China, Japan, or any East Asian country that doesn't adopt anglo customs, language, and habits will always be seen as suspicious.
Adoption is a form of colonialism and imperialism. Adding the language ends up being a way for ideas and propaganda to get in.

With enough time? People begin thinking like them. And mindlessly supporting them.
Kings used to do this in the middle ages too. You'd take the children of powerful lords and scholars. Then educate them in your own ways.

They'll never fail to serve.
Even when they rebel, they institute a form of the culture they grew up in.
Is it any shock that HK, Philippines, and certain Shanghai liberals are so adamant western supporters? Its because of that influence.

HK and Philippines were colonies. Shanghai culture has some influence from the foreign concessions...even now.

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Apr 3
No true meritocracy espouses fake it till you make it as success. They're ruthless in a way because either you produce tangible results? Or you're out.
The main problem of meritocracies is how to determine merit. Its always an issue. The smart and wise ones use questioning and application. The bad ones rely only on tests. Either way, a bureaucracy to test forms.
The determination of merit is easier in a young meritocracy. For the reason the leaders have a sense of vision. And can communicate intent. So merit that advances that vision is easier to see.
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Apr 2
Lets talk AI influencers. The most cringy people online. I'm gonna tear them apart, so this will be a long one.

This is Allie K Miller, btw. A Linkedin Top Voice and a big AI grifter. More on her later.
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First lets get into the types of influences:
- Gender Grifter
- Inspirational Poaster
- The Fighter
- TechBro/Statsbro
- Picture Spammer.

I'll give examples of each.
Gender Grifter. This type uses their gender attractiveness to the max advantage. That in itself isn't a problem. Legit strategy.

However as far as AI content goes? Nothing. This type turns anything they touch into instagram. With appropriately vague inspirational quotes.

On… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Apr 1
An interesting thing I've found is that brilliant strategists seem immature or curious kids. There's also a tendency for them to be ultra hyper. Followed by seeming laziness.
There's a reason for them seeming like kids. They absorb everything. So its an exercise in challenge for them. And because that takes many forms? Their intention isn't discernable.

They don't really desire gain. Its more to solve a problem. So they're harder to catch.
This is diffent than someone trying to gain something. They follow a set pattern, so they're easier to predict. Even if they don't say anything? You can sense intent in a specific direction.
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Mar 31
Democracies do not hold a monopoly on economic prosperity, by mere adoption of its system. Neither do market economies exclusive to it.
This is the biggest narrative pushed by the western world since 1991 and 1945. That and somehow holy democracy is free of sins, corruption, and thirst for empire any less than the past.

That only democracy can generate prosperity and poverty alleviation.
Look at the so called democracies they like to hold up in Asia. They're often bought, have military bases, or have a coolie mentality. Or all three.

Most haven't achieved poverty alleviation. Most have one party that rules them.
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This is a big assumption I often see from armchair generals and admirals. That numbers of a ship, weapons system, or tech alone means advanced skill. Image
The operating area for the USN and PLAN are different. Same with doctrine.

The PLANs doctine is currently focused towards the South China Sea and within the 1st island chain. The USN is focused at projection of force in mutliple theaters.
The PLAN's goal? Its to stop any foreign naval landing or invasion. Which was a major problem in the Opium Wars and Boxer Rebellion. Foreign nations were able to establish concessions that were close to water.

Hankou, Weihai, Hong Kong, etc are examples.
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User experience is king. You need to make things easier for the user to have a sucessful product. Aesthetic and usability matters.

Which is why I like using East asian versions of tech products over US brands.
The biggest issues I have with US tech products is that they change stuff around to show its a better product.

Or make things more complicated on purpose so you have to hire one of their friends or take a class from them.

This is what Salesforce did to Tableau. It used to be… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
One of the most common ones you know of in the West? Hiding the unsubscribe button or any essential button or function.

This is done to frustrate users. So they don't get rid of the product. Or hire someone to use the product.
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