ffmpreg

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[–] ffmpreg@hexbear.net 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

chinese opinion-havers are floating the idea that the phillipines will be the one to be made an example of, reason being that taiwan is comically overmatched and that offing another vassal will send the same message of american impotence to sk/jp/tw while not actually destroying territory you intend to take. also because the pinoys are the least economically relevant entity in the region.

[–] ffmpreg@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

it took me a real life hour just to move my production and supply lines to another island in anno

just imagine if all that shit was real

[–] ffmpreg@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago

they're gonna swap reserve currency status for a chance to wipe out the national debt and reindustrialize via a hyperinflated currency

could work eventually imo, might have a hard time holding down the domestic situation in the meantime though

[–] ffmpreg@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

theyre not, the police get kickbacks and look the other way so long as people upstairs arent pressured to 'do something'

there are routine inspections but heads up will be given so people can clear out ahead of time

as demographics shift, the problem of education (elite overproduction) will fix itself to some degree (50% hs admittance cutoff already relaxing, blue collar work is more and more well compensated as labor pool shrinks), but it wont go away without massive reforms, which will likely not happen as there are too many people who benefit from the way it is currently set up, same as hukou

this case of education and its motivating factors is a great example of superstructure shaping base, how pecuniary emulation remains a relevant, perhaps even marxist, concept even today, and is a primary driver of why the asian diaspora, particularly in america, is so dependent on white supremacy for its continued existence