xinniethepooh

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by xinniethepooh 5y ago
There's no "we" because exactly your attitude lmao You point out some red herring, claim it's the base case, and thus it proves the entire viewpoint that it's some "decaying corrupt corpse" Compared to wha
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by xinniethepooh 5y ago
I occasionally check TikTok to see what it's like. I notice quite a bit of very "pro-China" type propaganda; idyllic Chinese farmers teaching their kids, muscular Chinese male athletes, etc. Very much a tool to influence Wes
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by xinniethepooh 5y ago
Politicians are voted in by the people, and giving money to politicians to advance an initiative isn't guaranteed. You don't really see much difference? Democratically elected politicians versus central party that allows no dissen
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by xinniethepooh 5y ago
I've been to China. The series of high resolution pictures of me throughout the streets, hotels, places I was during my time there - these all appeared on the screens used by the guards as I was being scanned to leave the country. So y
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by xinniethepooh 5y ago
It's curious that you say 'historically unprecedented imperial past' - imperialism typically has to do with having a ruler, and exerting diplomatic or military force to influence other nations. Why do you say this is historic
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by xinniethepooh 5y ago
Because it doesn't match the one message from the central government?
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by xinniethepooh 5y ago
The difference is that in the USA the media is allowed, and does cover this. In China, there is absolute suppression of free speech/media/religion, and the active internment of people who dissent. You can't even compare the
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by xinniethepooh 5y ago
There were slaves for thousands of years too, and we ended that pretty quickly.
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by xinniethepooh 5y ago
It's not, and that's why decryption of unknown ciphertext is even harder
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by xinniethepooh 5y ago
Wolves are slowly coming back, they were recently taken off the endangered species list in Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana.[1] [1] https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/wolves.htm
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by xinniethepooh 5y ago
Source on it being de-facto illegal? I've not seen anything that says simply scanning for open ports is illegal, doing vulnerability scans may be though.
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by xinniethepooh 5y ago
Good. It's an open secret that nations like China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran have been conducting massive propaganda and disinformation techniques against the citizens of USA, UK, Canada, etc. I hope this raises awareness.
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by xinniethepooh 5y ago
I'm always amazed when people bring up things like "the tooth fairy", "magical sky wizard", "flying spaghetti monster" as some sort of intellectual taunt to show the ridiculousness of somebody's belie
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by xinniethepooh 5y ago
I like this question, but I think there's a better one: "do you think there is no legitimate threat that the NSA addresses?"
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by xinniethepooh 5y ago
'Any non-governmental foreigner' includes the vast number of non-official-cover spies sent by other nations. The government is to serve the people, but it must balance the fact that other world powers and enemy nations are seeking
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by xinniethepooh 6y ago
Russian disinformation organizations are moving quickly to call this a 'CIA op' or 'fake news', but the evidence laid out in the documentary is very damning and obtained easily by Navalny's team.
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by xinniethepooh 6y ago
Individuals consistently benefit from these laws - how do you think so many 'tech millionaires' exist? They had an idea, claimed it as theirs, and profited from it. Individuals don't benefit when these laws are taken away, be
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by xinniethepooh 6y ago
Yes, there is a consensus. Throughout history and every subject of study, ideas have been attributed to one or a small number of individuals. This is what intellectual property is. Eastern minds don't believe in it because they don&#x2