I believe this is the map of Akhand China
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I believe this is the map of Akhand China
plawolf
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The Turks seems determined to win stupid prizes as they cannot stop but play stupid games. Do they have any idea how easily and royally China can fuck with them by playing the Kurdish card for lolz?
If there is one fault with modern Chinese diplomacy, it’s they are always too nice. Always above board and magnanimous to those who previously wronged them. While one cannot and should not be Israeli or America level petty when it comes to diplomacy, I think sometimes you need to go out of your way to fuck someone over where they wronged you, both to send a warning message to others who might be tempted, and also because sometimes that’s what some peoples and cultures respond to. You treat them well and they think you owe them more, but savagely beat them and they become your most loyal dog.
It goes beyond that single generation.
The UK was the first to industrialise and create many large cities, but early cities didn't have readily available low-cost fresh produce.
Wages and labour laws lagged behind, so poverty was a huge factor in early cities. So there were generations of people who lived without a culinary tradition in the Victorian-era
Being the bigger person is overrated. Vengeance is justified, especially if the offender reaped benefits from hurting you. If there was no counterforce, what is to discourage them from hurting you again for further gains?
Tbh I would just say that most of the time they operate on longer term thinking, and so far their grand strategy works really well.
Short term wins unless they give long term benefits are kinda pointless.
China is avoiding direct fighting most of the time because they're too large to be damaged by anything smaller nations or even bands of smaller nations can do, and picking sides overtly may lead later on to unforseen consequences.
They will let the enemy counties burn themselves out while enveloping them in Chinese dependencies in every sector.
If it comes down to fighting, unless China itself is directly invaded, China can just use its influence to point west-unfriendly nations into going to their own wars with the West or start harassment campaigns. The west is so obsessed with saving face that once they make an enemy, they will always make that enemy for life because they can't ignore the fact they got slighted before.
All the while, China itself remains "clean" and "neutral" amongst the chaos, guiding in investment, continuing to advance its economy and dominance over vital sectors, until the tech difference becomes so palpable the enemies will be generations behind.
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Starting off the new year with an observation about Western media BS, because why not?
Y'all ever heard of an Indian movie that came out this year called RRR? I haven't seen it yet, but its on Netflix and apparently its gained a huge cult following in the West due to its epic scale and over the top action scenes. Thing is though, the key words here are cult following. I would say its gotten about the same status as Ip Man or Kung Fu Hustle, movies that every film buff knows about, rather than being something like Parasite, Spirited Away, or Squid Game, which are basically household names. Like, you can show an average joe on the street a picture of Jung HoYeon and they'll recognize her, whereas I can't the say the same for any of RRR's actors. However, if you were to follow the Western press, you would think the movie is an even bigger phenomenon than Squid Game. Almost all Western journalists have been gushing about it and how this one movie alone is making the West is now undergo "Indomania," same as Koreanmania and Japanmania, before.
I compare this to the Western non-gaming press' reception to Genshin Impact. Now, love or hate that game, reserve your opinions on it for now, its success is undeniable at this point with its revenues, player count, and engagement on social media. However, very few in the Western press talk about it and when they do it drips with Sinophobia. BBC when it reported on the game, went out of its way to not even mention its developer, MiHoYo let alone its Chinese origins. The NYTimes went extra petty and published a hitpiece on the game, branding it as unoriginal and that it was potentially a vehicle for Communist propaganda. (What's worse is that they actually made that story front page news, while in the same week an Asian woman in NYC was beaten nearly to death and it only got a minor weekly mention.)
To reiterate, I haven't seen RRR, maybe I will one day if I got nothing to do. The director has clearly earned his success, so kudos to him. But its just the double standards here where countries whom the West deems friendly, get the luxury of this cultural promotion in the press even for something like a succesful cult film. Compared to China, where even a silly gacha game isn't spared by the geopolitical tensions.
Btw, Happy New Year!
Y'all ever heard of an Indian movie that came out this year called RRR? I haven't seen it yet, but its on Netflix and apparently its gained a huge cult following in the West due to its epic scale and over the top action scenes. Thing is though, the key words here are cult following. I would say its gotten about the same status as Ip Man or Kung Fu Hustle, movies that every film buff knows about, rather than being something like Parasite, Spirited Away, or Squid Game, which are basically household names. Like, you can show an average joe on the street a picture of Jung HoYeon and they'll recognize her, whereas I can't the say the same for any of RRR's actors. However, if you were to follow the Western press, you would think the movie is an even bigger phenomenon than Squid Game. Almost all Western journalists have been gushing about it and how this one movie alone is making the West is now undergo "Indomania," same as Koreanmania and Japanmania, before.
I compare this to the Western non-gaming press' reception to Genshin Impact. Now, love or hate that game, reserve your opinions on it for now, its success is undeniable at this point with its revenues, player count, and engagement on social media. However, very few in the Western press talk about it and when they do it drips with Sinophobia. BBC when it reported on the game, went out of its way to not even mention its developer, MiHoYo let alone its Chinese origins. The NYTimes went extra petty and published a hitpiece on the game, branding it as unoriginal and that it was potentially a vehicle for Communist propaganda. (What's worse is that they actually made that story front page news, while in the same week an Asian woman in NYC was beaten nearly to death and it only got a minor weekly mention.)
To reiterate, I haven't seen RRR, maybe I will one day if I got nothing to do. The director has clearly earned his success, so kudos to him. But its just the double standards here where countries whom the West deems friendly, get the luxury of this cultural promotion in the press even for something like a succesful cult film. Compared to China, where even a silly gacha game isn't spared by the geopolitical tensions.
Btw, Happy New Year!
The kurdish card has value but to a certain extent. Turkey is considered representative of Germany so no one goes overboard against it.
countries depends on German engineering and Elites need access to its Medical sciences. Turks relationship with German medical goes back to 1850s if not much earlier. now you add services of Turkish airline for Europa (Airline need rights when its on this this scale)
All these things give Turks confidence and Germany plausible deniability.
Two closeted gay men meet each other and thus an intense love story unfurls. This masterpiece also features the two men doing the following supapowar stuff.
Short duration flight
Ability to control WILD animals ( not including these two)
Supahooman strength
Supahooman Gay/best friend/rival relationship with each other
Rabid hatred of the British to the point they have a dance off with arms around each other's shoulders, and hands in each other's pockets (yes really) awww.
Totally Oscar worthy, Jai Hind!