jaldhar

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by jaldhar 5mo ago
Sure. I’m not trying to whitewash colonialism just pointing out that it is a lot more complex than the standard anti-colonialist view would have you believe. E.g. in the context of Egypt, the Ottomans were also a colonial imperial power.
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by jaldhar 5mo ago
It is as a student of history that the more I learn, the more I realize that The "White people did colonialism and everyone was sad" attitude I grew up with is simplistic when not flat out wrong. Egyptians (who were technically n
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by jaldhar 5mo ago
The trick is to find non-white people so indifferent to their traditions and culture* that they’ll sell it to white supremacists for material gain. *Also did 19th century Muslim Egyptians really consider mummies part of “their” culture? Or
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by jaldhar 5mo ago
What you are saying is generally true (and certainly true for many Indian texts), but the oral tradition of the Vedas really is old. Having been brought up in the West I only learned enough for daily and occasional rituals. My guru taught
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by jaldhar 6mo ago
Central to the culture is the idea that a marriage is between two families not two individuals. Some people care more, some less.
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by jaldhar 6mo ago
Is a dating site profile creepy and weird to you? It’s the same thing basically.
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by jaldhar 6mo ago
I single out Christians BECAUSE WE ARE DISCUSSING J D VANCE. You keep talking about faith in the abstract but no one believe in Faith, they believe in specific faiths. Remember the story that started this thread was about how MAGA Indian-
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by jaldhar 6mo ago
Are you married?
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by jaldhar 6mo ago
Oh ffs. I belong to the one true faith (big fat /s so you comprehend). I do not agree with people of inferior beliefs but I _understand_ why and how their beliefs drive their actions. So I’m not alarmed by Vance because he is a Chri
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by jaldhar 6mo ago
I’m now in the awkward position of trying to explain Christianity which I don’t know how well I’m doing but here goes. The emphasis in American Evangelical theology is on a personal conversion experience which can occur at any moment in li
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by jaldhar 6mo ago
That’s sad. I hope (there it is again!) you feel well soon. I personally have never let politics alter my mood despite being surrounded by people who are let’s just say wrong about everything.
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by jaldhar 6mo ago
If you read “Mostly these are not national issues but the national party sets the tone.” and understood that I think the president fixes potholes then maybe you should do the country a favor etc.
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by jaldhar 6mo ago
As I mentioned before, I live in a blue state as most Indian-Americans do. I can tell you every racist encounter me or my family has ever had (thankfully not a lot) has been with people who if they voted at all voted Democrat. The Interne
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by jaldhar 6mo ago
Rather than make a snarky response I’m just going to say you should hope for better things.
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by jaldhar 6mo ago
After last weeks kerfuffle I told myself I not to get involved in politics threads on HN but this is right up my alley. Your response illustrates the dilemma. Yes there is a problem with race on the right but the left don’t even understand
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by jaldhar 6mo ago
I want to touch on one more thing here. You said: "Harris, which really means the bureaucratic group project that Harris would have continued" Is that what we're voting for now? A completely interchangeable figurehead that
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by jaldhar 6mo ago
I was talking about the Democratic party. The appropriate comparison would be to the Republican party. I 100% agree Trump himself practices identity politics. That was the innovation that helped him beat establishment rivals in 2016. But
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by jaldhar 6mo ago
"Once America denounces it's superpower status and 'leader of the free world' image..." That's exactly what a large part of MAGA want! America First and the rest of the world be damned. I don't think that
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by jaldhar 6mo ago
Ok Harris and Walz then. I'm not offended by "orange man" etc. which you frequently see here but keeping things at a grown up level is good too. I was specifically responding to you wondering aloud why he hasn't been r
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by jaldhar 6mo ago
While I’m recovering from your devastating critique would you care to share who you think should be president in 2028 and why.
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by jaldhar 6mo ago
Isn’t expecting American voters to worry about the consequences to Europe also an erosion of democracy? MAGA is just the latest incarnation of a deep isolationist trend in American politics that goes back to the WW1 era at least. The West
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by jaldhar 9mo ago
Of course all the headlines say Trump did this and that but the person behind this is Secretary of State (foreign minister for the tourists.) Marco Rubio. He will be low key about this right now because of Trumps ego but it will all come o
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by jaldhar 9mo ago
D’oh that’s what I get for squeezing my reading and commenting between compiles. But this is worse. Americans have little reason to go to Antigua; they have no reason whatsoever to immigrate to Niger. So what was achieved here? How is U
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by jaldhar 9mo ago
I’m sure all the Americans lined up to immigrate to Antigua (“country” of the headline) will be devastated. If they are going to cancel all visas that seems like a bit of an own goal for an economy mostly based on tourism so I doubt it will
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by jaldhar 1y ago
Re: 1. Cause and effect are backward. Imperial service was actually more meritocratic than the domestic British government of that time. Look how many names of colonialists are Scottish or Irish. The former were tossed out of their land
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by jaldhar 2y ago
I forget where, but some person said Social Security began in 1940. As eligibility for payouts begins at age 65, a DOB in 1875 would have been the earliest valid one. Even fairly recently, quite a few people didn’t know the exact date the
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by jaldhar 2y ago
Peoples blood pressure should be up; it is a sign that outside of a small minority, Britons aren’t reproducing. This is going to have massive consequences in a generation or two.
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by jaldhar 2y ago
Broligarchy versus Karenocracy; what a choice! Amusingly, I’ve been following most of these rules for years from the opposite end of the political spectrum. Did Miss Cadwalladr forget that the bros used to be on her side? So I propose a ru
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by jaldhar 2y ago
If only the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics had some friendly Internet person to set them straight as they got confused between socialism and communism too. Do the Scandinavian states control the means of production? If not, they are n
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by jaldhar 2y ago
Personally, I think if she has the talent and endurance for it, she should go for Math. She will easily be able to pivot to the other fields you mentioned and she will be prepared for quant or other financial fields etc. On CS; my daughter

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