Aradhya
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America is fairly bad at tunnels in general. Sydney never built inner city highways and it’s ended building the world’s second longest tunnel instead. At least its better than why could have happened. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
en.wikipedia.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:07 AM
America is fairly bad at tunnels in general. Sydney never built inner city highways and it’s ended building the world’s second longest tunnel instead. At least its better than why could have happened. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Usually there’s some long term projection being applied for long periods of time. 1800 is probably the cutoff for another long term projection. Best not read too much of a one year drop and consider the longer term trend.
January 21, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Usually there’s some long term projection being applied for long periods of time. 1800 is probably the cutoff for another long term projection. Best not read too much of a one year drop and consider the longer term trend.
It’s funny because it actually got replicated in Nepal. although UML is quite conservative
January 13, 2026 at 2:54 AM
It’s funny because it actually got replicated in Nepal. although UML is quite conservative
Nandigram isn’t really that bad. Incompetent police violence isn’t really a partisan. Marichjhapi on the other hand was the worst bit of state violence in entire independen history of India (notably no insurgents or anything like that involved)
January 13, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Nandigram isn’t really that bad. Incompetent police violence isn’t really a partisan. Marichjhapi on the other hand was the worst bit of state violence in entire independen history of India (notably no insurgents or anything like that involved)
Yeah, but they pre-existed as part of shared political unit already. Unifying an Arab republic with a monarchy, is infeasible. and then you have internal divisions (Yemen, Sarahwis) etc.
January 13, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Yeah, but they pre-existed as part of shared political unit already. Unifying an Arab republic with a monarchy, is infeasible. and then you have internal divisions (Yemen, Sarahwis) etc.
I mean unifying the Arab states would require someone invading them. Someone who is able to do that is unlikely to be a democrat.
January 11, 2026 at 7:25 AM
I mean unifying the Arab states would require someone invading them. Someone who is able to do that is unlikely to be a democrat.
Vietnam is the odd exception. It’s fairly bad at building rail despite have the highest capacity state in the developing world (best performing army, best schooling system etc)
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Vietnam is the odd exception. It’s fairly bad at building rail despite have the highest capacity state in the developing world (best performing army, best schooling system etc)
Nah I can’t really remember anything density. But the closest we get is stories about moving to the big city and your life improving. I actually read a lot of these for school (Maos last dancer, Brooklyn, books about migrants etc)
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Nah I can’t really remember anything density. But the closest we get is stories about moving to the big city and your life improving. I actually read a lot of these for school (Maos last dancer, Brooklyn, books about migrants etc)
I mean the US has much worse public transport than Canada and Australia, and their distance and density problems are worse.
December 3, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I mean the US has much worse public transport than Canada and Australia, and their distance and density problems are worse.
What about the stories about moving to big city and leaving the old life, like Brooklyn?
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
What about the stories about moving to big city and leaving the old life, like Brooklyn?
I think it’s the primaries that are squeezing out the third parties. America notably does not have regional parties, a feature in most FPTP democracies.
December 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I think it’s the primaries that are squeezing out the third parties. America notably does not have regional parties, a feature in most FPTP democracies.
Two round systems with proportional voting 🤮
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Two round systems with proportional voting 🤮
Nitish is lowkey one of the worlds most talented politicians.
November 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Nitish is lowkey one of the worlds most talented politicians.
It could have made so many different decisions. It has Kerala level social outcomes and started market reforms in early 70s. But the Tamil conflict totally derailed the whole thing and its never got back on track.
November 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
It could have made so many different decisions. It has Kerala level social outcomes and started market reforms in early 70s. But the Tamil conflict totally derailed the whole thing and its never got back on track.
Sri Lanka was the great lost opportunity in South Asia. Literally threw away a possible economic miracle to maximise racism.
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Sri Lanka was the great lost opportunity in South Asia. Literally threw away a possible economic miracle to maximise racism.
Ooft the worst of the lot
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Ooft the worst of the lot
Convergent evolution!
November 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Convergent evolution!
I think the best argument for Indian democracy is seeing how badly Bangladesh/Pakistan/Nepal did under dictatorships.
India didn’t develop cause it lacks a Pervez Musharaf is a take lol.
India didn’t develop cause it lacks a Pervez Musharaf is a take lol.
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I think the best argument for Indian democracy is seeing how badly Bangladesh/Pakistan/Nepal did under dictatorships.
India didn’t develop cause it lacks a Pervez Musharaf is a take lol.
India didn’t develop cause it lacks a Pervez Musharaf is a take lol.
IMO I don’t think it really applies. Nepal had the democracy movement in 1990 (which had more protestor deaths), civil war etc. What was shocking was the speed and geographical spread
September 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
IMO I don’t think it really applies. Nepal had the democracy movement in 1990 (which had more protestor deaths), civil war etc. What was shocking was the speed and geographical spread
Afghans already do this. The problem with Afghanistan is that they are poorer than Nepalis, so they cant migrate in as large numbers. Education is also an issue relative to other poorer countries.
September 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Afghans already do this. The problem with Afghanistan is that they are poorer than Nepalis, so they cant migrate in as large numbers. Education is also an issue relative to other poorer countries.
Kindergarten is just one year in NSW, before you start Year 1. I didn’t realise it was different in other states
July 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Kindergarten is just one year in NSW, before you start Year 1. I didn’t realise it was different in other states
The way it’s used in this context, nation means ethnic group.
July 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The way it’s used in this context, nation means ethnic group.
I originally got on twitter to learn about developing country urbanism. This is total dead space for that type of content.
July 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I originally got on twitter to learn about developing country urbanism. This is total dead space for that type of content.
They probably make up the bulk of rail trips in developing world
July 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
They probably make up the bulk of rail trips in developing world