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It should be said that he is not advocating for a “we need to hear both sides” sort of disingenuous argument common among right wing rhetoric but a sense of balanced intellectual humility (even if I believe the behavior and evidence strongly supports the view that Israel is aiming for something akin to genocide) - whether this is a hill he (Wales) should dying on is also another matter.

New genius product by Elon Musk: Hardware as a Service!

Ok an authoritarian regime allegedly being cyber-attacked by another authoritarian regime whose economy is significantly dependent on trade and renegades from that regime

This sort of mindset is typical of the oppressed population in Singapore - oh hey nevermind it all, this police state is awesome.

Na. GDP pp is meaningless without accounting for inequality and civil liberties.

Singapore is an interesting case because it looks great on paper but it’s arguably one of the worst/best form of authoritarianism. For example, ~80% of Singaporeans live in public housing, which they don’t technically own (99 year lease), whose rules are dictated by a government agency. Eg, there are police cameras right up to the apartment lifts and every entry/exit; the number of pets they’re allowed to own is regulated and interestingly less than those living in private property arbitrarily (without consideration for property size). Nevermind the complete lack of civil liberties and high gini coefficient/inequality.

Who or what is this bill trying to protect??

Singapore is addicted to cheap foreign labor so this seems like the natural progression. It does make one wonder the kind of data required for such models to have a chance of success. Most Singaporeans live in public housing with police surveillance right up to the elevators, coupled with a lack of privacy protections against the state, perhaps health initiatives using behavioural monitoring from surveillance cameras is next? It’s all for the benefit of the public needless to say.

Fun fact: ~80% of Singaporeans live in public housing and all the entryways to those buildings are filled with (offical) police security cameras, including two in each lift. The cameras extends to the nearby carparks, carpark gantry (to ID the driver), bus stops (and on the bus) so all movement can be monitored. Private housing do not have such police security cameras because the estate is gated and have their own security guards, not that crime is much of an issue there. Dystopia for the masses?

This is sad to hear. I guess Trump’s values (whatever they might be) resonated more with them than Harris’s progressive liberal values.

Calling him a fascist would be an understatement

I think calling it mere stupidity is a little too reductive. There are genuine grievances among his supporters, such as rising inequality, loss of opportunities/jobs and an economic system which is not working out for them. But expecting a narcissistic misogynistic racist billionaire rapist to actually help them is…the definition of stupidity.

What about using the tariffs on Chinese products to support American companies/interests?