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Nov 12 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
To the Desi in me, it's amazing that in America, just a ribbon is enough to indicate the boundary of your property. And encroachment is not even remotely a concern for a property owner.
Oh totally! It is completely the result of affluence. Was not always so.

In fact when hiking in today's barrier free Northeast US woods, you come across so many rock walls that used to be the boundary between properties.

In fact #OurWawar used to be a disputed property 80 years ago and once housed an illegal casino catering to #BorschtBelt tourists.
We bought it from a large extended Italian family trust whose oldest members live nearby and I kid you not, they are straight out of a Scorsese movie.

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Nov 14
This deserves a separate thread. Cos I keep getting asked about this. Why are US sanghis active in Democratic party?

How can someone support BJP in India & Dems in US? Well, fascists aren't known for principles so I don't find this at all surprising or out of character.

But..
But it is a valid question as to why the Democratic party "accepts" them.

Here you have to remember that parties work differently in US than India. No one can stop you from registering yourself as a Democrat or Republican, running in primaries, and if you win, holding office.
It's not like someone can "expell" you from the party.

Most desis are in blue states.

Blue state politics means that the only real contest at state levels is in the Democratic primaries. And only real power or connections in NJ,NY,CA are in the Dem party. GOP very weak.
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Nov 14
These midterm results have shaken sanghis in India & NRI MAGAsanghis. Until now, they had explicitly picked to side with the GOP thinking Trumpism is ascendant & dominant to the extent Modism is in India. But it's now 3 successive election wins by the libs in US. So vexing lol.
A hat trick of Congressional wins plus presidency for Dems. Lula wins in Brazil. Chile, Colombia markedly tilted left recently. Tories in chaos in UK. Russia getting pushed out of Ukraine.

The fascist wave is running into the progressive rocks and breaking.
A lot of Modism & Sanghism is defined by glamorizing wins above all else. Many sanghis are bandwagon sanghis protecting their privilege than out of any ideology. They misread 2016 to think Trump is a winner for the long term in US, burnt bridges with the Democrats for no reason.
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Nov 13
Republicans have now lost at least one chamber of Congress in 3 successive elections since Trumpism became the party platform. Despite boosting Republican turnout. Cos Democrat turnout is even higher.

This is a center-left country electorally no matter what the media says.
There are lots of pro-choice Republicans but negligibly few anti-abortion Democrats.

That's the reality of America, no matter how much the content chasing media boosts MAGA.
I noticed that this was the first midterm in which none of the major media outlets were showing or discussing the total popular vote. You have to Google really deep to even get a source for the data, or add up the tallies yourself.

Cos Democrats have a thumping advantage there.
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Nov 13
Neighbor praised us for how much of the fallen Ash tree we have cleared using just hand held hacksaws and axes, no power tools.

He said he knows a guy who will clear away other fallen trees AND pay us. We said nah, we cool with the others. Fallen trees are part of the ecosystem. ImageImage
Yup, totally. I love looking at the fallen trees and what lives on or in them.

We are only clearing this one cos it fell right at the (narrow) entrance to the property.

Elsewise, wanna leave The 4 acres untouched except for firewood. 😁🌿🌱🍀

Not all! It is high quality Ash wood perfect for wooden utensils. So gonna buy a wood carving kit, make chopping boards, salad bowls, spatulas etc. And gift to friends and family. 😁😁

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Nov 12
What does Allah mean to you?
In case the point isn't clear, all 3 are valid responses.

Posted the poll cos one thing I've seen uniting MAGAs and Sanghis is that they act like anyone saying "Allah" is like straight away ramming something into a downtown Manhattan building.

It literally just means god.🤷🏽
If you believe there is something called God, you also believe in Allah.

If you don't believe in God, you also don't believe in Allah.

There is no difference between Allahu Akbar and Praise the Lord.

But "praise the Lord" makes you pious "Allahu Akbar" makes you terrorist.
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Nov 12
Crypto = taking arguably the worst idea humanity ever had, already causing multiple recessions - glorifying & incentivizing wealth gained through pure speculation - spreading its high risk far & wide using our tech advances, and adding a hefty carbon footprint on top.
If you read a lot of business and economics history like I do, you see that LITERALLY every single recession or depression or crash has been caused by that particular generation's choice of what's the cleverest way to get wealthy through speculation.
But at least in the past, the speculation bubbles were linked to something tangible. Cotton, sugar, trains, oil, Internet,...all boom & bust cycles here at least left something tangible but with low profit margins.

Crypto is literally just a collective delusion of value.
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