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by bllguo 5y ago
The Dark Tower series, though it isn't a single book I want to say Ulysses but I don't remember exactly if it does
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by bllguo 5y ago
of course not. why would Taiwan give up its leverage like that, they dragged their feet on the AZ plant too.
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by bllguo 5y ago
growth driven largely by reliance on guess who, mainland China. Who accounts for >40% of Taiwan's exports. Maybe I phrased things poorly but the point is that mainlanders do not see much to envy. how do you propose that changes exac
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by bllguo 5y ago
I'd counter with your opinion being exceedingly naive.. "thriving" is quite generous considering their economy and reliance on foreign powers. And culturally they're making the same mistake as Hong Kong in alienating mai
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by bllguo 5y ago
US has no interest in being beholden to TSMC in the long-term. once that dependency is removed the only reason from a realist perspective to support Taiwan is to provoke Chinese violence, which hopefully never happens.
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by bllguo 5y ago
If you are fine with the claim America goaded Russia into war, I don't see how you can then say America doesn't have blood on its hands. Clearly both would be culpable under the premise, regardless of who deserves what share of bl
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by bllguo 5y ago
do you not understand how pissing Russia off leads to sacrificing Ukrainian lives, or are you choosing not to?
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by bllguo 5y ago
sure it is one-sided, but at least it tries to give a plausible explanation rather than all the inflammatory nonsense about putin being a madman hellbent on conquering Europe. I find the general lack of interest in understanding the motivat
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by bllguo 5y ago
conspiracy? the US _already_ had a hand in overthrowing the Ukrainian government in 2014.
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by bllguo 5y ago
and why would that happen? 1. it's utterly, completely out of scope of NATO's purpose 2. Europe does not share America's attitude towards China
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by bllguo 5y ago
Dictators are people, they have goals and motivations and fears like anyone else. Imo saying it was an unavoidable act of Putin's madness is a cop-out. There's nothing for international relations to learn from this situation? I su
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by bllguo 5y ago
His answer to "why is the war happening" is "Putin wanted it to." I won't claim to have greater insight but can't help but think that if this is the best we can do to explain Putin's actions, it's no
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by bllguo 5y ago
Doesn't change the fact that HK was not "annexed," nor was/is it majority "unwilling."
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by bllguo 5y ago
> One thing to note: a huge threat to democracy is war. > Frequently autocracies invade democracies These are not claims? Evidence was provided for one side of this argument already, and it's not yours.
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by bllguo 5y ago
Russia choosing to be perpetually against the West? The opposite is true. Why is the US so concerned with Russia? You don't need military action to provoke. The West has been trying to incite regime change all over the region, Ukraine
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by bllguo 5y ago
the invasions were provoked by the threat of NATO expansion. look up the buildup prior to Georgia and Crimea. Russia has no interest in invading NATO countries. It wants to maintain national security.
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by bllguo 5y ago
nobody brought up fisheries management specifically until this comment of yours. In fact the first mention of "sustainable management" was when you said "sustainable management of all sources of food." good information,
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by bllguo 5y ago
I read this as "western political cartoons have a proud tradition of racist imagery," which is not a very convincing rebuttal
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by bllguo 5y ago
not sure what this is insinuating, but the US is only a couple of hundred years old, so what exactly is so unbelievable here
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by bllguo 5y ago
> Is criticism of the American government (which I do regularly) criticism of my own American people? of course? how does this _not_ logically follow? if you're going to extol the virtues of being able to select your own leaders you
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by bllguo 5y ago
do you realize how disgusting it is to be okay with twisting the truth as long as it fits your agenda? somehow people are actually receptive to arguments like yours, it boggles the mind. criticize when there is something to criticize, in Go
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by bllguo 5y ago
> The real life equivalent is more like a strip search before entering the store, and a pat down every time you enter a new store department along with a paragraph from you about your intents in this area of the store, and your signature
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by bllguo 5y ago
so if it's not "in your face," whatever that means, discrimination is okay? I struggle to see your point, the defense is surely more robust than this
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by bllguo 5y ago
it's very likely a reference to the US oil embargo.
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by bllguo 5y ago
is Mandarin the govt's language or his and the people's language? "benefiting the regime" was a mere side effect of his work (in fact the Maoists that persecuted him crumbled in the 70s, so ultimately they did not benefi
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by bllguo 5y ago
there's a cultural factor to this, I've seen self-service kiosks earlier and more frequently used in other countries
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by bllguo 5y ago
uh, what? once we're talking about simplified vs. traditional it should already be clear that the discussion is about the languages in terms of written form? in fact the entire article makes clear that it is about written language. Not
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by bllguo 5y ago
well the Lego movies are pretty well received, objectively, so id say more than a "maybe." i was personally really impressed with the movies, and i wasnt in their target demo i dont know much about the cartoons but anecdotally the
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by bllguo 5y ago
except if it were solely up to TSMC this fab would not even exist. this whole project is a product of US pressure on Taiwan, as they would have much more leverage over the US if they kept their semiconductor expertise to themselves. let&#x2
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by bllguo 5y ago
you talk like TSMC and Taiwan wanted to set up US fabs in the first place It's almost amusing, force them to come open a plant and then castigate them for not accommodating US culture

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