very few people move out permanently. if you exclude the gulf workers that is.

india and china should just split into 30 countries respectively (for tax purposes)

it would put all these arguments to rest

aqi of bangalore is 36. please do not repeat racist tropes mindlessly

Been to Dehli, Bangalore and Shanghai in one week. The contrast in air quality was huge. See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45332705

oh cool. I was in Shanghai last week as well. Which part of the city were you in?

On the very outskirts, Changning District.

oh cool. I was at Qibao District

200k is the cumulative number

if 1327 people can “replace” 14500 then perhaps they deserve to be replaced.

of course in reality any layoff will be followed by hiring at some point. no one would say that any “replacement” is going on in any other case

its kinda like a magic battle

avada kedavra expecto patronum

a chinese student graduating from Harvard is 60% likely to voluntarily return to china. its on borrowed time now

after jan6 we can pretty much put all asian democracies (minus pakistan) above the US in terms of democracy. SK recently had a similar coup-lite situation, not tolerated there.

accepting loss is a core tenet of democracy

“Americans have had democracy for so long they now take it for granted.” - an EU friend of mine.

The peaceful transfer of power is not common in human history. It’s a miracle it’s gone on as long as it has in the US.

Yeah the only way an extra tax would be fair for the worker would be to think of it like a fee for PR. Otherwise it's just discrimination.