Showing posts with label BRICS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BRICS. Show all posts

Monday, June 19, 2023

19: BRICS



The Moral Crisis of America’s Doctors The corporatization of health care has changed the practice of medicine, causing many physicians to feel alienated from their work.




TSS #076: The 5 Phases of Solopreneurship .



AI-GENERATED JUNK IS FLOODING ETSY Coloring books, stickers, mugs, and T-shirts are being pumped out by AI-assisted hustlers.

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Adipurush’s Nepal release stalled amid protests against ‘Sita is daughter of India’ dialogue, mayor threatens to ban Hindi films After Kathmandu Mayor Balen Shah's threat to ban all Hindi films in the region if a line of dialogue isn't removed from Adipurush, the mythological epic's release in Nepal remains up in the air. .
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 10, 1963

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

The State And Its Several Forms

English: The Ethnic composition of Muslims in ...
English: The Ethnic composition of Muslims in the United States, according to the United States Department of State based on the publication of Being Muslim in America as of March 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
In China, the communist party stands above everything, above the courts, the government, everything. Islamists want states where the religious authority and organization supersedes everything. Both are worldviews seeking recognition.

The American/Western/Indian model of democracy is suspicious of those arrangements. But then the Chinese and Muslims have not ascended to the highest levels in America, Europe and India.

Even if eventually everyone ends up in countries that look politically like America, Britain and India today, some of these fermentations might be societies on the move. These might be phases as they get their footing. A rich China is going to be less intolerant of dissent. One hopes.

Islam wants to be treated on par with Christianity. Not getting that, it internalizes itself, and goes inward. Would you say?