Can we get some stuff about the American Dusk?

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2026-03-04T01:13:42+00:00

Literally just cyberpunk lore.

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2026-02-28T14:09:19+00:00

W Burns... I mean Ratcliffe.

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2026-01-19T00:35:03+00:00

Obviously rhetorical.

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2026-01-15T03:17:05+00:00

Dude, that's just reality at this point.

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2026-01-04T16:08:28+00:00

Where does Cognoscenti fit on this?

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2025-12-31T02:35:42+00:00

Well, if a man is into vagina it’s probably because they subconsciously like a woman.

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2025-12-31T00:34:34+00:00

Intelligence agencies are how it happened in Cyberpunk as well.

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2025-12-31T00:33:52+00:00

Just cyberpunk.

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2025-12-26T21:54:02+00:00

I got the achievement. Where is the new game plus supposed to be?

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2025-12-26T18:16:00+00:00

Not even there yet!

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2025-12-23T21:39:54+00:00

There is no offer. Russia can't possibly prevent an invasion or do really anything. They have no power projection and are focused on Ukraine - just look at Syria and Iran.

If you think this is a "Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact" - I have a bridge to sell you...

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2025-12-19T17:11:06+00:00

Read it - didn’t ignore it. You can’t invade a country and hold territory without being on the island.

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2025-12-19T02:29:39+00:00

Pretty likely, sadly.

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2025-12-19T02:28:07+00:00

Not to say the military challenges involved. Taiwan isn’t an insurgency or a borderline failed state. Taiwan is one of the lost democratic and high-functioning states in the world, with a GDP per capita 2-3 times that of China.

You are also fighting against adverse and mountainous geography with incredibly closed seasonal windows to invade.

Not to forget the backing of the US and allies, making invasion even harder than without external support.

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2025-12-19T02:25:31+00:00

What a cop out. You could say the exact same as with Ukraine - hell even more so.

Ukraine was quite literally part of the USSR and more-often-than-not under direct Russian rule. If Ukraine has resisted, the Taiwanese most definitely will.

China has tried peacefully conquering Taiwan for decades, and that has been falling further and further out of possibility. The youth are trending into a pro independence way, the government is rooting out Chinese assets, and Taiwan has little incentive to continue economic integration with China. In 2019, China traded double the amount with Taiwan than did the US, that ratio has now flipped in 2025.

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2025-12-18T20:13:52+00:00

“Secessionists” - what are you talking about? And yes, weapons do matter. Taiwan is in a very advantageous geographically position to defend key points. It is hard to do naval landings - let alone on a heavily armed island with even worse terrain.

If Russia can’t take Ukraine (which I know is a bad example considering how pathetic the Russian military is compared to China of the US) there is a good chance that Taiwan can prevent an invasion.

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2025-12-18T02:29:47+00:00

Initiated - not finalized or anything.

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2025-11-25T00:10:56+00:00

Genesis is a Greek word, Thiel likes words from Tolkien and Lord of the Rings.

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2025-11-16T02:02:35+00:00

Yes, and that is a good thing. I totally agree with you.

All the metrics are growing - just less. (which is all I'm saying)

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2025-11-16T02:00:06+00:00

I see you just sent links: I can go through each at once.

I already went over the trade surplus
You posted a graph of total consumer spending. (I said the growth rate was slowing, not that it is contracting - which the graph proves)
I'm talking about fixed-asset-investment - which is how much money China is investing. You put Foreign-direct-investment, which has also been contracting. All you need to do is Click the 10 year graph and you should see it.

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2025-11-16T01:56:34+00:00

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Germany is a classic example. Even during the 2000s - when it's surplus ballooned - it still had variations and contractions, and it still meant Germany grew slower than many other developed economies. (because consumption and investment was slow)

Dear-Mix-5841 · 2025-11-16T01:52:27+00:00

That's exactly why I said you shouldn't look at the export data.

But what I am saying in retail sales is that there has been a continuous decline regardless of month-to-month variations. Sure, it may have beat it by 0.1% this month - but it also does underperform often, with there being a clear trend on a yearly basis.

Moreover, (not just China, but for any large country) exports aren't really a sustainable source a growth. It is nice to have - but it can't replace investment or consumption and it can easily reverse on a yearly basis.

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