Steve

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[Steve @straightguy83]

@SetiaKEADILAN Lawan MCA 2.0

[Glinert 🇺🇸 🏭 @StevenGlinert]

Finally finished To Rule All Under Heaven by @AndrewSethMeyer.

There's an interested argument by Fukuyama where he says "The question isn't why the West is unique, but why everyone didn't become China..." that is a centralized superstate.

The book really does go a long way answer that question. The warring states period is extremely contingent. An equilibrium was reached and it was an equilibrium that allowed for a more centralized superstate.

China does have an aristocracy into the Tang/Song period, but it's always weaker than European or Japanese or Ancient Roman aristocracies. China is more centralized from formation, due to a progressive weakening of aristocracies in favor of more structured states during the warring states.

Perhaps there are contingent geographic factors. The Chinese had early access to horses, which allowed for scalable offensive operations. The Greeks could colonize outwards into the Black Sea and Italy...the Chinese were hemmed in, so expansionism was usually against each other.

Furthermore, whether you consider this to be contingent or a political convenience, unlike the Greeks and Western civilization, the ideological framework for Chinese civilization favored strong centralization over weak distributed power structures. Confucianism is a coherent ideological basis for Chinese state structure.

Anyway, highly recommend.

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@kunley_drukpa @meinmokhtar There's only 1 thing i want to ask Ken.

Sambal or ketchup?

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@masterofnone satgi aku test

[Rafizi Ramli @rafiziramli]

@Puteri_Nepotism Ha3 bila plan sesuatu, ada benda kita cakap dulu. Ada benda kita kena complete the foundation quietly until everything falls into place 😊

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soooo gooooooddd

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@Moningmeng 他还没看过马来西亚回去读清北的 给他见识见识

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

Bersama was good in Melaka last night

✓lawmakers no more pension ~ all converted to epf
✓No more branding such as Salam Madani ~ bagi Salam cukup
✓Entourage and welcome parties banned ~ no more 30 people accompanying Ministers
✓If they take over ~ transition team with clear KPIs based on Manifesto
✓Office of Budget Responsibility

---> What you see is what you get.

Gen Z should rally behind Bersama cos this is the Malaysia you want and deserve

[Rafizi Ramli @rafiziramli]

𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗬𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔
3 𝘑𝘶𝘯 2026

𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗔 𝗔𝗞𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗜 𝗣𝗥𝗡 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗢𝗥 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, 𝗝𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗝𝗔𝗛 𝗞𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗟 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗨𝗟𝗔 𝗗𝗜 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗢𝗥

Kami mengesahkan bahawa 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗔 akan menyertai Pilihanraya Negeri Johor 2026.

Keputusan ini dimuktamadkan setelah beberapa perbincangan diadakan dengan pimpinan 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗔 dan ahli-ahli terpilih dari seluruh negara. Perbincangan lanjutan dengan wakil ahli-ahli 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗔 dari Johor untuk mengenal pasti kerusi-kerusi yang akan ditandingi telah dijadualkan hari ini.

PRN Johor 2026 membuka ruang untuk memperkenalkan 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗔 kepada pengundi-pengundi Johor, walaupun 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗔 berusia kurang dari sebulan sejak dilancarkan semula pada 17 Mei yang lalu.

Penyertaan 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗔 dalam PRN Johor 2026 juga membolehkan 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗔 membina jentera pilihanraya dalam tempoh yang singkat dan menguji kecekapan serta kelemahan jentera, sebagai persiapan ke arah pilihanraya- pilihanraya yang akan datang.

Bertepatan dengan hasrat ini, siri jelajah 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗔 ke negeri-negeri akan bermula di Johor pada 6 Jun 2026 (Sabtu) ini di Danga Bay Convention Centre jam 8 malam.

Siri jelajah yang dinamakan 𝗝𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗵 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 ini akan memberi tumpuan kepada 12 Agenda 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗔, dengan setiap negeri menumpukan kepada satu agenda.

𝗝𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗵 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 akan melawati setiap negeri seperti berikut:

Melaka
𝘏𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘭 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘢, 𝟳 𝗝𝘂𝗻

Negeri Sembilan
𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘯, 𝟭𝟯 𝗝𝘂𝗻

Perak
𝘐𝘱𝘰𝘩, 𝟭𝟰 𝗝𝘂𝗻

Kelantan/Terengganu Utara
𝘒𝘰𝘵𝘢 𝘉𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘶, 𝟮𝟬 𝗝𝘂𝗻

Pahang/Terengganu Selatan
𝘒𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯, 𝟮𝟭 𝗝𝘂𝗻

Selangor Utara/Tengah, 𝟮𝟴 𝗝𝘂𝗻

Selangor Selatan, 𝟭 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗶

Pulau Pinang, 𝟰 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗶

Kedah/Perlis, 𝟱 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗶

Kuala Lumpur
𝘚𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘢, 𝟭𝟭 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗶

Selangor Barat
𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘩 𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘮, 𝟭𝟮 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗶

Selangor Timur
𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯, 𝟭𝟴 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗶

Tarikh dan tempat bagi setiap negeri akan dikemaskini dari semasa ke semasa. Maklumat terkini dan pendaftaran kehadiran boleh dibuat di pautan https://t.co/nOUTHK88GI.

Kami berterima kasih kepada ahli-ahli 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗔 dan rakyat Malaysia yang telah memberi dorongan yang memberangsangkan setakat ini.

Insya-Allah, 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗔 akan menggembleng usaha rakyat biasa untuk merintis kempen dalam PRN Johor 2026 yang positif, inovatif dan berfokus kepada masa depan.

3 𝘑𝘶𝘯 2026

Bagi pihak 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗔,
𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗜𝗭𝗜 𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗟𝗜
𝗡𝗜𝗞 𝗡𝗔𝗭𝗠𝗜 𝗡𝗜𝗞 𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗔𝗗

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@latt45 @sweatystartup 🤫🤫🤫

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@0xMayyy 主要是焦虑的都去新加玻了

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@GoldfishUnc @CenPolo MCA 2.0

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@KlutzyKucing Si durjana berkalung emas dan kuasa;
si berjasa pula hilang tanpa pusara.

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@RoRogerRoger90 @sinach_z ok

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@boy_joy54124 @sinach_z ok

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@La_FarEast sedaaaap

[molson 🧠⚙️ @Molson_Hart]

Why the life of the average American citizen got worse, after controlling for technology, over the past 50 years:

1. First you have to understand that America didn’t just win ww2. It won ww2 more or less unscathed, while the rest of the world’s industrial capacity was wiped out. When you’re the only developed country, everyone is an employee of Nvidia. So, first, understand that we were starting off from a very high point.

2. As the post ww2 wars got smaller, so did the number of Americans who bonded with their fellow Americans as soldiers.

3. Religion started to decline and was replaced by money. The major US religions are inclusive. Worship Jesus and you’re a fellow Christian.

4. In 1971, by allowing government to print as much money as it wanted, we gave government more power than we realized and finance started to take over.

5. Greed became good. The idea that if something made money, it was okay, pervaded the country.

6. Slowly over time, the bonds between Americans are getting weaker and weaker while money is getting more and more celebrated. You can see how this leads to the jobs being sent overseas. It makes money and so what if someone across town loses their job. That’s the free market which we know is best.

7. America wins the Cold War and this cements the idea that markets and our system is unquestionably superior; no need for introspection. Keep doing what we’re doing.

8. As the USD becomes more and more powerful and there is less and less concern for one’s fellow American, immigrants stream in. Elites prefer to hire immigrants because they work harder and even though they have a tougher life, they’re happier. Jose may be a nobody in San Francisco, but with his $10/hour salary he’s a king back in Michoacán 😊.

9. As more immigrants come in and the bottom 50% gets more and more dissatisfied, elites shy away from citizens even more, becoming disconnected from their troubles. Why can’t they just invest in the S & P 500?

10. Because it’s expensive and because there isn’t the same care for our fellow men, we stop delivering strong education to our children and paper over this problem by absorbing smart immigrants who put downward pressure on us citizen wages just like low wage illegals do.

11. In the education we do give, teachers need to get theirs ($$) and are more focussed on their personal welfare than educating because they can’t afford a house in the new economy. Instead of teaching young kids we’re all American we teach everyone that they’re different which again reduces the bond between us.

12. Covid happens and it becomes a giant money grab that destroys any trust that remains in government. You can’t trust anyone, from your fellow man to the government. And get that money any way you can.

The way I see it, the story of America’s decline is all about people not identifying with their fellow American and celebrating number go up finance over true productivity.

It’s easy to say “well it’s all the money printing” but that really doesn’t explain why we did that while sending jobs overseas and letting immigrants stream over the border which ruined social trust and depressed wages.

America is a complex system and thus unpredictable but, while I think the situation is kinda bad, it can get worse and it probably won’t get better until it does.

We probably need a 1990 to 2000 in post soviet Russia period, unfortunately.

The Boomers for sure will not fix any of this and they have a lot of gas left in their tank.

Gen X, many, are like mercenary Boomers.

I don’t see them making this better.

So it comes down to the millennials, whether we turn America into a communist country or bring it back to where it can be, I don’t know, but it will be interesting.

[The Persian Jewess @persianjewess]

Iranian hairstylist Ami Moghadam received death threats for posting videos of women receiving haircuts on Instagram.

So she decided to troll the Islamic Regime and their oppressive mandatory hijab laws in the most epic, hilarious way possible. 😂