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azn_cyniq said:

I think what he was trying to say is that Turks and Iranians are highly intelligent and academically-inclined, which, based on my experience, is true. There are many Iranians in the technical departments of virtually every well-regarded university in the West. Also, if I remember correctly, Middle East Technical University in Turkey is one of the most prestigious universities in the Middle East.

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Sardaukar20 said:

Yes. While LKY had made sure that there was no racism in his policies. He still steered the politics in Singapore in a way that favours the Chinese majority. LKY doesn't shy away from the inconvenient truths. He had expressed his views on numerous interviews to great controversy. Many Singaporeans, at least in the past understood his views. The Westerners are appalled, and the Sinophobes hate him.

My argument to those who hate this inconvenient truth is what outcome do you want? If you want to reach the prosperity you see in Singapore and East Asia, then learn what the East Asians do to become successful. Some of their customs may not be comfortable for you, but are you willing to pick it up to become as successful as them? If you want Imperial prosperity like the West, then look at how they do it, through their path of violence and racism. But know your relative power, and be prepared to pay the price in blood, or suffer total defeat if you fail. If you want your race and religion to be top priority but have a mediocre economy, then look to Malaysia and India for inspiration. If you are content and just want a simple, easy-going economy, never mind development, then look to Bhutan for inspiration. You can't have everything. You can't have a world-beating economy while your nation is mired in ethnic strife and racism unless you're willing to go imperial and pay the price in blood. You can't have an easy and idyllic life of religious bliss, and then have a great economy too. Great economies are hard to build, and they need a competitive workforce. These things don't come from the heavens. People in third world democracies are being sold dreams of ethnic and religious greatness, as if their gods will grant them all the wealth and power that they crave. That is why they tend to become entitled, have unrealistic expectations, and then start to blame someone when they don't get what they want.

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daifo said:

Italy folded after dropping BRI for about a year. I guess having the "BRI" tag was too controversial for the hardcore facist and other nato copers, but maybe business will go on as usual wink wink

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Deino said:

In fact I avoided it and to be honest, I don't know how that all happened and why it escalated like this: Yes, I couldn't keep my mouth shut again and responded to what I thought was a stupid comment, whereupon he - and I don't even know him - was terribly violent and insulting. After 2 or 3 replies in which didn't react to any argument and didn't calm down, I simply blocked him and left the discussion.

So, in the end I wasn't aware what followed until the next day when some nice friends on Twitter and many others - some of whom I didn't even know - expressed their support, and explained quite vaguely that the chat must have escalated even more, whereupon he deleted his account.

Actually I don't know why there was no chance to simply clarify a possible misunderstanding, maybe it was indeed just a stupid joke that I didn't understand. And even more it's not clear to me why it made such a „big splash“ about Naval News, for example … .

But be that as it may, given what is happening between Iran and Israel, none of this matters.

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daifo said:

Italy folded after dropping BRI for about a year. I guess having the "BRI" tag was too controversial for the hardcore facist and other nato copers, but maybe business will go on as usual wink wink

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TK3600 said:

It was a joke. But I guess you won the duel anyway.

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Chevalier said:

Technically, Vietnam is a Chinese province that just happened to break away successfully. In a sense, vietnam‘s success is due to its proximity to the sinosphere.

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ansy1968 said:

Question? if you're a betting man who will you consider the regional hegemony in the Middle East, Iran or Turkiye? both have the same population, almost equal in size and have an high academic excellence in science.

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