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Honestly, that article is so stupid and self-racist
"Guys, it's okay, it's not racism, it's just prejudice!"
As an aside, this is actually basically wrong. Most Korean companies expect photos with resumes
A law was proposed to ban it, but the photo section was not passed.
It is hilarious that the Indian author is making excuses for textbook definitions of racism. Whatever feelings one might have about India or Indians, it is still discrimination.
It sounds like we should expect Trump 2nd Term to go literal full ballistic.
Robert Lighthizer got booted because he won’t go hard enough. Trade War 2.0 on steroids here we come.
And Elon seems to be pushing for Argentina Milei style policies.
Then Trump apparently no longer cares about what the senators say.
You have naked oligarchy with Musk's appointment. Just appointed a billionaire campaign donor to some advisory role with the nebulous goal of making the government more efficient.
You then have the Supreme Court saying the President cannot be held criminally accountable for their actions. I mean, that basically just gives someone the incentive to be nakedly corrupt because you literally cannot hold them accountable to the law. Now I know some people will argue about checks and balances, the separation of powers between the executive, judiciary and legislative bodies on top of the constitution, but I don't see those being roadblocks to sufficiently motivated and supported individuals in the future.
I am also seeing a lot of people on the left wringing their hands over the Biden pardon of Hunter, and I just don't get it. He did this because he likely believes the Trump DOJ was going to punish his son unjustly. Does Hunter deserve to be to held accountable for his actions; absolutely. Can you reasonably expect the accountability to proportionate to his crimes in the Trump DOJ world; fuck no. I would do the same thing for my son if the incoming administration looked to be a bunch of crooks, loyalists and maniacs.
It is said that a feature of fascism is portrayal of the enemy as simultaneously weak and strong at the same time
What do you call it when you call yourself strong and weak at the same time?
vs.
Googling "Trump threat to democracy"
lol
I imagine his "Chinese friends" asking him "So, ah Nick, I don't get this system because I live in an authoritarian state... you guys just voted in your own enemy and that's a good thing? And um, the guy he is replacing, he got voted in 4 years ago because everyone hated the guy you just voted in now. But, now he is even more hated, so you're going back to the first guy? The communist party must have really brainwashed me because I just don't get it!"
What do you call it when you call yourself strong and weak at the same time?
vs.
Googling "Trump threat to democracy"
lol
I imagine his "Chinese friends" asking him "So, ah Nick, I don't get this system because I live in an authoritarian state... you guys just voted in your own enemy and that's a good thing? And um, the guy he is replacing, he got voted in 4 years ago because everyone hated the guy you just voted in now. But, now he is even more hated, so you're going back to the first guy? The communist party must have really brainwashed me because I just don't get it!"
Biden is simultaneously a feeble old man and yet the mastermind behind the Biden crime family.
China just steals our technology, but we have to block them from importing their advanced electric cars.
Their "logic" is that China can only copy, cannot innovate, and has stolen the tech for advanced EVs but is now churning them out at "unfair" prices and quantities (cue stereotype of low quality as well) using slave labor.
The belief in such a false explanation is why they think simple solutions like tech sanctions or tariffs will somehow make a long term difference.
The minds of those that believe this are virtually impervious to outside information. I've seen some, when challenged with Chinese battery tech, dismiss it as not true innovation because China mines a lot of rare earths and lithium, even though sitting on mineral deposits doesn't mean one automatically becomes an expert in the industrial applications of those minerals.
The racist assumption that Asians cannot innovate so any tech they have must have been stolen somehow and at most they made minor improvements is so ingrained in many people's minds that I think nothing less than full spectrum technological dominance and supremacy by China, exhibited so blatantly that even the blind will see, will shatter their delusions.
Trump's cabinet picks and Bidens action to pardon his criminal son is just basically the mask slipping off on the west and it's democracy.
China was just ahead of the curve and knew it was bullshit. After all the west didn't get rich through democracy but through their ancestors looting.
The sad thing is many global south countries still believe in the western system. We got Jai hinds unironically saying India is happier than China because they have democracy as their own people pray at the temple of visas for Vishnu to give them a visa to anywhere that allows them to leave India. Poor suckers don't realize they are just bagholding outdated beliefs the west no longer believe.
China was just ahead of the curve and knew it was bullshit. After all the west didn't get rich through democracy but through their ancestors looting.
The sad thing is many global south countries still believe in the western system. We got Jai hinds unironically saying India is happier than China because they have democracy as their own people pray at the temple of visas for Vishnu to give them a visa to anywhere that allows them to leave India. Poor suckers don't realize they are just bagholding outdated beliefs the west no longer believe.
