This is a bad sign, something is bound escalate.
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proelite
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Jai Crane!
48 hour reply ban for posting flamebait bad takes from random twitter accounts with zero news value.
I couldn't find the best thread for this so I post it here.
I realized two things:
Military and business should not mix or at least keep stuff at arm's length
Market Capitalization is probably gonna go the way of bad metrics. The amount of overvalued companies that have little fundamental value is getting out of hand. I know we crap on HAL but yet look at it's market cap! Investors are high on its "potential" hence they keep throwing money at it. It's even high than the company that made rafales!
Is that a Trump statue, or an 18th century English colonialist statue? (do Indians think all white people look alike?)
wuguanhui
Junior Member
Chill. Technically that account was just quoting the words of a Nimarata Nikki Randhawa who regrettably isn't a complete nobody.
There are loads of bad India drivers. I don't know why this one is going viral. But it's enough to have a real effect this time.
I think what makes it worse is the lack of remorse. The cam footage showed the driver had no reaction after running over some people. Then there is literally a petition online right now by Indians trying to plead for leniency on punishment for an illegal driver who literally killed people due to negligence. Like such demonstration of tribalism when people are already in bad moods due to bad job economy etc isn't going to sit well. When China was rising, western economies for the people were a lot better so people could turn a blind eye more. That sort of generosity isn't there anymore.
It's hard to say if anything will come of this. But this could be one of those moments that would contribute to being the straw that breaks the camel's back with regards to Indian relations.
Under the BJP India will never become a superpower so it can't be that much of a threat. It would have to undertake massive reforms and probably a change in government system before it ever attained that status. On the other hand, a fragmented India carries with it a lot of chaos and uncertainty, and these are the things that China truly cannot abide by. Even if imposing such a state without war or worldwide condemnation were possible, I doubt China would go for it.
And even if it were deemed a desirable goal, China would refrain because it's so against their style.
I think that this chart is very illustrative, but not in the way the people making it think. For a country, its military industry serves one primary purpose: to develop and make weapons that strengthen its military. For private military contractors under the Western model, the primary purpose of the military industry is to put as much public funds as possible into their own pockets. What could go wrong?
Oh, and why the hell is this chart counted up wrong? I see 2 Chinese and 2 Indian companies, but the Asia-Pacific total is 3, and there should be 8 American and 8 European companies. Is this the where the state of American education is nowadays?
I remain wary of India's industrialization pace. With the world's largest and youngest population, the entire Western world is now trying to build a second super manufacturing hub in India. Looking at India's manufacturing PMI over the past few years, it is clear that India's manufacturing sector in the 2020s and 2030s will be completely different from what it has been over the past 20 years.