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[–]4D-Printer 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We're all world citizens, and I try to view things in that light. Nevertheless, there's a special kind of embarrassment and shame when your native country behaves poorly.

Edit: This was very enjoyable. Is Saidit like this in general?

Preliminary results of the Finnish basic income experiment: self-perceived wellbeing improved, during the first year the employment level has been similar to control group (which has been subject to conditional social security) by Orangutan in BasicIncome

[–]4D-Printer 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I had really hoped that the employment level would have increased, but perhaps that will come. Still a few years left in the experiment.

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[–]4D-Printer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I was mainly uncertain how to read your post. First of all, the "200 years" thing seemed strange, as the tail end of the Qing dynasty doesn't really have much to do with modern China. Second, I was unsure if there was an implication that there had been no invasions, as there certainly has. Vietnam, Tibet, India, technically the Soviet (tiny island), most of which have been limited in scope. Might have forgotten some. I don't think any of that is due to strong morals, but rather a lack of ability to project combined with a lack of industrial power until relatively recently. Their geoeconomic strategy also strikes me as worrying, but that's going off on a tangent.

Going by RAW, you're entirely correct on your assessment of the US. Much of its behavior has been disgraceful.

[Meta] Not a whisper has been spoken about this but Reddit Inc. is about to strike a 150 million dollar deal (potentially 300 million) with a Chinese censorship powerhouse... prepare for HEAVY censorship. This is a very serious privacy matter you ALL need to be aware of! : conspiracy by useless_aether in MeanwhileOnReddit

[–]4D-Printer 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

No reeducation camp for you.