Global South wouldn’t be a fair example since you’d have to factor in historical (and current) exploitation by Western nations. This tends to bolster corruption by having leaders sell out their population to align with Western prerogatives, enriching themselves in the process.

The social democracies in these nations is generally an attempt to protect the populace from Western capitalism moreso than domestic capitalism.

One example would be when the US overthrew the Shah in Iran back in the 50s because they socialized ownership of their oil reserves (previously owned through exploitation by a Western coporation). They staged a coup d’etat to install a pro Western leader so that the Western exploitation could continue. This inevitably led to the Iranian revolution, playing a significant role in Iran’s current state as a theocracy.

The Global South, particularly South America, has countless of examples of this. The term banana republic is used to describe this very situation.

This is by no means an indictment on Western culture, just that the global rich will inevitably be in a position to manipulate the global not-so-rich for their own gain. Western nations are the global bourgeoisie.

Nordic nations are a better example of social democracies as they are not subject to the same type of meddling.

How did they find two dudes that look exactly the same?

What does retention mean in this context? File retention? Is there any way to integrate with Kodi or other media server like debrid services?

This comment actually perfectly encapsulates how the US has got to the point that it’s at today.

At least they didn’t carve them into a mountain though?

Canada as a nation has a concept of common good.

America is obsessed with the idea of not helping the poor because if they’re not incentivized to “bootstrap,” they’ll get lazy.

Americans die of not having access to drugs that are developed In America and subsidized by American tax dollars.

I think we all know which is more ethical.

Many Americans do not care. Brains have been rotted by their social media and “anti-woke” identity politics so critical thinking is waning. They’ll pay more and find a way to not blame it on Trump.

America as a positive cultural force in the world is on its dying breaths. It was a good run. The rest of the world should be looking at moving forward while leaving America and the crypto, AI, and social networking dystopia it seems obsessed with creating behind.

The rest of the world should be emphasizing divestment in the US and, overall, leaving America behind at this critical juncture.

Trump administration says fentanyl though very little moves across the Canadian border. They’re using it to declare a national emergency and therefore bypass Congress.

From Canada’s perspective it’s to weaken Canada’s perspective it’s to weaken the Canadian economy so that it’s easier to annex.

US is in a state of slow implosion. Rest of the world needs to look at collaborating while excluding the US.

My guess is China will fill the void left by the disintegration of USAID in order to boost its global standing.

I strongly encourage all nations to begin violating US intellectual property rights. Nations like India already do so with pharmaceuticals.

Eventually other nations will need to take on the mantle of tech and pharmaceutical research and development and we don’t want to live in a world where all this progress is lost.

Americans have chosen to nuke their own democracy and we need to minimize the damage done to the rest of the world as much as possible.

Artists create original content.

Same. No one wipes a kids ass for 2.5 years to be spoken to like that. I get kids and teenagers are a little rough around the edges but this sounds like a grown adult.

These the excuses you start to make when you’re losing. Not looking great for the US…

It seems to consistently throw a WebAssembly is not defined error.

Deepthink R1(the reasoning model) was only released on January 20. Still took a while though.

You’re watching an empire in decline. It’s words stopped matching its actions decades ago.

Since it’s open source is there a way for companies to adjust so it doesn’t intentionally avoid saying anything bad about China?

I’d you ever have a spare invite and time, consider sending one my way! Thanks!

Honestly just sounds like a white guy who grew up around a lot of black people and just wanted to fit in.

Why did you make the switch

“There is an urgent need for a ceasefire in Gaza and the return of hostages, alongside a surge in humanitarian aid”