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Written by David Frank on 2025-02-05 at 16:20

Hi, sorry, I wasn’t alive during 19th century, was this how imperialism always worked? Issue an ultimatum to say your victim is a national security threat, so they gotta hand over stuffs to you otherwise you will make they pay dearly? Or was it just old-fashioned syndicate family blackmailing? Did I miss some lectures on how international diplomacy work in 21st century?

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Written by David Frank on 2025-02-04 at 11:31

Source: "China hits back at Trump tariffs with Google antitrust investigation" https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/03/china-hits-back-at-trump-tariffs-with-google-antitrust-investigation/

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Written by David Frank on 2025-02-04 at 11:30

You know geopolitics work in mysterious ways: just yesterday I was talking about when Microsoft were put onto an anti-trust case in China as a way to negotiate for better pricing, now it is Google's turn to take the retaliation hit (again an anti-trust case, opened right after US added an additional 10% tariff).

https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@bitinn/113937548659019306

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Written by David Frank on 2025-02-04 at 07:02

This is a very very good episode:

https://overcast.fm/+AAdwIz002PQ

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Written by David Frank on 2025-02-03 at 14:20

Sunset #pixelart #ドット絵

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Written by David Frank on 2025-02-03 at 05:46

Civ 7 comes out at a perfect moment: where US is trying to annex Canada by burning down their own trade routes, a scenario only viable in video game fantasy land.

https://journa.host/@anneapplebaum/113937656847691696

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Written by David Frank on 2025-02-03 at 02:19

In other words: patriot billionaires are a myth, even dictators know that.

https://betakit.com/shopify-ceo-commits-to-buy-local-features-for-shop-app-after-criticizing-canadas-tariff-response/

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Written by David Frank on 2025-02-03 at 02:17

One cool thing about living in China is you get to see if companies really have any principles above profit and survival much earlier than the western world:

CEOs in the west openly criticize government ONLY when they are fully protected by the law isn’t the backbone that you think it is.

All of them are prone to “pulling an IBM” when the real dictators arrive. We just observe these tactics much earlier than you do.

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