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and social control.
Hardly sounds like a step forward.
If you don't see outrage, you haven't been paying attention. CCP hysteria abound.
Well, I do meet a lot of people. Except for in the intelligence community, people seem to associate china with cheap gadgets. Not imperialism.
Personally, there is a difference for me. I would function better as a vassal under Washington, than under Bejing. The social control paradigm is more totalitarian than the wall street paradigm.
(in SOME ways)
If I had a dollar for every hysterical claim about China, from merely this election season, I would be much more wealthy. I too talk to a lot of people.
Well, there might be a difference here then, between where you are and where I am.
Europeans are largely braindead.
Not capable of hysteria unless it impacts their ability to consume.
I'm not making claims about what system is better or best, just to be even more clear.
Neither am I. I note that so far, you can live off grid and let the Kardashians rule the cities. That is comfortable enough for me.
I fear this will change under Bejing.
Ok
Due to their social score-strategies.
I'm not as concerned with that as I am about reflexive outrage
well, you seem to be connected to humanity still.
I am not.
I dont mind outrage. I am able to stay out of the way of the masses. If they want to burn down their communities, I am fine with that.
Me too.
In regard to what they want to burn.
I fear an asteroid impact. I fear a lot of things, I reckon.
Asteroid impact is fine. Its spectacular and entertaining and either a quick death or a series of physical challanges.
A cubicle and obligatory smiles to gain social credit points needed to open a bank account, however, is the 7th circle of hell for me. 😄
A matter of taste of course. Some people feel safer the more they are controlled.
Dare I say *most* people?
If that is the true dichotomy, God bless. Conjuring 'what-ifs' has utility.
Dont get me wrong, I suspect this to be the trajectory no matter who is in charge. Its the gravitation of the human supraorganism.
note the difference, however, between a "what if" and a projection.
Yeah potentiality can be an evasive concept to me.
Indeed. You can plot hypersynchrony of the past, to the present and extrapolate that into the future. Not a fact. A projection.
Do that for America, now at a low intensity war with itself, and China, and the difference is striking.
What's important is the direct behavior control exercise of palliative mask-wearing recommendations, I guess. You know, the big problems.
excellent point!
I think either my sarcasm didn't hit its mark or yours didn't. It amuses me either way. Lol
> Red means the # of people who didn't vote straight party ticket voted for Trump minus the people who didn't vot straight party ticket who voted for biden
@DrSammyD Does 'split ticket' include the ballots that were blank downballot?
> @DrSammyD Does 'split ticket' include the ballots that were blank downballot?
@stevesirag that's a good question that I've been wondering myself and whether there's a legitimate reason for it, seems possible that either party could have recruited folks to just to vote top of the ticket, voting down ballot can be more of a hassle, in addition to the candidates and there are also many bond issues, and etc. So there could have been a push to just go in and vote top of the ticket because we gotta support or oppose one candidate or another
@Zuluzeit Mask wearing is very much an exercise in hysteria and futility. Much like prayer used to be. You are too intelligent to be one of the maskers, so I assumed you were observing this, but included was your habitual, slightly coquette sarcasm and ridicule of those who believe it to be a vertical conspiracy.
I enjoyed that and was able to live with the uncertainty as to exactly how wide your sarcasm was supposed to favn.