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BoraTas said:
Europe getting outperformed in economic growth by the USA since 2007 is real. But it is exaggerated. EU's GDP PPP per capita was 70% of the US in 2007. Now it is 69%. So inflation and population adjusted situation is still pretty much the same. The US increased the money supply by a lot after 2008 with non-existent interest rates and high-government spending. Look at the debt-to-GDP ratios of the EU and US.

Between 2007 and 2023 the EU went from 62% to 86%. The US went from 62% to 130%.

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The story with the inflation rate and income inequality are similar too. The US nominal GDP is increasingly becoming detached from reality, at least for people without millions to stash in US financial system. The USD is overvalued. American produce is extremely expensive because of this reason. Products made by foreigners are very easy to buy for Americans, which is also the reason why the US has a huge trade deficit.
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some countries are greater than some of its parts.
Europe does not have real GDP (think what EU sells to China) unlike US and its control of Canada. US can freely trade with Asia Pacific while Europe trade with Asia will have to go through Mideast and Africa and this will become bigger threat to Europe in coming years.
US strength not just comes from internal GDP but its ability to shape the world. US has successfully transform Mexico into foremost Industrial power and have incorporated the fastest growth of Hispanic population. US has successfully attached the best of India, Israel and Iran to itself. look at Nasdaq.
while Europe two failed states aka Ukraine and Turkey examples right in front and this on top of demographic collapse of previous Eastern EU.
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I love this spin going on that the US has super high tech sonar equipment that detected the implosion. If a tree fall in the forests and there's no one there, does it make a sound? Sound travels further underwater than through the air. If you have sonar listening devices in the area, which they do, of course it's going to detect it. What are they suggesting with this spin? Their technology can detect stealthy implosions that others can't?

They were gonners from the start. If they couldn't surface on their own, it was over implosion or not. At that depth no human could survive dive that deep to do what ever rescue like attaching floatation devices. They would have to get submersibles out there. How long would that take? Equipment would have to be shipped out there not flown out. Not enough air. The Western media peddles fantasy as reality.
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It didn't seem like actionable info, so kinda pointless to bring it up after the fact. China could detect it too, just can't distinguish whether it was a large whale's fart noise or an diarrhea from within an Indian/US sub or an imploded tourist midget sub. Yet you don't see China signaling this to the rest of the world like it's some sort of win.
 
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KYli said:
It does look like STEM majors are doing fine. It is just liberal arts majors from not elite schools that are having difficulty finding jobs.
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While the Beijing-based internet recruiter has been designing new algorithms to help desperate jobseekers find suitable opportunities, the situation is the most "painful" for female jobseekers who graduated with non-STEM degrees from schools outside the government's "985" and "211" projects - a list that includes prestigious names such as Tsinghua and Peking, Guo said.

"Science majors are OK. Men are OK. And [those from] well known universities are OK," Guo said at a panel discussion during the annual digital economy conference hosted this week by Alibaba Group Holding's open think tank Luohan Academy in Hangzhou, capital of eastern Zhejiang province.
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To be fair they can write for the NYT or WashPo.
 
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Petrolicious88 said:
People weren’t ok with 100% white, hence affirmative action.
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Lol yeah sure when Harvard reaches 100% Chinese Americans then I would be happy to support affirmative action as well. They just reached less than 30% admission for all Asians. That's pretty freaking far from dominating admissions and now already have discriminating policies against asian and you're trying to justify it.

I see you having a negative view on most things Chinese. Why wouldn't Harvard be Harvard with 80% Asian students? It was Harvard when it was 100% white.
 
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KYli said:
It does look like STEM majors are doing fine. It is just liberal arts majors from not elite schools that are having difficulty finding jobs.
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While the Beijing-based internet recruiter has been designing new algorithms to help desperate jobseekers find suitable opportunities, the situation is the most "painful" for female jobseekers who graduated with non-STEM degrees from schools outside the government's "985" and "211" projects - a list that includes prestigious names such as Tsinghua and Peking, Guo said.

"Science majors are OK. Men are OK. And [those from] well known universities are OK," Guo said at a panel discussion during the annual digital economy conference hosted this week by Alibaba Group Holding's open think tank Luohan Academy in Hangzhou, capital of eastern Zhejiang province.
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Sounds like a secret plot to get women out of the workplace and into the home as wives. If you can't find a job, you'll have to find a husband to support your standard of living
 
Equation

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Quan8410 said:
I worked in Singapore and travelled regularly to Kuala Lumpur, from my experience Vietnamese biggest dream is become a state of America. They even proud that they are the "America checkmate" to China in Sea. Singapore and Malaysia certainly does not think like that. Philippines at least co-operate with China more extensively under Duterte, such as the high speed railway.
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Not all Vietnamese think like that. The one's that I knew are not that white washed into becoming a state of the US. Many of these Vietnamese are just insecure and downright prejudice against Chinese. They're afraid that China would one day overtake their country and turn it into a China province, even if there's no proof. Deep down it's about the Chinese men will be marrying all of the Vietnamese women. I have friends whom are Vietnamese and they married to Chinese without any issues. It's that mentality of "my empire, therefore stay away".
 
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National antiterror commitee says that they opened criminal case against Prigozhin for coup attempt.

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Prigozhin said that presumably Russian military attacked Wagner's rear camps. Full statement:
Совет командиров ЧВК „Вагнер“ принял решение — зло, которое несет военное руководство страны, должно быть остановлено. Они пренебрегают жизнями солдат, они забыли слово „справедливость“, и мы вернем ее. Поэтому те, кто уничтожили сегодня наших парней, те, кто уничтожили десятки, многие десятки тысяч жизней русских солдат, будут наказаны.

Я прошу никого не оказывать сопротивление. Те, кто будут пытаться оказать это сопротивление, мы будем считать, что это угроза и уничтожать немедленно, включая любые блокпосты, вставшие на нашем пути, любую авиацию, которую увидим над своими головами. Я прошу всех сохранять спокойствие, не поддаваться на провокации, оставаться в своих домах, желательно по маршруту нашего следования не выходить на улицу.

После того, как мы закончим начатое, мы вернемся на фронт для защиты нашей родины. Президентская власть, правительство, МВД, Росгвардия и другие структуры будут работать дальше в привычном порядке. Мы разберемся с теми, кто уничтожает русских солдат и вернемся на фронт. Справедливость в войсках будет восстановлена, а после этого — справедливость для всей России
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I'm sorry, I'm too lazy to fully translate this, so this is DeepL's translation:
The Council of Commanders of the Wagner PMC has decided - the evil that the military leadership of the country must be stopped. They disregard the lives of soldiers, they have forgotten the word "justice", and we will bring it back. So those who destroyed our guys today, those who destroyed tens, many tens of thousands of lives of Russian soldiers, will be punished.

I ask no one to resist. Those who try to offer this resistance, we will consider it a threat and destroy it immediately, including any roadblocks that get in our way, any aviation we see over our heads. I ask everyone to remain calm, not to give in to provocations, stay in their homes, and preferably stay outdoors along our route.

After we have finished what we started, we will return to the front to defend our homeland. The presidential authorities, the government, the Interior Ministry, the Rosgvardia and other structures will continue to work as usual. We will deal with those who destroy Russian soldiers and return to the front. Justice in the troops will be restored, and after that - justice for all of Russia
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KYli

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Minm said:
Sounds like a secret plot to get women out of the workplace and into the home as wives. If you can't find a job, you'll have to find a husband to support your standard of living
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Not really, most men are willing to take gig jobs such as DiDI or Meituan. If not, they can always work for construction and manufacturing. College women on the other hand won't take such hard labors so their options are limited except TikTok's influencers.
 
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