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Cake day: January 17th, 2024

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  • Indeed, although it’s their numbers, especially irl, that I find disheartening sometimes. Like, I interact with plenty of decent people too, but reactionaries are always the most outspoken and seen as the most authoritative in the circles I’m in (mostly work related). At the end of the day, their opinions fit in the discourse space allowed by the MSM, so they don’t come across as crazy, and they tend to be more career focused and therefore 1) the impression of work competency carries over in other areas, and 2) they spend less time exploring other areas of life like politics, and they are, like you pointed out, immature adults.






  • Ok, thanks for the reply. It does sound somewhat similar to what I’ve heard (empty shopping malls), but not quite as dire as others would make it seem. All I hear is the economy is so bad and people are unhappy and the government is struggling to keep order but it seems blown out of proportion since the arguments for this are always the real estate bubble and how empty the shopping malls are.



  • Thanks for sharing this!

    not great state of the economy.

    I have a question about this, how did you see this reflected in the things you saw? Did you get any insight into how it’s affecting day-to-day life? I’ve heard this plenty from Chinese liberals, but given their bias and all the “China collapse” stories that have been circulating for many years now, I’m always a bit skeptical.





  • a growing number of defense analysts in Taipei and Washington say Taiwan must prepare for the worst possible scenario: a protracted battle on the island itself.

    “Taiwan’s reservists are going to be mobilizing where the fight is happening, when the fight is happening,” said Michael Hunzeker, a retired Marine who studies military reform at George Mason University.

    It’s not Volkssturm if you pre-emptively recruit them 🧠👈