Commanders in the key battle for Avdiivka in Donetsk fear the town will be lost in a matter of days if more international aid cannot be secured – and that huge casualties will be suffered in the process.

Change work culture maybe?

State-owned enterprises look better every day…

Infinite money does not lead to infinite scale in zero time. China’s nuclear industry is robust and growing, as is their solar and wind industry. Money can’t be wasted if you’re already tapped out on growth in other avenues.

This year, China deployed more solar panels than the entirety of all solar panels in the US.

Never thought I’d defend Trump, but he was in office during the start of the pandemic, one of the largest systemic shifts in society in decades.

20 countries but excluding the single largest driver of nuclear energy development in the world: China.

What a fucking worthless declaration.

Rural populations are negligible and covered under other factors in a number of countries (in the US, Internet access). It’s not worth mentioning because it’s not a relevant part of data.

The goal of this comparison is to compare urban-to-urban, because those countries which don’t have this exclusion have relatively tiny rural populations.

The IMF wants to protect private investors at the cost of country-scale investors. Once again, fuck the IMF.

Then your statement doesn’t make sense lol

The rural/urban divide isn’t unique to China or India or Brazil. It’s everywhere. Drivers are always different across the urban/rural divide.

Isn’t happiness the goal? Why does it matter what their driver is?

Idk I think I’d enjoy being obscenely rich off of my government’s oil money

It’s usually an annotation because Internet/phone penetration among the rural, uneducated, and poor in those countries isn’t great. They don’t have means to survey these people. Surveying the people who do have access to Internet is representative of what “normal people” feel.

The US has ~91% Internet penetration, while China only has 73% and India only 43%.

I don’t really like how HRW does their reporting tbh. It basically consists of “here’s some random Chinese article that suggests something that they might do, which, because China is a single-party state, MUST describe what they do” coupled with “here are some sources from US-funded parties detailing what they claim to be happening in China.”

It’s not a question of whether their statements are accurate, but it’s a question of whether they’ve provided enough evidence to make those statements.

Who the fuck downvotes the National Interest?

You’re a terrorist, you’re not a terrorist. You’re a terrorist, you’re not a terrorist. You’re a terrorist, you’re not a terrorist…

If Yemen and Israel are at war, seizing and even sinking ships is perfectly legal under international law.

It says that the top 1% makes 140k USD…

The most comprehensive study of global climate inequality ever undertaken shows that this elite group, made up of 77 million people including billionaires, millionaires and those paid more than US$140,000 (£112,500) a year

We are the top 1%.

What’s unmentioned is that the top 1%, the top 2%, the top 5%, even the top 10% has a disproportionate impact on emissions. That group is made up mostly by the West, but also the rich elite in China, India, Russia, Brazil, Indonesia, etc.

“why are we talking about the communist party of china under an article about how the bourgeoisie continues to accumulate wealth to the detriment of the proletariat?”

The problem is that value is derived from property rather than from work. You earn substantially more by owning a machine than by operating that machine, which rewards people who have money more than people who have skills.