Fishroot

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[–] Fishroot@hexbear.net 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Let's team up for the assignment but I'll do the bare minimum and get the grade

''In recent years, both the US and China have greatly increased their military budgets.''

The Chinese military budget increase is proportionate to their growth in GDP (the budget is around 2-3% IIRC).

Also let's not talk about the ecological impact of the US army alone

[–] Fishroot@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Charter schools are stupid because it's never about education. We all know what they do with ''problematic'' students.

This is just a last filter before dumping the leftover into military school in this shitty Folgers coffee called the privatized education system

[–] Fishroot@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The Ultranationalist Chinese still crying about that small sandlot in Heilongjiang that was giving to Russia at the end of the Cold War is probably the most pathetic thing I have ever heard. Why would you want to hold on to that part of North East part of China when you are going to deindustrialize during the Reform and Opening up and that in the future you'll know that Russia is going to sell you resources in that small area (if there are any)

This is especially funny when this issue is bought out by Pro-western Chinese who use this issue to ''point out'' the hypocrisy of not letting Xinjiang, Tibet or Hong Kong to have sovereignty

[–] Fishroot@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago

Texas is really the American Alberta

[–] Fishroot@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You'll think that people look at public services like education as a product are stupid but we all know deep inside that the commodification of education has the end goal of making more divisive with premium private education for the elite and the bare minimal for the ''public'' education (which can be run by religious institution just like the good olde days).

Ultimately this is just a way to stratify society with more defined castes

[–] Fishroot@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

British & Polish citizen, perm. resident of Japan. Reaganite, Thatcherite, Zionist, anti-“Green Utopia”

michael-laugh

[–] Fishroot@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It's almost ironic because literacy is what created a caste of liberals within the USSR and China that turns up to be more pro-western post 80s.

Don't you love how '''totalitarian''' regimes just like to sabotage themselves

[–] Fishroot@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (10 children)

I remember there was a opinion piece saying that Education in the Eastern Bloc and China is a tool for the government to control people.

I guess not able to read is a way to not turn red

[–] Fishroot@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

HAPPINESS FOR EVERYBODY, FREE, AND NO ONE WILL GO AWAY UNSATISFIED!

[–] Fishroot@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

from what i remember, he was more like loanshark but the dude was reformed after 49

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