I think there IS a need to compete. You have to produce more than just subsistence. Without any goods to trade, this hypothetical third world commune will have very little economic growth.

Hence the need to be competitive with other producers in the marketplace (which could be private industry). If private industry can produce the same goods far cheaper than the commune then it’s tough for that commune to make money. No/low income means there can be very little industrial build up with no funding to invest in more infrastructure, equipment or resources.

This is why I mentioned political power. Government can support that industrialization process. e.g. directly providing funds, building infrastructure, creating laws that bring foreign capital. etc.

I see it as a step towards more communes however there’s no political change there at any level of government.

A “low key third world country” has to industrialize in some way to add value to their production and to get benefits of scale. Are these communes going to be able to compete with private industry who probably have access to greater funding and government protection?

The cranes are doing something though.

And you are speculating with a theory. And then calling me unreasonable for NOT buying it.

The fact China can’t have made a mistake, in your mind, is the issue.

Where did I ever say that?

I am talking about media doing crap articles. It’s speculation with some bad photos that don’t provide evidence of it. And they all parrot the same shit. You understand that journalism should be better that this ?

I’m done.

First: Fuck CNN. That sub looks nothing like the shadow. They don’t NAME any US officials. The Center for a New American Security is a fucking think tank. They use Maxar because it’s free and they are a bunch of losers.

Second: Get a map and find Wuhan.

Edit:

Got at least one downvote without an explanation. I assume it’s for bursting the bubble.

Okay. Explain YOUR bubble bursting logic. You say a nuclear sub MUST have been in Wuhan and the two photos are in Wuhan. I don’t agree at all. The two piers don’t look alike for a start. And who is really the source of that CNN image of a sub? A US think tank: professional bullshitters basically.

Your gotcha moment is no good. You’re the one in the bubble. It’s such a speculation and scramble to justify the propaganda that China made a boo-boo.

The media have to provide good evidence for a story. They have cried wolf so many times when it comes to China. Their record is dogshit. Unless they have solid evidence, I wouldn’t believe one word of theirs.

My faith in the human intellect is lost after news stories like this.

“Yo! See that shadow? There’s an invisible high tech tub of ice cream there. Go get it!”

Where’s the evidence that a nuclear submarine was there in the first place? Wuhan is not near the sea.

I think for boomer liberals, their memory is pretty hazy and the 60s was the end of racism. “We did it guys! Everyone can sit on the same bus seats.”

I think the nostalgia is also in the 2nd tv series as well. The Addams Family was the original series from the 60s.

It’s very common for reactionaries to seek to rewind the clock to a “better” time because the present has all these modernization problems. For the boomers, the 60s were better than today. For Gen X, maybe the 80s were better.

Both the 2nd and 3rd tv series are aimed at younger viewers or the young-at-heart: trying to convey the joy of youth.

From the SS handbook:

Empty my magazine into the air = suppressive fire

I am creating a new term rather than “disinformation” : “thisinformation” = As in “thisinformation is not cool with me (Factually true but not cool)”.

e.g. Russians are peddling thisinformation about Ukraine.

I believe US was trying to trigger a military conflict with Taiwan over chip manufacturing.

They had the short term thinking that China would try plunder Taiwan for TSMC rather than develop their own capabilities.

As the video said, this is the opposite of China’s mindset on economic development. China had all the ingredients to become self-sufficient on chip manufacturing and just needed a catalyst to start to cook. Trump became that catalyst and Biden continued to same policy.

You can test for mold using an air quality monitor that has a PM1.0. That means it detects particles <1 μm in size which is good for bacteria. Combine that with an air purifier suitable for the size of the cellar.

Windows to cellars should already have trickle vents otherwise it could get damp pretty quickly. Look carefully at the frame of the small window. If no trickle vent, look to install one.

We recently had Australian mainstream media talking about a slum in Australian iron ore sales to China and calling it sign of China’s property crash.

I wonder now if iron ore is trading within BRICS in a similar way and Australia is getting the cold shoulder for being the US puppet it is.

If the judge has no control, how did he buy and sell the stocks? He (or his wife) was “advised” completely independent of the case he’s on?

Pelosi’s husband makes a lot of stock moves too.

“No biggie guys! It was my stupid wife just making money accidentally!”

I agree the stock market is a big influence of the economy. Stocks are massively overvalued. There’s not enough available cash in existence if there’s big sell off on a major stock like Intel. Hence the need to print money. If the Fed didn’t intervene, that illusion of stocks actually having cash value would vaporise.

You’re a federal judge ruling on a Boeing case?

Now sentence yourself to maximum security prison.

None of those implications are bad UNLESS you are a manufacturer of those goods in the West. Or investing in those manufacturers. This is where WSJ falls flat on its ass.

The rest of the economy is a consumer of those cheaper goods. So the discounts on those goods makes the wallet go further. That’s good for consumption. Consumers might even throw more money towards those dogshit services that economists are now in love with.

Everyone just makes stuff for fun in China!

Sucks to be Joerg who only makes stuff for money.

Price down is … bad now? Just pay extra then and call it a tip!