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Its actually uncharacteristic for them to propose something irreversible for something reversible
Sounds about right. MBB are filled with a lot of smart guys and girls with excellent credentials who know how to communicate with clients in a polished fashion; but tend to be lacking in experience, if not depth in general. A lot of them aren't in it to stay in management consulting, but as a springboard into PE/VC, at least in the US.
Do Chinese management consultancies make much of an effort to recruit SMEs with experience advising the State Council or individual ministries/agencies, and/or who have otherwise contributed to or drafted policy measures?
This isn't necessarily as impactful of an issue in developed economies filled with legacy enterprises looking to "try new ideas" to adapt to evolving market conditions.
However, in an economy like China's, one would imagine such legacy enterprises to have adapted or attrited years ago.
Not familiar with Buttigieg, but Romney is basically American political royalty: his father had served as governor of Michigan and was considered a presidential hopeful at some point.
There's no denying Mitt Romney is highly competent and quite charming, but given his pedigree, guy would've been hired with a BFA in underwater basket weaving.
A lot of people who've achieved little in life themselves find solace in insulting and degrading entire groups who they feel threatened by, yet consider themselves superior to.
It's a coping mechanism.
Europe is almost certainly not going to raise a 21st century Grande Armee of Muslim conscripts to aid Ukraine and fight Russia.
However, that doesn't mean we shouldn't encourage and egg on such a diverse and inclusive experiment for our collective entertainment!
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Well, hopefully Putin is not stupid enough to fall for the same old divide et impera tactic used by Anglos. Russian leadership has been very gullible in the past, so I am not completely excluding that possibility.
Like as if this useless diplomatic has anything to convince them with at this point in time. He really needs to learn the art of shutting up and just having some consideration that no one in their right minds needs to sacrifice themselves to make a spoilt brat happy
If I was a rational pragmatic leader, I would only consider that deal if Trump basically handed over Warsaw Pact countries back to Russia. Also, very important, delivery upfront and returns not accepted!
But we all know that the US will never offer such a deal, so no rational Russian leader would take it. As you correctly point out, ball is on Russian leaders to not get tempted by whatever bs US offers
I have been quite an anti-Putin person for various reasons but in this, I trust that he has learned from previous bitter lessons. I am more worried about other Russian politicians who see themselves as whites and want to be accepted by their precious West, than Putin himself
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Breaking the China Russia alliance is out of the question obviously, but there may be a potential deal where US gives Russia concessions on Ukraine / Nato while Russia gives guarantees to not cooperate with China in the Asia-Pacific region. I honestly think that China would even welcome it - it will drive a wedge between US and EU, ensuring that the EU would remain an open market for China and stay out of its military business in SCS/Taiwan, all the while being confident that China has more than enough resources to take on the US and its Asia Pacific allies by its own.
If the ”elaborate plot is a challenge” to western journalists, they’re really revealing the measure of intellectual rigour required for their role.
part of the media attack against trump and musk of course, a few weeks back, Musk was bemoaning how everything was over classified and I struggle to see how head count should even be a national security secret, when the CIA has already doxxed the DOGE team and even given musk and his team the identities of new hires at the CIA.
It was even worse before the days of reddit when many Americans just let loose with their white supremacist views; not saying it’s any different now but back then, there was a plausible reason for their superiority complex As America and the west were still much more powerful than today.I wasted more time browsing X comments. But I do get why westoids should glad that the Chinese firewall stops most posters from there. It ain't easy dealing with their words.
Some murican was mocking China saying oh we are so scared on China delivering fake goods to us or something. The Chinese poster just said one drone = one life. Man that murican got triggered hard by that comment. After all despite being so convinced about his superiority, he realized that some cheap $20 drone bought on temu to deliver his pizza could also end his life so easily in seconds.
Another murican said those chinkies should bring it since every American is armed and willing to die. To which the Chinese poster said you are willing to die for your country so why are you not willing to learn math and physics for it? Sick burn
Zelensky is a liability now. I wouldn't be flying in airplanes if I was him.