Ukraine is selling off state assets in a privatization spree. The IMF is imposing neoliberal economic policies.
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Ukraine is selling off state assets in a privatization spree. The IMF is imposing neoliberal economic policies.
China to help Ukraine bring back Ukrainian children deported by Russia? What is Zelensky smoking? LOL!
Those children were escaping from a war. Duh! Escaping from Ukrainian genocidal attacks on the people of Donbass. If Russian 'Orcs' had kidnapped them. Why can't the mighty 'Ukrainian white knights' rescue them? Why the need to ask for Russia's ally, China to help? Isn't Ukraine winning the war? Would those 'kidnapped' children actually want to return to Ukraine anyway?
Well Ukraine will need every able body to work the fields for the next couple of centuries to pay back it's debt to the west.
on the other hand, women are the ones pushing hanfu revival and creating tons of traditional cultural products like TV, music, etc.
Hard power is useful when dealing with other countries, domestic cultural products are also very important - see Singapore, South Korea, etc.
For all of South Korea's supposed soft power, they don't even watch their own movies. Koreans strongly prefer Hollywood.
7/10 top movies in SK are foreign in 2022:
8/10 top movies in SK are foreign in 2021:
That's why their pres has become a court jester.
Singapore has completely neglected domestic cultural products in every way. And thus you see the result.
10/10 top movies in SG are foreign in 2022:
This looks real 
and scary (since he can press the nuclear button)
and scary (since he can press the nuclear button)
AssassinsMace
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The change in terms where they even have to write news articles on it says how the position of the West is weak. Decoupling is so definite of a word and such terms are used by the arrogant that are in fact in no such position in geopolitics. That shows the Western mentality is racist first because again they think they need no one but everyone else needs them. It was their shoot from the hip first instinct to say. They thought China was going to come begging to them and thus could dictate terms of surrender. They thought their tactic was going help narrow global power in favor of the West. All it did was do the opposite as the world watched the West abuse the power they had by weaponizing economics.
Now they have to backtrack because they forgot that decoupling means China cuts-off from them as well especially since China hasn't fallen for their trick. And the West doesn't like anything mutual. They want it one-sided in their favor and their instinct to want that makes them forget reality.
They don't have the money so what is it they think they have to lure "swing states" into their web? Again is it all because they're white? Just being in the West's good graces is the greatest gift of all? They haven't learned a thing. They prefer to believe being white gives them all this and thus confirms to themselves their superiority. Look at the West's version of soft power. They'll emphasize China having money where countries want China's help over the West is not soft power. They think that's still coercion. What soft power does the West have that doesn't involve coercion? They want to make others believe that being white is soft power. People and countries choose them just for being white. The manipulation is they want to believe that's natural. They think the communist government of China or any other country that doesn't worship the West are being prevented from doing what they think is natural and that is loving white people. No, that's called generations of brainwashing especially in countries that have been colonized by the West. If everything was natural, they wouldn't have the history of the worst human rights abuses ever committed upon the world. So are they going to claim that as soft power?
Ask these blowhards in EU and these chihuahua baltic countries what's happened to the Build Back Better World and other like it that these same clowns unveiled not too long ago during their meeting in Britain when Bojo the clown was still the U.K. P.M. I have yet to see any constructions or start of that charade they call "plan" materialize and these same court jesters want another go without showing any achievements to rope those countries in the global south they're trying to impress? Unless their plan is to simply select the few and usual corrupt leaders and would be next leaders of those countries mentioned in the article then that's not much to write home about. I am not even sure if those corrupt lapdogs would be too slavish to the western interests since they too am assuming can see, feel, sense the tectonic plate that's shifting in the world. If they're going to bet their cards on what can be perceived as a losing hand then they might suck these dumb EU clowns for all their money's worth and then leave them hang out to dry empty handed.
I'm confused why India's economic performance isn't translating into actual purchasing power. I mean by 2007 China has already surpassed US in automobile ownership, becoming world's largest car market. Meanwhile India's car market is only a fraction of US even in 2023. I mean at this point India should at least have reached parity with US in car sales.
I havent looked A10 videos how they are prepared for sorties but there is place for CAS aircraft. not every place will need F-35. look at Middleast and Africa where low altitude flying is much easier.
if too many air defense systems are in the field there logistics can become targets. its all about discretion and decoys. air defense will runout of missiles dealing with drones and rockets. there is limitation on altitude and range of intercepts on air defense.
The few videos i watched of current Su-25 action in Ukraine. it is used from airstrips where there are no other aircrafts. so they are austere fields. The runway for Forpost R UCAV looked much different than Su-25. I am sure there will be combat choppers observing this action to find out targets that creating response. The bottom line is to subjugate large population with endless stream of mercenaries. CAS aircraft and attack choppers are important and this is proven from recent conflicts.
