James_Solomon
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Reply to comment by Kakujya_ in Amazon's Least-Deforested Areas Are Due to Vital Role of Indigenous Peoples, Only 5% of Net Forest Loss Occurs in Indigenous Territories and Protected Areas Despite Containing 52% of the Total Forested Area by 9273629397759992
Brazilian government might not look too kindly upon that.
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Reply to comment by Holyvigil in Access to modern military technology substantially reduces the probability of democratisation of authoritarian regimes — New details about the spread of 29 ground-breaking military technologies in all independent states from 1820 to 2010, as well as the form of government in these states by marketrent
The weapons systems being discussed in the article are not guns, but things like armored vehicles, drones, crowd management devices, etc that act as substantial for e multipliers.
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Reply to comment by Thereferencenumber in Hundreds of UK police face sack over sexual, domestic abuse offenses by BecuzMDsaid
In America, it's a fair assumption
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Reply to comment by SexyOldHobo in An analysis of data from 30 survey projects spanning 137 countries found that 75% of people in liberal democracies hold a negative view of China, and 87% hold a negative view of Russia. However, for the rest of the world, 70% feel positively towards China, and 66% feel positively towards Russia. by glawgii
>China never had the brutal imperialism that defined western economics the past few centuries, so they have a blank slate.
The Qing Dynasty would beg to differ.
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Reply to comment by DeNoodle in In a study examining conversation as a vehicle for social influence, researchers found that changing the mind of someone who is dismissive of efforts to protect the planet could be accomplished by sharing a pro-sustainability point of view during a verbal or written exchange. by memorialmonorail
This was also why you had a lot of federal programs to ensure the population was vaccinated, fed, and baseline educated - America found out in WW1 that many Americans couldn't need the fitness standards of the army at the time.