@StartWhere_U_R @BowesChay Stop letting AIs do the thinking for you. Why does inflation is at 600%?
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Based Packaging
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Based Packaging
@BasedPackaging
Father of five kids, husband, Vietnamese American, love making packaging products in Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam Joined Mart 2025
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What supplies are you claiming they are low on? Grok: "No, there are no reports of widespread riots in Venezuela right now specifically over food and medicine shortages. Recent protests (April 9-10, 2026) in Caracas involved public sector workers, retirees, and unions marching for higher wages/pensions amid 600%+ inflation, where basics like food cost far more than salaries. Police used tear gas and blocked some marches, with minor clashes reported. Chronic shortages and high living costs persist from the economic crisis, but demonstrations focus on pay, not looting or unrest over empty shelves."
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Pressure is building in Venezuela.
Unlike China, the USA cannot fully supply Venezuela with the goods it needs. America lacks the production capacity and the supply networks required to support the entire country.
The key issue is thay even with American sanctions in place, Venezuela under Maduro was still able to trade with China.
They exchanged oil for products, medicines, and other essential goods on a barter basis. After relations with China broke down, inflation exploded. It reached 649.5 percent by March 2026. The International Monetary Fund expects it to go above 682 percent by the end of the year.
Right now Venezuelas oil money is being sent to a special account controlled by the US Treasury.
Remember that the United States has also essentially seized Venezuelas gold reserves. These moves are speeding up the collapse of the national currency. The situation is spiraling out of control.
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@BowesChay @Grok are people in Venezuela currently rioting over shortages of food and medicine?
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@FattyNatsu Vietnamese people and businesses pay very little taxes.
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Vietnam is now the only Asian country on the EU tax blacklist.
Not a tax haven, just not playing the global tax transparency game.
Green flag or red flag for you?
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@GBX_Press Well, the US milked its allies then fck them up.
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Vladimir Putin🇷🇺 delivers a reality check on de-dollarisation:
‘To use the dollar as a tool of foreign policy struggle is one of the biggest strategic mistakes made by the US political leadership…you are killing the US dollar with your own hands.’
The war on Iran only accelerates the move to de-dollarisation. Not only has the US dollar been weaponised for years…
But now the US is increasingly seen as an unstable rogue state, ready to tank the global economy with no qualms about instability.
The shift away from the dollar will continue, as the dollar is increasingly seen as the currency of an out-of-control, declining rogue state.
New Order with Afshin Rattansi@NewOrder_TV
🚨WAR ON IRAN: Dollar will be weakened, Yuan will be increasingly used, BRICS will be STRENGTHENED -Former US🇺🇸 Congressman Dennis Kucinich ‘The truth is there’s no strategy here. There’s no purpose to this war. There is simply an attempt to dominate an oil market through seizing, through upending the sovereignty of Iran and to be able to dictate prices in that market. That’s not going to happen. The prices are going to go up and Iran is going to be in control of this. And the US has shut itself out by its duplicitous diplomatic conduct. So what happens with respect to the petrodollar, it’s going to remain dominant because it does have financial depth. But there is a trend towards diversification and BRICS, that is what it’s about. BRICS will use more local currency at a bilateral level. You’ll see greater use of the yuan. Certainly the US has created that by its adverse foreign policy. And in addition to that you’re going to see reserve diversification, you’ll see the interest in non-dollar payment systems, within BRICS and beyond that… It’s going to damage the petrodollar and increase the trading value of the yuan. Everything about this is a catastrophe. In addition to the fact, let’s go back to Gaza and the West Bank and Lebanon and Yemen and Syria and Iraq and now Iran. I led the effort against conflicts with almost every one of those countries and I understand that US foreign policy has gone in the wrong direction. We need to take down this archipelago of bases that we have not only in the Middle East but around the world.’ Watch the full interview in the quoted post, or watch it on Rumble, link below in the replies👇
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“The Republicans will fix it this time”
“The Democrats will fix it this time”
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@VPA_Soldier The “many” can just F off. Who are they to force their views on others?
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Despite close ties with Israel, Vietnam has consistently provided humanitarian aid and voiced support for the just cause of Palestinian people
However, many argue that it's not enough, and Vietnam must sever all diplomatic and trade relations with Israel
What is your opinion?
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Thailand is considering shortening the tourist visa from 60 days to 30 days due to widespread frustration with tourist behaviour.
Main complaints by nationality by Thais:
Chinese tourists: Travel in large, loud groups,
often rude and disrespectful.
Refuse Thai food, only eat Chinese cuisine.
Frequent littering and ignoring religious site rules.
Indian tourists: Large groups that litter beaches.
Loud public behaviour. Aggressive haggling. Refuse to follow venue rules. Dominant presence in sex tourism areas like Pattaya. Low spending compared to other tourists. Many working illegally. Hygiene issues.
Russian tourists: Drunken, disruptive behaviour. Shirtless in public. Fighting and rowdy antics
Sense of entitlement. Working illegally.
Israeli tourists: Strong sense of entitlement. Unpaid bills. Public intoxication. Aggressive and disrespectful behaviour.
British tourists: Stag and hen night culture. Blackout drinking. Shirtless in public. Bar fights and disorderly conduct.
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@MarxismIsDeath @pasanospoco Don’t get what you are saying.
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@BasedPackaging @pasanospoco They also went scorched earth even poisoning their own wells.
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@MarxismIsDeath @pasanospoco They tried, the civilians were evacuated. The cities and villages were empty everywhere they went. As they chased the people and the Dai Viet armies, their forces and supply lines stressed and fell into traps.
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@BasedPackaging @pasanospoco Kublai not Genghis. Genghis would have just slaughtered them all down to the last woman and child. Insurgents are like roaches treat them as such. American air power alone stopped the Norths invasion of the South. Linebacker 1 and 2. Will is what was lacking
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@MarxismIsDeath @pasanospoco The Mongos got their asses kicked 3 times in Vietnam and they gave up.
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@pasanospoco Name a single battle lost by the US in Vietnam? Only way to win an insurgency is to pull a Genghis khan and eliminate everything that moves.
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@WhaleInsider In the meantime, people around the world suffer while these guys make money. They don’t give shit about the people, just their pockets.
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JUST IN: 🇮🇷 BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says Iran war could lead to lower energy prices in the long-term.
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Vietnam was in a tough spot after Pol Pot's genocide.
- get sanctioned and get the DPRK treatment (even tho history vindicates you)
- USSR, your biggest trading partner, is dying and collapses in 1991
- recovering from 100 yrs war & famine
Israel also has fmr USSR & western tech
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Is there anything more disappointing than Vietnam? Once one of the greatest anti-imperialist nations to exist. Now they trade with Israel and buy their weapons that were tested on Palestinians. This isn’t the country that Ho Chi Minh spent his entire lifetime liberating.
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@raz_sauber_ Lol, try counter his arguments. Attack him personally only show he is right.
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I can’t believe Chinese intelligence took an English teacher from Beijing, handed him a whiteboard, invented a “professor” title for him, and sent him to drive a wedge between Israel and the United States - and so many people fell for it.
“Professor” Jiang isn’t a professor. He has a BA in English and teaches at a Beijing high school - and even that’s questionable. He misspells and mispronounces Telemachus in his own Odyssey “lecture.” A fraud.
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@TicTocTick Yeah right, it would wipe out small and medium size businesses. If he want to control inflation, stop government spending and printing money.
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@UgwunnaEjikem Yeah, without the South Vietnam Army, would the number be different?
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America lost POLITICALLY not MILITARILY.
American deaths : 50 - 60k
Vietnamese deaths : 2M - 3M
The US pulled out cos of immense pressure home & abroad, esp after the Paris Accord. Same with the Taliban, yet y’all paint it like US soldiers ran away shouting “ma pa mi ooo” kmt
Adémọ́lá.@OgbeniDemola
But the rice farmers in Vietnam defeated America in the 60s and drove them shamelessly out of the country.
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@Templarpilled The Vietnamese don’t give F about communism nor capitalism. All they care about is unification and independence. Look at North and South Korea. Germany was lucky though.
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@Rus_Khairullin HCM sucks if you discover Muine. I live in HCM city for 8 years and moved to Muine 2 months ago. I came back to HCM city today and can’t wait to come back to Muine.
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Vietnam vibe hits different 🥰
I’ve been living in Vietnam since 2019 (Dubai in winter since 2023, summers back in Vietnam), and I’ve never seen this many tourists. The country is going through a real tourism boom.
People realized Bali is overrated, Thailand got overhyped back in ’22 - now everyone’s discovering new spots.
I was saying back in 2020 that Vietnam’s best tourism days were still ahead. Looks like that call aged well.
On top of that, Vietnam ranks #1 globally in crypto and blockchain adoption. I was recently at the Vietnam Blockchain Association office, and after that visit we decided to actively support the country’s growth in this direction and work closely with the government on it.
Overall, Vietnam has the most chill vibe for me out of all Asian countries.
Vietnam just hits home ✌️
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@Megatron_ron Yes, we have to work like slaves for the system to compete with China?
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NEW:
🇩🇪🇨🇳 German Chancellor Merz says Germans need to work more in order to match China:
“We are simply no longer productive enough. Each individual may say, “I already do quite a lot.” And that may be true.
But when you return from China, ladies and gentlemen, you see things more clearly.
With work-life balance and a four-day week, long-term prosperity in our country cannot be maintained. We will simply have to do a bit more.”
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