Tdrick
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got lost somewhere between Taiwan and the US
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"reining in Taiwan" is such a ridiculous line, rein in from what? It's not 1970 any more with the KMT threatening to launch the most ambitious invasion in history, that's the other side doing that now. Taiwan is just trying to exist.
What a vicious, incompetent pile of crap. Looks like the pro-China playbook is being updated from Chen Shui-bian -- who is mentioned in the piece -- to Lai.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/01/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/01/t...
Trump Should Rein In Taiwan
President Lai Ching-te’s rhetoric increases the risk of war with China.
foreignpolicy.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"reining in Taiwan" is such a ridiculous line, rein in from what? It's not 1970 any more with the KMT threatening to launch the most ambitious invasion in history, that's the other side doing that now. Taiwan is just trying to exist.
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To be frank, I think this is a kind of mysticism or at least a negative image of American exceptionalism. Nations can fundamentally transform within a few generations. The 20th century is a record of this. Institutions and economies can be remade. We are not bound by fate or ghosts or blood or soil.
The issue is that America was founded by and on capital and the right, it’s fundamentally a settler colony founded by the worst humanity had to offer in a bygone age. It’s never existed without capital, and has forever been a bastion of the right. What else can it be?
April 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
To be frank, I think this is a kind of mysticism or at least a negative image of American exceptionalism. Nations can fundamentally transform within a few generations. The 20th century is a record of this. Institutions and economies can be remade. We are not bound by fate or ghosts or blood or soil.
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These are cautionary tales of how a free and open society slips toward unaccountable rule — something our American friends may want to note.
Most of the time, it's not mass arrests. It's not the boot on the neck but slow asphyxiation. It's letting institutions die a "natural" death and never return
Most of the time, it's not mass arrests. It's not the boot on the neck but slow asphyxiation. It's letting institutions die a "natural" death and never return
February 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
These are cautionary tales of how a free and open society slips toward unaccountable rule — something our American friends may want to note.
Most of the time, it's not mass arrests. It's not the boot on the neck but slow asphyxiation. It's letting institutions die a "natural" death and never return
Most of the time, it's not mass arrests. It's not the boot on the neck but slow asphyxiation. It's letting institutions die a "natural" death and never return
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So much media reporting seriously underplays the extent of this criminality, the sheer moral bankruptcy. "Bringing an unnerving revolution to America"? "An appetite for disruption, rule-breaking & goading liberals"? As if these might, somehow, be okay things.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘They will collide eventually’: how long will the Trump-Musk relationship survive?
The bromance may fade, but the two megalomaniacs could still reshape the US as long as Trump’s fickle affections hold
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
So much media reporting seriously underplays the extent of this criminality, the sheer moral bankruptcy. "Bringing an unnerving revolution to America"? "An appetite for disruption, rule-breaking & goading liberals"? As if these might, somehow, be okay things.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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When we do the right thing and hold ourselves to high standards, we become better people. It's rewarding even if we fail.
But we will seem ineffective right up until the moment we are not.
But we will seem ineffective right up until the moment we are not.
February 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
When we do the right thing and hold ourselves to high standards, we become better people. It's rewarding even if we fail.
But we will seem ineffective right up until the moment we are not.
But we will seem ineffective right up until the moment we are not.
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A good way to understand why wealth inequality is a problem is, if some idiot says "no regulations should exist" you just laugh at him, but if that idiot has $400 billion then it's an existential crisis for America.
"If it's not possible now, it'll never be possible," Musk said of his proposal to simply ignore all federal regulation as a baseline.
Elon Musk Suggests Getting Rid Of All Regulations In Midnight Call
"If it's not possible now, it'll never be possible," Musk said of his proposal to simply ignore all federal regulation as a baseline.
www.huffpost.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A good way to understand why wealth inequality is a problem is, if some idiot says "no regulations should exist" you just laugh at him, but if that idiot has $400 billion then it's an existential crisis for America.
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The idea that some people’s rights are a “distraction” while others are “the real issues” is exactly how injustice gets laundered into normalcy.
January 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The idea that some people’s rights are a “distraction” while others are “the real issues” is exactly how injustice gets laundered into normalcy.
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This is describing "introspection," a thing you are definitely already supposed to be able to do yourself!!!!
January 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This is describing "introspection," a thing you are definitely already supposed to be able to do yourself!!!!
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An efficient facism does not require much direct state violence. It merely requires the assurance that private violence aligned with the desires of the regime will go unpunished.
January 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
An efficient facism does not require much direct state violence. It merely requires the assurance that private violence aligned with the desires of the regime will go unpunished.
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Translation. They’re not doing any crimes I care about
January 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Translation. They’re not doing any crimes I care about
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you see this everywhere. pervasive cultural attitude that we are owed everything but owe nothing in return.
January 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
you see this everywhere. pervasive cultural attitude that we are owed everything but owe nothing in return.
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Love it when Chinese diplomats accidentally acknowledge Taiwan is not China
January 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Love it when Chinese diplomats accidentally acknowledge Taiwan is not China
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We already know what works, so why can't we have nice things? Because we still don't know how to organize our society in such a way that vested interests can't sow doubt and confusion about that which we already know to be true.
January 1, 2025 at 2:39 AM
We already know what works, so why can't we have nice things? Because we still don't know how to organize our society in such a way that vested interests can't sow doubt and confusion about that which we already know to be true.
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This information board took an unexpectedly philosophical turn.
“人們的慾望總是大自然的殺手”
“The appetites of mankind, once again, have proven the murderers of nature.”
“人們的慾望總是大自然的殺手”
“The appetites of mankind, once again, have proven the murderers of nature.”
December 21, 2024 at 7:21 AM
This information board took an unexpectedly philosophical turn.
“人們的慾望總是大自然的殺手”
“The appetites of mankind, once again, have proven the murderers of nature.”
“人們的慾望總是大自然的殺手”
“The appetites of mankind, once again, have proven the murderers of nature.”
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It is very tempting to make opposition to the death penalty about wrongful convictions but it also has to be about correct ones.
December 12, 2024 at 7:47 PM
It is very tempting to make opposition to the death penalty about wrongful convictions but it also has to be about correct ones.
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as said many times before, campism is incredibly West-centric bc it's never concerned in the slightest with the agency of non-western peoples, reducing struggles elsewhere and everywhere to a fake anti-imperialist analysis centering US foreign policy
December 8, 2024 at 12:46 PM
as said many times before, campism is incredibly West-centric bc it's never concerned in the slightest with the agency of non-western peoples, reducing struggles elsewhere and everywhere to a fake anti-imperialist analysis centering US foreign policy
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I'm delighted to have this piece on the fortunes of Taiwanese language / Tâi-gí, published in @thedialmag.bsky.social (with some excellent editorial guidance from @maragwilson.bsky.social and @esthermavis.bsky.social).
#tâi-gí #台語 #台灣 #Taiwan
www.thedial.world/articles/new...
#tâi-gí #台語 #台灣 #Taiwan
www.thedial.world/articles/new...
The Survival of Tâi-gí — The Dial
A new generation of activists revives interest in a native language as Taiwan seeks distance from China.
www.thedial.world
November 27, 2024 at 2:14 PM
I'm delighted to have this piece on the fortunes of Taiwanese language / Tâi-gí, published in @thedialmag.bsky.social (with some excellent editorial guidance from @maragwilson.bsky.social and @esthermavis.bsky.social).
#tâi-gí #台語 #台灣 #Taiwan
www.thedial.world/articles/new...
#tâi-gí #台語 #台灣 #Taiwan
www.thedial.world/articles/new...
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Yes, stances are ethical.
But if we want change, ethical stances must have power. That is political.
One can be right and criticize others who aren’t, sure. And that is important. But then what? How do we flourish? We need to help the right thing win, and good people build. Electoral or not
But if we want change, ethical stances must have power. That is political.
One can be right and criticize others who aren’t, sure. And that is important. But then what? How do we flourish? We need to help the right thing win, and good people build. Electoral or not
November 23, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Yes, stances are ethical.
But if we want change, ethical stances must have power. That is political.
One can be right and criticize others who aren’t, sure. And that is important. But then what? How do we flourish? We need to help the right thing win, and good people build. Electoral or not
But if we want change, ethical stances must have power. That is political.
One can be right and criticize others who aren’t, sure. And that is important. But then what? How do we flourish? We need to help the right thing win, and good people build. Electoral or not
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The NSL and most sedition laws are also vague by design, such that an act’s legality depends on who’s doing it rather than the act itself. Which by the way, also means many years down the road, a loyalist to a regime who’ve lost favour can still find they’ve apparently been breaking laws all along
November 19, 2024 at 4:30 AM
The NSL and most sedition laws are also vague by design, such that an act’s legality depends on who’s doing it rather than the act itself. Which by the way, also means many years down the road, a loyalist to a regime who’ve lost favour can still find they’ve apparently been breaking laws all along
Elder certified on Bluesky (and in real life)
September 16, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Elder certified on Bluesky (and in real life)