this speech on China by Indonesian president Prabowo is.

Especially if you know Indonesia's history during the Cold War, and Prabowo's personal history as a US-trained military officer, one of Suharto's most feared generals and his son-in-law.

He was speaking on the occasion of the visit of Li Qiang, China's Premier, and praised China's "constant opposition to oppression, imperialism, colonialism and apartheid", and "not just now when China's economy has become strong, but even when China was still developing."

Everyone should read the "The Jakarta Method" by Vincent Bevins to learn more about Indonesia's role during the Cold War.

But as a quick summary, Indonesia began the Cold War as a leader of the Non-Aligned Movement -Sukarno hosted the famous 1955 Bandung Conference that brought together Asian and African nations seeking a "third way" between the US and the Soviet Union.

However, in 1965-66, General Suharto seized power from Sukarno and immediately launched one of the Cold War's bloodiest purges. With US and British support and using CIA-provided kill lists, Suharto systematically slaughtered an estimated 500,000 to over one million suspected communists, leftists, and ethnic Chinese. Suharto then remained in power for the next 3 decades as the most consequential US ally in South-East Asia.

Which is why now hearing Prabowo, a general under Suharto and his son-in-law, praising China's anti-imperialist record, including "when China was still developing" (meaning during the Cold War), is so remarkable.

You could of course cynically point out that this is hypocritical given Prabowo's past. But first and foremost it goes to show how completely the geopolitical landscape has been transformed since the Cold War, and therefore how unlikely it is to see a replay of the same dynamics in Asia.

Very striking too is how Prabowo singles out China's defense of Palestinians as a source of pride "for us all" - quite a statement from the leader of the world's largest Muslim nation. And an illustration of the US's complete failure at creating a rift between the Muslim world and China with the Xinjiang narrative.

In fact it illustrates that the rift is very much between the Muslim world - as well as the Global South in general - and the West.

China is increasingly seen as the moral leader on issues that matter, the "defender of the oppressed", when the West is seen as the imperialist oppressor.

[Sean Keith @sean_keith]

@rohmerfan1127 American businesses that they could keep operating in America. It's also worth noting that Castillo was the former President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar from April 2023-May 2025. This video is the interview. https://t.co/m69a9TFRrD

[Sean Keith @sean_keith]

@rohmerfan1127 engagement with Myanmar. At the 26:10 mark of the interview, she states that her proudest accomplishment as Charge d’Affaires in Yangon since 2023 was reaching out to the American Chamber of Commerce and the US ASEAN Business Council and assuring https://t.co/FOVmZoqGzX

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@EricHovagim Also, are you aware of the fact that Israel provided advanced weaponry and broader military technology to China for decades? Surely you condemn this and believe that China should abide by BDS? https://t.co/Muz676Au7Y

[Sean Keith @sean_keith]

@EricHovagim Hey Eric, I’m wondering why you avoided answering the many people who asked you about China’s strong support for Myanmar’s junta? Does it make you uncomfortable that both China and Israel are united in supporting Myanmar’s fascist military dictatorship? https://t.co/UUino1FW3W

[Sean Keith @sean_keith]

@EricHovagim Are you aware of the fact that China is currently the strongest international supporter of Myanmar’s military junta? After the success of Operation 1027 in October 2023, China pivoted from being relatively neutral in the civil war to strongly supporting the junta because of