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This is pretty indefensible and indicates the results of this 'election' are likely fixed.
Why does it indicate that? Every election in every country took place without Internet or (meaningful amounts of) cell phone service not that long ago .
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> in reality it's both Pakistan and India Pakistan’s top brass is anti-India. They’re also somewhat rational. If Pakistan’s nukes are launched, it’s because the zealots took control. At that point, I’m betting on Israel or even one of the Arab monarchies (if not Islamabad itself) [1]. [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Sh...
>They’re also somewhat rational It only takes one generation to forget everything.
Pakistan is a sad tale. A country of 200 million+ with almost no future. The elites are busy milking what’s left of the country before it flames out. The idiotic IMF continues giving them loans to support the extremely corrupt system..the US government also supports the extremely corrupt military. This is what happens when corruption is built into the culture of your society and religious/tribal hullabaloo is more pr…
It's also apparent that whenever democratic forces have been allowed to fix public systems in some small amount, corruption has gone down, or the system has become much more pleasant and efficient for the public to use.
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“Disinformation” is always a smokescreen. All nominal (keyword) democratic processes are filled with disinformation: standard advertisement. Those who want peace, lay down your own arms as well (no takers). Like almost 2 years of election circus in the US federal election. > I think your point (that people ought to be smart and strong enough to withstand all and any malign influence(?)) That’s absurd. I don’t concept…
Here's a document I am currently reading for my research [0]. It contains some interesting definitions I hope you find helpful. [0] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2021/6536...
> Here, disinformation refers to false, inaccurate or misleading information designed, presented and promoted intentionally to cause public harm or make a profit.
Is campaigning on lies a form of profit? You might win. These hypocrites really dare to present this as novel? Lying in politics?
What’s really the practical difference between this ostensibly oh-so clearly demarcated “disinformation” and less outright other-information? The difference is having a discourse fog which makes it practically impossible to conclude anything without sinking into a quagmire of rhetoric.
Here’s a “Beijing” statement, hypothetical:
> We the people of China
Ah! the eggheads exclaim. Propaganda! Clear disinformation since China is an authoritarian state (sorry, regime)—it can’t be a state “of the people”.
Here’s a “Washington” statement:
> The President does not suffer symptoms of senility
What is this? This is twenty different articles and op-eds back and forth on this topic:
- Well he went to the doctor 15 years ago and he said he was fine
- My good friend Joe Biden would never become demented—he would rather [redacted]
- I respect the President but it’s time for some young blood in leadership
- As a close aide to the President, blah blah
- He might not seem as sharp as 12 years ago but [diversion tactic]
Isn’t it amazing—you cannot peddle outright disinformation if you are sufficiently powerful, almost by definition; there is always some clown who will bat for you. And the result? A discourse fog. No one is a liar. No one is peddling “disinformation for profit.”
In conclusion: what we do are varying levels of information. But what these foreign forces do (because they are not here to defend themselves, and anyone who defends them (or just has a nuanced point of view) is just -puppet anyway) is disinformation because they clearly are X while they claim to be Y.
The craziest thing is that Pakistan has nuclear weapons. And not only that, the weapons are at the disposal of the local (very high ranking) commanders. It also is a country where the military is really in charge, only occasionally giving back the control to a civilian government. Sometimes people think that Eastern Europe is the most likely place to get nuked, or perhaps some American carrier off the coast of China.…
Well, one of those two countries has a no-first-use nuclear doctrine, so I imagine there's a probability conditional there.
It surprises me sometimes, how much value people put in some documents, disregarding those who can change or ignore those documents.
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Some countries including my home country Poland impose a ban on political agitation on the election day. It means that no political content may be published on that day, but whatever has been published before that is allowed to stay. This is an old law which predates the Internet, so anything from social media posts to hanging up election posters is liable to be prosecuted and the authorities frequently do so. It's l…
Wait, do Polish people not consider themselves part of the West? Genuine question. I've met and worked with quite a few Poles since moving to the EU and my current takeaway is that it's in a really interesting fusion time between West, East, and some more mysterious third thing.
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Just wait until the elites figure out they can also milk China for port access that doesn't require transiting the south china sea?
There's just the small matter of the Himilayas dividing mainland China from Pakistani ports.
If you only want to siphon off construction funds, the Himalayas provide an excellent excuse for any lack of progress.
The craziest thing is that Pakistan has nuclear weapons. And not only that, the weapons are at the disposal of the local (very high ranking) commanders. It also is a country where the military is really in charge, only occasionally giving back the control to a civilian government. Sometimes people think that Eastern Europe is the most likely place to get nuked, or perhaps some American carrier off the coast of China.…
Well, one of those two countries has a no-first-use nuclear doctrine, so I imagine there's a probability conditional there.
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South Korea shuts down air travel during the nation wide university entrance examination.
I was curious, so I googled… - “The government grounds aircraft or reroutes flights to keep students from getting distracted during the biggest test of their lives.” - “ On the streets Thursday morning, you could hear more sirens than usual, because anyone running late to the competitive exam can call for a free police escort to rush them straight to the test site.” - “Success is defined narrowly. Get a high score on…