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[siegecrossbow]

in times of war, the laws fall silent

I don’t usually agree with Legalism but I do think that Shang Yang gets it right from time to time.

He is credited by

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, often considered to be the greatest representative of Chinese Legalism (法家), with the creation of two theories;

1. "fixing the standards" (
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   : 定法)
2. "equality before the law" (
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   : 一民)

Believing in the rule of law and considering loyalty to the state above that of the family, Yang introduced two sets of changes to the State of Qin.

Qin was the most effective fighting force in Warring States China but it wasn’t always the case. Only after proper reform, when everyone is punishable by crime (including royalty) and rewards are based on merit did it become so, unifying the six nations and ushering in the first dynasty. Do you think that a nation that treats a law, about national security no less, like a farce can be effective during war?

 

[fonster]

How does zuck even make money? Metaverse was a flop. Facebook is a ghosttown. Never seen much of any ads on instagram or whatsapp.

He does the zuck suck

 

[gpt]

Dude must be fuming right now

 

[iewgnem]

you make a good point, Trump is essentially bringing all influential social media platforms under his command. First x now TT. even after his tenure ends he would still retain huge sway over US politics.

Trump is just a tool whose usefulness ends with his tenure, Elon and China are the ones that retains influence, and Elon is himself China's tool...

 

[SanWenYu]

Well, there are people on Weibo who proposed that since Trump started the Trump Coin (川币), Jake Sullivan should start the Sullivan Coin (沙币) as well.

And anyone who doesn’t get it should just jump on the learn Chinese bandwagon. I heard it is the next big TikTok trend.

Blinken's would be called B币, perfectly matching what he did in the last four years.

 

[Randomuser]

I also realized assuming TikTok comes back, Indians are gonna take a huge ass L for this.

After all Indian Americans were involved in shilling the ban and Indians were all over twitter supporting it.

They basically supported the Nazis/IJA after they lost and people have receipts.

 

[siegecrossbow]

How does zuck even make money? Metaverse was a flop. Facebook is a ghosttown. Never seen much of any ads on instagram or whatsapp.

By selling data to China.

 

[AssassinsMace]

I’m watching the round table news shows and all these talking heads think TikTok’s only choice is to sell and that’s what they’re expecting. None of them are expecting it’s not going to be sold and they’re angry that there’s been no movement. Yeah they’re worried that if these TikTokers are flocking to a real Chinese app out of spite and are not influenced by being called antisemitic, they can easily vote them out of office.

 

[SanWenYu]

Well I think he should aim higher, argue that two terms limit doesn't apply unless it's consecutive terms.

Both of Trump's best buddies have had the power for more than 2 terms, why can't himself? The America would not be great again if her paramount leader cannot even out stay in power than those of China and Russia.

 

[mossen]

Weird to me that Trump has signalled a willingness to bring TikTok back - wasn't he supposed to be the hawk? I remember a time when liberals were accused of being soft on China. What happened?

Liberals in the US just seem so eager for conflict against everyone. Really weird how this happened. Bring back the hippies!