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This is so dumb and incorrect and wrong it's unbelievable.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. is quickly approaching \u201ca moment of crisis\u201d because of the \u201crecord number of migrants\u201d spilling into the country https://t.co/QuiWPcXswA
— POLITICO (@politico) October 20, 2018
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1/OK, data mystery time.
This New York Times feature shows China with a Gini Index of less than 30, which would make it more equal than Canada, France, or the Netherlands. https://t.co/g3Sv6DZTDE
That's weird. Income inequality in China is legendary.
Let's check this number.
2/The New York Times cites the World Bank's recent report, "Fair Progress? Economic Mobility across Generations Around the World".
The report is available here:
3/The World Bank report has a graph in which it appears to show the same value for China's Gini - under 0.3.
The graph cites the World Development Indicators as its source for the income inequality data.
4/The World Development Indicators are available at the World Bank's website.
Here's the Gini index: https://t.co/MvylQzpX6A
It looks as if the latest estimate for China's Gini is 42.2.
That estimate is from 2012.
5/A Gini of 42.2 would put China in the same neighborhood as the U.S., whose Gini was estimated at 41 in 2013.
I can't find the <30 number anywhere. The only other estimate in the tables for China is from 2008, when it was estimated at 42.8.
This New York Times feature shows China with a Gini Index of less than 30, which would make it more equal than Canada, France, or the Netherlands. https://t.co/g3Sv6DZTDE
That's weird. Income inequality in China is legendary.
Let's check this number.
2/The New York Times cites the World Bank's recent report, "Fair Progress? Economic Mobility across Generations Around the World".
The report is available here:
3/The World Bank report has a graph in which it appears to show the same value for China's Gini - under 0.3.
The graph cites the World Development Indicators as its source for the income inequality data.
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DsVOm2EVYAET8R9.jpg)
4/The World Development Indicators are available at the World Bank's website.
Here's the Gini index: https://t.co/MvylQzpX6A
It looks as if the latest estimate for China's Gini is 42.2.
That estimate is from 2012.
5/A Gini of 42.2 would put China in the same neighborhood as the U.S., whose Gini was estimated at 41 in 2013.
I can't find the <30 number anywhere. The only other estimate in the tables for China is from 2008, when it was estimated at 42.8.
Today's @bopinion post is about how poor countries started catching up to rich ones.
It looks like decolonization just took a few decades to start
Basic econ theory says poor countries should grow faster than rich ones.
But for much of the Industrial Revolution, the opposite happened.
https://t.co/JjjVtWzz5c
Why? Probably because the first countries to discover industrial technologies used them to conquer the others!
But then colonial empires went away. And yet still, for the next 30 years or so, poor countries fell further behind rich ones.
https://t.co/hilDvv0IQV
Why??
Possible reasons:
1. Bad institutions (dictators, communism, autarkic trade regimes)
2. Civil wars
3. Lack of education
But then, starting in the 80s (for China) and the 90s (for India and Indonesia), some of the biggest poor countries got their acts together and started to catch up!
Global inequality began to fall.
It looks like decolonization just took a few decades to start
Basic econ theory says poor countries should grow faster than rich ones.
But for much of the Industrial Revolution, the opposite happened.
https://t.co/JjjVtWzz5c
Why? Probably because the first countries to discover industrial technologies used them to conquer the others!
But then colonial empires went away. And yet still, for the next 30 years or so, poor countries fell further behind rich ones.
https://t.co/hilDvv0IQV
Why??
Possible reasons:
1. Bad institutions (dictators, communism, autarkic trade regimes)
2. Civil wars
3. Lack of education
But then, starting in the 80s (for China) and the 90s (for India and Indonesia), some of the biggest poor countries got their acts together and started to catch up!
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DpzSnsnUcAASxSg.jpg)
Global inequality began to fall.
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DpzS0sMVsAAKc9w.jpg)
When Republicans started to believe in racial bloc voting - when they stopped believing that nonwhite people could ever be persuaded to vote Republican - they started to see immigration as an invasion.
This explains why immigration is now at the center of partisan conflict.
Of course, the belief in ethnic bloc voting becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
When a slight Dem tilt among Hispanics and Asians caused the GOP to turn against them, Hispanics and Asians shifted more toward the Dems. Etc. etc. A self-reinforcing cycle.
Bush's 2006 amnesty attempt, and the 2013 intra-GOP fight over immigration reform, were two moments when the GOP could have turned back to the approach of Reagan, and courted Hispanics and Asians.
But they decided against this, and...here we are.
What will disrupt this bad equilibrium, and save American politics from being an eternal race war?
Either:
A) More white voters will grow disgusted with the GOP approach and defect, or
B) The GOP will find some non-immigration-related issues to attract more Hispanics and Asians.
As long as both parties see elections in terms of racial bloc voting - where the only way to win is to increase turnout among your own racial blocs or suppress turnout by the other party's racial blocs - American politics will not improve, and the country will decline.
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This explains why immigration is now at the center of partisan conflict.
Why did California turn Blue?
— Sen. Eric Brakey (@SenatorBrakey) October 28, 2018
Why is Texas turning Blue?
The left has failed at selling socialism to the American people for decades. We have rejected it.
Their new strategy is mass importation of new voters to transform our political culture.
Of course, the belief in ethnic bloc voting becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
When a slight Dem tilt among Hispanics and Asians caused the GOP to turn against them, Hispanics and Asians shifted more toward the Dems. Etc. etc. A self-reinforcing cycle.
Bush's 2006 amnesty attempt, and the 2013 intra-GOP fight over immigration reform, were two moments when the GOP could have turned back to the approach of Reagan, and courted Hispanics and Asians.
But they decided against this, and...here we are.
What will disrupt this bad equilibrium, and save American politics from being an eternal race war?
Either:
A) More white voters will grow disgusted with the GOP approach and defect, or
B) The GOP will find some non-immigration-related issues to attract more Hispanics and Asians.
As long as both parties see elections in terms of racial bloc voting - where the only way to win is to increase turnout among your own racial blocs or suppress turnout by the other party's racial blocs - American politics will not improve, and the country will decline.
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1. Number Verification API
A RESTful JSON API for national and international phone number validation.
🔗 https://t.co/fzBmCMFdIj
2. OpenAI API
ChatGPT is an outstanding tool. Build your own API applications with OpenAI API.
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3. Currency Data API
Currency Data API provides a simple REST API with real-time and historical exchange rates for 168 world currencies
🔗 https://t.co/TRj35IUUec
4. Weather API
Real-Time & historical world weather data API.
Retrieve instant, accurate weather information for
any location in the world in lightweight JSON format.
🔗 https://t.co/DCY8kXqVIK
Best 5 public APIs you can use to build your next project:
1. Number Verification API
A RESTful JSON API for national and international phone number validation.
🔗 https://t.co/fzBmCMFdIj
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FqJB2w2WAAIDkG9.jpg)
2. OpenAI API
ChatGPT is an outstanding tool. Build your own API applications with OpenAI API.
🔗 https://t.co/TVnTciMpML
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FqJB3RRXoAIV7Cf.jpg)
3. Currency Data API
Currency Data API provides a simple REST API with real-time and historical exchange rates for 168 world currencies
🔗 https://t.co/TRj35IUUec
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FqJB3lDXwAE5EY4.jpg)
4. Weather API
Real-Time & historical world weather data API.
Retrieve instant, accurate weather information for
any location in the world in lightweight JSON format.
🔗 https://t.co/DCY8kXqVIK
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ChatGPT is a phenomenal AI Tool.
But don't limit yourself to just ChatGPT.
Here're 8 AI-powered tools you should try in 2023:
1. KaiberAI
@KaiberAI helps you generate beautiful videos in minutes.
Transform your ideas into the visual stories of your dreams with this Amazing Tool.
New features:
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2. @tldview TLDV
Best ChatGPT Alternative for meetings.
Make your meetings 10X more productive with this amazing tool.
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3. ComposeAI
Use ComposeAI for generating any text using AI.
It’s will help you write better content in seconds.
Try it here:
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4. Browser AI
Use this AI tool to extract and monitor data from any website.
Train a robot in 2 minutes to do your work.
No coding required.
https://t.co/nNiawtUMyO
But don't limit yourself to just ChatGPT.
Here're 8 AI-powered tools you should try in 2023:
1. KaiberAI
@KaiberAI helps you generate beautiful videos in minutes.
Transform your ideas into the visual stories of your dreams with this Amazing Tool.
New features:
1. Upload your custom music
2. Prompt Templates
3. Camera Movements:
Check here
https://t.co/ivnDRf628L
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1630919620336193537/pu/img/GzJnMtzpNmTBvO8F.jpg)
2. @tldview TLDV
Best ChatGPT Alternative for meetings.
Make your meetings 10X more productive with this amazing tool.
Try it now:
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3. ComposeAI
Use ComposeAI for generating any text using AI.
It’s will help you write better content in seconds.
Try it here:
https://t.co/ksj5aop5ZI
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1630921657044078595/pu/img/hZ6_on1yUZz6troF.jpg)
4. Browser AI
Use this AI tool to extract and monitor data from any website.
Train a robot in 2 minutes to do your work.
No coding required.
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Once upon a time there was a Raja named Uttānapāda born of Svayambhuva Manu,1st man on earth.He had 2 beautiful wives - Suniti & Suruchi & two sons were born of them Dhruva & Uttama respectively.
#talesofkrishna https://t.co/E85MTPkF9W
Now Suniti was the daughter of a tribal chief while Suruchi was the daughter of a rich king. Hence Suruchi was always favored the most by Raja while Suniti was ignored. But while Suniti was gentle & kind hearted by nature Suruchi was venomous inside.
#KrishnaLeela
The story is of a time when ideally the eldest son of the king becomes the heir to the throne. Hence the sinhasan of the Raja belonged to Dhruva.This is why Suruchi who was the 2nd wife nourished poison in her heart for Dhruva as she knew her son will never get the throne.
One day when Dhruva was just 5 years old he went on to sit on his father's lap. Suruchi, the jealous queen, got enraged and shoved him away from Raja as she never wanted Raja to shower Dhruva with his fatherly affection.
Dhruva protested questioning his step mother "why can't i sit on my own father's lap?" A furious Suruchi berated him saying "only God can allow him that privilege. Go ask him"
Once upon a time there was a Raja named Uttānapāda born of Svayambhuva Manu,1st man on earth.He had 2 beautiful wives - Suniti & Suruchi & two sons were born of them Dhruva & Uttama respectively.
#talesofkrishna https://t.co/E85MTPkF9W
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Prabhu says i reside in the heart of my bhakt.
— Right Singh (@rightwingchora) December 21, 2020
Guess the event. pic.twitter.com/yFUmbfe5KL
Now Suniti was the daughter of a tribal chief while Suruchi was the daughter of a rich king. Hence Suruchi was always favored the most by Raja while Suniti was ignored. But while Suniti was gentle & kind hearted by nature Suruchi was venomous inside.
#KrishnaLeela
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ep6oBR5XcAAWgvW.jpg)
The story is of a time when ideally the eldest son of the king becomes the heir to the throne. Hence the sinhasan of the Raja belonged to Dhruva.This is why Suruchi who was the 2nd wife nourished poison in her heart for Dhruva as she knew her son will never get the throne.
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ep6oB7yXEAMptsj.jpg)
One day when Dhruva was just 5 years old he went on to sit on his father's lap. Suruchi, the jealous queen, got enraged and shoved him away from Raja as she never wanted Raja to shower Dhruva with his fatherly affection.
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ep6oCu-XYAETsv_.jpg)
Dhruva protested questioning his step mother "why can't i sit on my own father's lap?" A furious Suruchi berated him saying "only God can allow him that privilege. Go ask him"
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ep6oDZhXcAAmbte.jpg)