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Whitepilling when you learn the Chinese built the biggest ships to ever exist then just scuttled them instead of trying to conquer the planet. Evil is not an inevitable byproduct of power.

Western prize circuits reward “exotic suffering” from the East. The celebrated book or movie is the one that confirms to foreign editors and critics the patriarchy, violence and repression of the society. Meanwhile, the domestic audiences mostly consume comedy or kitsch love stories. Mostly low brow. And wouldn't find an audience in the west. Who has their own low brow comedies and love stories.

and as is characteristic of Jacobin articles on technology, the class character of the opposition is called into question, whereas the technology itself is always presumed to be class neutral. “AI” appears completely abstract from its concrete social form

It's a terrible thing to "meet people where they are", because "where they are" is usually a fetishistic projection of the communicator.

Mona Hatoum, Waiting is Forbidden, 2006, Enameled metal plaque, 30 × 40 cm

Pay attention to people who never get offended by anything, and tend to be almost always calm or cheerful

Well done JPM. It is just math.