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qubit000

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    Comment #38317923

    The world is not binary - least of all human behavior which for overwhelming majority is more accurately described as shades of gray

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    Comment #27158947

    Someone behind the scenes must be pulling the strings at the CDC as this is terrible advice considering all vaccines are far from being 100% effective. Additionally it takes at lea…

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    Comment #26825642

    US culture is already too self-absorbed focusing more on style than substance. Selling personal tokens to fund one's career trajectory will only create more extreme narcissism akin…

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    Comment #26722289

    "... this is very dangerous, it creates oligarchy, which, in turn, has all the incentives to restrict free market, free speech and democracy." One could argue that the US is alread…

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    Comment #26646137

    Boeing has lost the public trust not only in the US, but internationally. Inherent instability aside, fact remains the general perception is that Boeing retrofitted engines too lar…

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    Comment #26619076

    Also overwhelmingly white, oblivious to their bias and entitlement resulting in very narrow, US/Eurocentric perspective.

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    Comment #26538050

    Problem is US leaders are elected based on populism rather than merit and whether theyre actually competent, let alone qualified. The result is a political system that rewards mora…

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    Comment #26401800

    The problem is that everyone has an opinion on design and thinks it's only about making things pretty. The designer, often on low end of organizational pecking order, is asked to b…

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    Comment #26202387

    The govt is confident that most citizens will see the downsides of democracy and how it leads to much social divisiveness and govt dysfunction as evidenced by the US. HKrs fomentin…

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    Comment #26177207

    How does this happen in the richest country in the world which basically has monopoly on global monetary policy and prints $$ with impunity?

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    Comment #26177079

    It stopped being the 'central' bio research lab in US but still continued such research thereafter.

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    Comment #26151897

    It insures that people aren't emotionally triggered by disinformation which often results in social divisiveness if not violence as is happening in the US.

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    Comment #26136236

    No, the meritocracy is actually defined by performance/KPIs which determine advancement. For example all party members must first pass 2 tests before acceptance as members than wor…

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    Comment #26136191

    In a country of 1.4B not everyone is going to agree which is evident in US w/only 1/4 of population. Chinese are free to immigrate elsewhere if the choose to do so. Chinese citizen…

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    Comment #26136128

    No, the CCP is the governing body of China which is a sovereign entity. CCP contains multiple factions representing all facets of society hence 90M+ membership who do not all agree…

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    Comment #26136092

    Why would a totalitarian state allow 150M+ of its citizens to travel abroad annually pre-covid to experience 'democracy/freedom' yet despite doing so they overwhelmingly returned t…

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    Comment #26136051

    Fort Detrick was closed 2019: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Detrick#2019_closure_and_...

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    Comment #26135965

    Those are assumptions unsubstantiated by evidence. Fact remains that public disclosure of the virus was delayed by 1 week as it was unknown type(novel coronavirus). After determina…

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    Comment #26131010

    That's a false narrative western politicians/media want people to believe. If there was a 'coverup' it was by local municipal authorities which should not be conflated with central…

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    Comment #26130981

    The great firewall is deterrent to spreading fake news, disinformation, and lies among the masses(1.4B) who make take it for truth resulting in social divisiveness and potential vi…

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    Comment #26130942

    Fort Detrick was a bio weapons lab that has since closed but US has plenty more around the world, and likely, many that are undisclosed.

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    Comment #26130874

    The CCP consists of 90M+ party members who represent all facets of society--larger than entire population of Germany. Include family members and it's 300M+ almost size of US. Furth…

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    Comment #26130846

    That applies to any government. US lies, cheats, steals as admitted by Mike Pompeo when he was head of CIA.