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India launches attack on 9 sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Jammu and Kashmir

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Re: India launches attack on 9 sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Jammu and Kashmir

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Post by abhiyerra »

babyent wrote: post #243

Hoping for a quick resolution and diplomatic victory for all people there. I’m scared of the geopolitical effects. On a side note.. Can we get the Peace and Prosperity update next, ASAP? Let’s bring out the aliens issue and work on interstellar travel and galactic survival instead of terrestrial disputes. I just want to live in a chill world. And for me that’s science and tech tree maxed out.

I was in India recently and randomly ended up talking to a lot of millennials while traveling. It is an understatement for how quickly the American economy would grind to a halt if anything major happened. ADP, loan processing, healthcare insurance processing, support centers.

On one hand corporate America exported all its manufacturing to China. On the other hand it exported all its back office services to India.

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Post by iwontberude »

throw63 wrote: post #250
babyent wrote: post #243

Hoping for a quick resolution and diplomatic victory for all people there. I’m scared of the geopolitical effects. On a side note.. Can we get the Peace and Prosperity update next, ASAP? Let’s bring out the aliens issue and work on interstellar travel and galactic survival instead of terrestrial disputes. I just want to live in a chill world. And for me that’s science and tech tree maxed out.

> and for me that’s science and tech tree maxed out. Hate to ruin it for you, but as soon as the economic elites don't need the masses anymore (eg because AGI produces goods and entertainment better than we do), we'll become a liability, dead weight, so they'll quickly use that same maxed out tech that made us obsolete to make us gone.

We know if there is one thing masses of people can do that no robot can replace is being subservient or beneath the elite. It’s hard to feel that awesome when there is no one else to experience it.

Re: India launches attack on 9 sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Jammu and Kashmir

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Post by forty »

babyent wrote: post #243

Hoping for a quick resolution and diplomatic victory for all people there. I’m scared of the geopolitical effects. On a side note.. Can we get the Peace and Prosperity update next, ASAP? Let’s bring out the aliens issue and work on interstellar travel and galactic survival instead of terrestrial disputes. I just want to live in a chill world. And for me that’s science and tech tree maxed out.

In what world "tech" has brought peace? So far it brought of stuff like dependency to petrol and now rare minerals, climate change, and water rarerification - which are I think most of the reasons why wars are/have been/will be happening?

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Post by random42 »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #127
sandspar wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ask a random Indian in India whether he'd be willing to die for the US. The US and China have interests in the area, so maybe I shouldn't have said the word "orthogonal". But the original commenter said a conflict between India and Pakistan would be a "US-China proxy war". Come on. India and Pakistan have enough reasons to hate each other. They don't need America or China's goading. And neither India nor Pakistan wou…

> Ask a random Indian in India whether he'd be willing to die for the US Not how proxy wars work. > India and Pakistan have enough reasons to hate each other. They don't need America or China's goading Not how proxy wars work. The backers enable. The proxies fight. > neither India nor Pakistan would accept their conflict being characterized as a US-China war This is how proxy wars work. They literally don’t if the pr…

It’s not a proxy war. Not every world event is about the US.

Source: I am an Indian.

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Post by babyent »

throw63 wrote: post #250
babyent wrote: post #243

Hoping for a quick resolution and diplomatic victory for all people there. I’m scared of the geopolitical effects. On a side note.. Can we get the Peace and Prosperity update next, ASAP? Let’s bring out the aliens issue and work on interstellar travel and galactic survival instead of terrestrial disputes. I just want to live in a chill world. And for me that’s science and tech tree maxed out.

> and for me that’s science and tech tree maxed out. Hate to ruin it for you, but as soon as the economic elites don't need the masses anymore (eg because AGI produces goods and entertainment better than we do), we'll become a liability, dead weight, so they'll quickly use that same maxed out tech that made us obsolete to make us gone.

If enough people can be convinced of a “serious” extraterrestrial event we might be able to speed up that science and tech tree. Honestly think about the spending and the opportunities it will unlock. Not to mention we might all stop fighting each other and work together… on science and tech.

So much of the science and tech we use today was the result of some similar storytelling, and it has sometimes had some real consequences.

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Post by WillPostForFood »

krainboltgreene wrote: post #235
sofixa wrote: post #219

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Putin is a particularly deranged type of fascist though, much like Bush, who is okay making the poor calculation of a Ukrainian invasion for the benefit of a wartime economy While Putin is undoubtedly deranged, I think his goals with invading had much more to do with delusions of grandeur and trying to rebuild the Russian/Soviet empire than wanting the "benefit" of a "wartime economy". Russia was drastically unprep…

I agree with most of this except maybe the "soviet empire" bit. His recent mentions of it (within the last 3 years) has been about how the fall of the Soviet Union broke up the "historical russian" borders. For Ukraine specifically he compared himself to Russian Czar Peter the Great. A long time ago he lamented the fall of the Soviet Union which is especially hilarious as he was very likely involved in and vultured o…

4.6% growth, 10% inflation, and interest rates at 21% is not great.

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Post by db1234 »

cyrux004 wrote: post #217
surume wrote: post #211

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May such bold assertions should require proof to be shown to leaders of other nations

Proofs have been provided in lot of previous terror attacks like 26/11 Mumbai attack, Pathankot, Pulwama etc. What did Pakistan do with the proofs? Nothing.

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Post by surume »

cyrux004 wrote: post #217
surume wrote: post #211

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May such bold assertions should require proof to be shown to leaders of other nations

What type of proof would you like? An official statement by Pakistani militias that the government asked them to do it? We see similar tactics being used in Syria by Al-Jolani / Al-Sharaa to wipe out the Alawaites (20-50,000 executed) with the same being planned for the Druze. That way the government can say "it wasn't us", although of course, they didn't prevent it.
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