we really should start interpreting this as in nations that stopped developing and are now stunted versus those that are actively developing

do go on

• https://www.newsweek.com/most-china-call-their-nation-democracy-most-us-say-america-isnt-1711176
• https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2021/0218/Vilified-abroad-popular-at-home-China-s-Communist-Party-at-100
• https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-06-26/which-nations-are-democracies-some-citizens-might-disagree
• https://web.archive.org/web/20230511041927/https://6389062.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/6389062/Canva images/Democracy Perception Index 2023.pdf
• https://www.tbsnews.net/world/china-more-democratic-america-say-people-98686
• https://web.archive.org/web/20201229132410/https://en.news-front.info/2020/06/27/studies-have-shown-that-china-is-more-democratic-than-the-united-states-russia-is-nearby-and-ukraine-is-at-the-bottom/

It’s always hilarious to see angry racists write opinions on subjects they have no clue about https://oilprice.com/Energy/Coal/Chinas-Renewable-Boom-Masks-a-Quiet-Coal-to-Liquids-Expansion.html

lmao plausible

It’s really instructive to see how China is applying AI in pragmatic and utilitarian ways while US companies are chasing the whole AGI unicorn. I also suspect there’s a big difference stemming from the fact that China has a massive industrial base which create a lot of niches for automation that simply don’t exist in the US. So, there’s much more focus on robotics, infrastructure monitoring, factory work, and so on.

I also love how the amount of projection implicit in the comment. Like it’s exactly how the US treats countries that are reliant on trade with it.

same one

If the US gets pushed out of West Asia, I think we’ll see peace and stability in the region emerge very quickly.

If scientists didn’t come to burgerland from the rest of the world then you’d all still be banging rocks together.

I should hope so.

Nah, China closed the gap long before people started fleeing the turd reich. The whole reason people go back to China now is the fact that it’s now ahead scientifically and technologically.

if somebody already has access to your machine, but doesn’t have root privileges

Right, hence there’s no rational reason for Iran not to get nukes now.

It’s also worth noting that Iran could create an atomic weapon (fission based) similar to what the US used on Japan very quickly with their current levels of enrichment. That could be done in around a week, and it does not require being tested ahead of time. It’s a well understood process. With the amounts of uranium Iran is known to have, they could make around 10 atomic weapons. Around three would be enough to annihilate all the major population centres in Israel.

I do not believe so.

Well they killed Khamenei who was the one opposed to Iran getting nukes, so I don’t imagine there’s anybody else particularly opposed at this point.

indeed

I’d argue Krushchev set the stage because he abolished artels which led to all the problems USSR had with light industry. Had USSR retained a mix of state industry and cooperative driven market economy, it would’ve developed in a similar way to China today except without a capitalist class.

It’s an ongoing process that’s currently happening.

Somehow I doubt they’re eager to experience a repeat of Manchuria in 1945.