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  • I work a lot of college events, and once worked a graduation reception at an engineering school. We were able to watch the graduation on TV while we waited for the ceremony to end, and I marvelled at how well the Dean strolled through all those Indian and Chinese names like it was nothing.

    I met him at the reception afterwards, and told him how impressed I was with his pronunciations, and he said “I work with my assistant for six weeks before graduation, practicing their names. They paid a lot of money, and worked really hard to get to this point, the least I can do is get their names right at their graduation.”

    And he was absolutely sincere when he said it, and I was impressed even more.




  • It’s not even about if THIS specific strategy would work in America, it’s that China approached the problem in Good Faith, in an attempt to make a genuine improvement.

    In America, about the best we could hope for would be passing a bill and a budget for an issue, and then it’s considered fixed. No accountability, no objectives. And that’s the best case scenario.

    Worst case scenario is that the whole legislation is a scam to shift money from the Treasury to private pockets. It’s a about 3:1 in favor of this strategy, no matter who is in office.

    We don’t do anything with a Good Faith commitment to solving a problem. It’s always about self-aggrandizing, poking the other guy in the eye, or stealing as much money as possible.