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Read this korrent: Japanese colonial rule built a far deeper state in Korea than European rule ever built in sub-Saharan Africa.
Japanese colonial rule built a far deeper state in Korea than European rule ever built in sub-Saharan Africa.
Last stated 2 years ago
21 Jan 2025
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Oliver Kim — holds since 2025-01-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Europe should likely overhaul immigration to allow very easy inflow from countries whose prior immigrants show low crime rates and nearly ban inflow from high-crime ones. — tap to centre the map on it
Europe should likely overhaul immigration to allow very easy inflow from countries whose prior immigrants show low crime rates and nearly ban inflow from high-crime ones.
Last stated a month ago
15 Sept 2026
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Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: European countries are wealthy enough to afford widespread air conditioning, comparable to Japan. — tap to centre the map on it
European countries are wealthy enough to afford widespread air conditioning, comparable to Japan.
Last stated 4 months ago
28 Jun 2026
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Josh Barro — holds since 2026-06-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: France and the rest of Europe could learn a lot from Japan. — tap to centre the map on it
France and the rest of Europe could learn a lot from Japan.
Last stated yesterday
21 Oct 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most high-skilled Europeans are happy to pay even high taxes, provided the government does a great job in return. — tap to centre the map on it
Most high-skilled Europeans are happy to pay even high taxes, provided the government does a great job in return.
Last stated 2 months ago
23 Aug 2026
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Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country is primarily for its native people — tap to centre the map on it
A country is primarily for its native people
Last stated a year ago
15 Sept 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government taking a stake in its chipmaker is ordinary infrastructure policy — Taiwan, Japan and Singapore all did it. — tap to centre the map on it
A government taking a stake in its chipmaker is ordinary infrastructure policy — Taiwan, Japan and Singapore all did it.
Last stated 4 months ago
18 Jun 2026
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Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: American shipyards are unproductive rather than expensive: their workers are paid about what Korean and Japanese shipyard workers are paid. — tap to centre the map on it
American shipyards are unproductive rather than expensive: their workers are paid about what Korean and Japanese shipyard workers are paid.
Last stated 3 years ago
3 Jan 2024
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-01-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Chinese pop culture will not experience an absolute flowering like 90s Japan because CCP censorship makes it boring — tap to centre the map on it
Chinese pop culture will not experience an absolute flowering like 90s Japan because CCP censorship makes it boring
Last stated 2 weeks ago
5 Oct 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-10-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 'As long as it takes' lacks urgency, and it is a formula available to Ukraine's allies precisely because they are not the ones doing the fighting. — tap to centre the map on it
'As long as it takes' lacks urgency, and it is a formula available to Ukraine's allies precisely because they are not the ones doing the fighting.
Last stated a year ago
10 Oct 2025
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Lawrence Freedman — holds since 2025-10-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 9/11 and Osama bin Laden's actions fundamentally shaped the world we live in today. — tap to centre the map on it
9/11 and Osama bin Laden's actions fundamentally shaped the world we live in today.
Last stated a month ago
11 Sept 2026
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Matthew Yglesias — holds since 2026-09-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ceasefire along the current lines would end the killing and still leave a long-term settlement between Russia and Ukraine possible. — tap to centre the map on it
A ceasefire along the current lines would end the killing and still leave a long-term settlement between Russia and Ukraine possible.
Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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Branko Milanovic — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A nation of a million people cannot rule hundreds of millions by warfare; the Mongol Empire lasted because it offered its subjects things they actually wanted. — tap to centre the map on it
A nation of a million people cannot rule hundreds of millions by warfare; the Mongol Empire lasted because it offered its subjects things they actually wanted.
Last stated a year ago
31 Jul 2025
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Jack Weatherford — holds since 2025-07-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A nuclear war between the United States and Russia would kill five billion people. — tap to centre the map on it
A nuclear war between the United States and Russia would kill five billion people.
Last stated 3 years ago
22 Mar 2024
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Annie Jacobsen — holds since 2024-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A pro-West stance is mostly right: a world more aligned with the CCP or Russia seems a bad one. — tap to centre the map on it
A pro-West stance is mostly right: a world more aligned with the CCP or Russia seems a bad one.
Last stated 2 years ago
15 Oct 2024
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Nabeel S. Qureshi — holds since 2024-10-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Last stated 2 months ago
18 Aug 2026
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
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Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for. — tap to centre the map on it
A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for.
Last stated 4 months ago
9 Jun 2026
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Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it
A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it.
Last stated a year ago
15 May 2025
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are
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