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jessepasley··on How China's “debt traps” work
I had the same opinion when taking high speed train for the first time in China. Many stations seemed to be far away from anything and there was a lot of process when you get to the station. That's not the case now as all of those areas have sprung up, along with convenient transportation via subway/metro to the places you'd want to get to. You can also board the train quickly now.

I'm not sure if that makes sense for Laos, but for China it seemed to work pretty well.

jessepasley··on What a caste discrimination ban means for Americans
Can you give an example of Indian Hindus being 'kept in line' in the USA via laws against caste discrimination?
jessepasley··on Facebook is blocking Canadians’ posts on the assassination of a BC Sikh leader
Where does Canada stand with regards for her southern neighbor and his proclivity for extrajudicial killings and violations of sovereignty in the name fighting a War on Terror?
jessepasley··on Japan's Hometown Tax (2018)
Are they more of a scam than the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?
jessepasley··on Medicaid Could Save $2.6B Within a Year If Just 1% of Recipients Quit Smoking
How much would Medicaid save if 1% were no longer obese?
jessepasley··on Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
The only psychedelic I've found valuable/insightful was mdma, and I've done many psychedelics. LSD, mushrooms, etc are kind of entertaining, but I've never really had a 'mind expanding' experience with them. I found them too emotionally exhausting to really find them worth continuing.
jessepasley··on Israeli parliament passes law to limit judicial power
Why should it remain a Jewish ethonostate? Countries and cultures change. They should embrace diversity and reap the benefits. They should follow Europe's lead.
jessepasley··on Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rather than break encryption
No. iMessage and Facetime use end-to-end encryption in China, probably among only a few apps allowed to do so.
jessepasley··on Before he was the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski was a mind-control test subject
Proofs please.
jessepasley··on EU achieved independence from Russian fossil fuels
It appears blowing up gas pipelines is a valid solution. The US will no doubt use this solution in the future.
jessepasley··on US to start training Ukrainian troops on Abrams tanks within weeks
Doesn't seem like there's a big protest scene in Germany. I don't remember seeing anything from Germans when the US blew up their pipeline.
jessepasley··on Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past
No, they blamed immigration, not immigrants. Stop using people who are hoping to improve their lives as a shield.
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