IllogicalLogic

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by IllogicalLogic 7y ago
It seems C-level execs across industries believe buying back stock with profit/debt to unlock performance bonuses is a win-win. This kind of stupidity is why I'm bearish on Apple. Companies should never prioritize financial engin
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by IllogicalLogic 7y ago
Do they live in fear of getting shot at grocery stores? I hear the crime rate is dramatically lower than ours.
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by IllogicalLogic 7y ago
After 350 years of economic and social terrorism, I would say it's fair to say most of the AA people in jail did not have a fair legal process, they couldn't afford it even if you ignore the combination of systemic/overt raci
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by IllogicalLogic 7y ago
US & UK intelligence have a long record of actively creating discord where there would be none for economic/political gain. To act like this is not the case, is to ignore well documented history.
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by IllogicalLogic 7y ago
The US barely won the revolution. Luckily during the war, a volcano (Laki, Iceland) threw Europe & much of the British empire (including India & Africa) into a multiyear drought, causing one of the coldest/longest winters in th
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by IllogicalLogic 7y ago
Russia is one of the best black boxes to obfuscate movement from the US. Very possible he left Russia a long time ago. Nobody is closely tracking cargo ships traveling through the arctic.
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by IllogicalLogic 7y ago
He talked about the importance of anonymizing off-ramps and on-ramps for regular users by design and limiting history to one transaction for privacy protection.
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by IllogicalLogic 7y ago
There are poor people living on top of trillions of dollars worth of natural resources. A powerful entity conducting a controlled bio-attack to clear opposition to future mining operations is entirely plausable.
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by IllogicalLogic 7y ago
GDP would increase, correct. As a percentage of global GDP, it will decline.
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by IllogicalLogic 7y ago
Exports only account for 18% of China's GDP.
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by IllogicalLogic 8y ago
China has been a big focus for the western countries' ruling classes for atleast 200 years. I agree that the populace hasn't been paying attention though.
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by IllogicalLogic 8y ago
Many Britishers consider The Guardian and BBC to be very biased, if not completely then atleast on certain topics. Separating sponsored propoganda from legitimate news will only get harder as time goes on and media companies continue the bu
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by IllogicalLogic 8y ago
He was initially pursued for exposing war crimes in Iraq involving the US army and Reuter's journalists. Everything else was seemingly tacked on after the fact.
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by IllogicalLogic 8y ago
We need a smoking gun and less of the "Supermicro phantom chip" caliber reporting.
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by IllogicalLogic 8y ago
Thanks for reminding me Dang. I'll stay within the guidelines.
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by IllogicalLogic 8y ago
Framing it as "influence" is wrong imo. History points to the Chinese having less interest in this power than western countries. My understanding is that China has aided Vietnam in arresting criminals the Vietnamese government is
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by IllogicalLogic 8y ago
Didn't the US just finish murdering about 2+ million Arabs over the last decade or so, I bet the dead Iraqis, Syrians, Yemenis would rather be in "history lesson camps" in China.
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by IllogicalLogic 8y ago
China doesn't go around the world arresting people who haven't even visited their country... in Assange's case on the other hand the US...
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by IllogicalLogic 8y ago
...and every American tech company is a US intelligence front. Who do you think the bigger spy is though, USA v China? Let's be honest.
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by IllogicalLogic 8y ago
I personally like the idea of the ancient Indian college (in modern day Pakistan) that considered knowledge a gift from God (meaning it should be free to all). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxila This idea could prope
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by IllogicalLogic 8y ago
Trade wars bringing updated versions of Yellow Peril narratives into the 21st century.
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by IllogicalLogic 8y ago
Different stages in development and the richest country in the world (right now) would obviously win. We will see what this answer will be in 50-100 years.
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by IllogicalLogic 8y ago
Good observation, yes, a jobs program for the ridiculous number of Chinese engineers being produced that is funded by Chinese banks and paid for with 99 year low interest loans and resources in exchange. May not be the best model, but sound
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by IllogicalLogic 8y ago
- Why not take the last 500 years? China's trade was quite beneficial to its trading partners, Europe's was generally not. Anything less than 100 years, I would consider noise. - China has 10,000+ years of history (adding document
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by IllogicalLogic 8y ago
China putting some muslims, that may have been radicalizing, in camps to study Chinese history seems a lot better than the alternatives we employed in Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
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by IllogicalLogic 8y ago
I expect the Chinese are less exploitative in their investment approach than the Europeans that acted in Africa (slavery and just outright theft was the modus operandi for centuries), yes. At the end of the day, the roads, high-speed rail,
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by IllogicalLogic 8y ago
China entering the African market will raise the prices that domestic producers can sell products at, due to increased demand for resources in limited supply. In the end, more money will be made by the people who actually live and work ther
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by IllogicalLogic 8y ago
There is no evidence? Too funny, I was hoping the work required was just reminding this (expected educated) audience of history, rather than teaching a full course myself. There is a reason the statue of Lin Zexu is in Chatham Square, NYC.
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by IllogicalLogic 8y ago
NSA would've bugged the building without investing anything in that country. Not quite the same. The original exploiters of Africa are mad that China is investing and building infrastructure on that continent, which will raise historic
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by IllogicalLogic 8y ago
What you are stating couldn't be further from the truth. The average US citizen actually knows very little about China (we can include most of the World) and are very easily manipulated into accepting views that do not reflect reality.

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