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tokenanalyst said:
And the worst part is that he is probably doing it to gain the lefties back to buy Teslas. But I think that boat already sailed. Is incredible a the fingers and the lips of a single man can sabotage multi-billion dollar companies
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His best bet is to defect to the PRC. There are still a lot of Elon fans there and his good friend Li Qiang would love to gain some voluntary tech transfer on reusable rockets.
 
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Randomuser

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plawolf said:
Chinese football’s problem is primarily twofold. Firstly, as you already identified, there is a massive talent selection problem where parents don’t dare bet their children’s future on sports and prefer academic excellence overwhelmingly over sports. So the Chinese Messi is never going to realise his football potential in that environment as his parents and school system will have been focus on his studies and have no time for his football.

The second more fundamental issue is that Chinese football is just too lucrative no matter how shit they are. It’s the only major field in China that is allowed to be too big to fail where money pours in no matter the results. So there is no real incentive to change as there is no real serious punishment for failure.

These two problems compound each other in that even if the Chinese messi is found by scouts and put into a training program, his potential will be limited by the sea of mediocrity around him. He won’t ever get to meet his own full potential because he is already king of the tiny Chinese football hill at 1% of his power.

But in a way, I think it’s actually a good thing that the national football team is so consistently terrible. It keeps the Chinese people humble and grounded, else if China is too successful in every field, it’s almost inevitable that people will start getting ‘gods chosen race’ delusions and start dragging China down, just like how entitlement and arrogance has sunk the west.

Having one perpetual national embarrassment is a small price to pay to keep the Chinese people forever humble and hungry so we stay sharp and on top.
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But it's not just men's football. China at men's team sports sucks generally. At least football is the most competitive sports in the world so there's an excuse. Meanwhile men Chinese basketball isn't even best in Asia either and has gotten worse over the years.

Football is competitive so ok the team can suck. But it shouldn't apply to all team sports. There is something seriously wrong with the approach which could highlight real underlying problem on attitude towards teamwork. Something we cannot ignore in today's world. It's something that needs to be addressed.

Cuba has a good baseball team and the USSR had a good ice hockey team. So even those authoritative commie countries don't need to live with such humiliation.
 
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leonzzzz said:
Hi Guys, it's your daily dose of NGAD shenanigan brought to you by the cope zone.
I remember TWZ was touting the F/A XX plan would have been released within a week at some point during the past few months.
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You telling me that the sole superpower can't fund 2 6th generation fighters at the same time? Perhaps it's time to retire and let somebody else take your place.

Jai Hind
 
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TPenglake

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Randomuser said:
I know this belongs in the sports thread but I will post the short version here while the more detailed version is in the sports thread. China played Indonesia in football today and lost 0-1. That means they are out of qualifying for the world cup next year.

Just fugging frustrating to watch. Can solve semiconductor and Ai but completely lost on how to develop a system to have a semi competent football team.
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Shout out to the nerds who can care less about sports outside the Olympics and are more than happy with all the bangers China's been releasing in the gaming and animation sphere, lol.
 
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