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Confucian scholar, graduate student of Chinese philosophy
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Studying the pre-Qin Confucians then going to the song dynasty Confucians gives me a lot of jrpg vibes. level 1: think about why you saved an Ox, Level 60: exhaust heavenly principle and overcome base human desires to unite all under heaven.

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Me, learning Chinese.

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A good summary of the online academic experience is: I joined a group for critical Korean studies, found out it was just random people posting about Korean news, dwelled deeper to find it was mostly right leaning white guys. When I complained they didn’t know what critical theory meant.

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GOV. WALZ IN IOWA: “This an issue of - do you stand with veterans? If you do, you should not have voted YES like your rep did to cut the VA. It’s that simple.”

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The more I look at these these types of people I realize I’m the opposite: yes I believe in left economics and social conservatism, but I’m awfully silent when it comes to enforcing the latter but loud as hell about the former.

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Someone needs to follow me then. I’m a genius .

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I heavily disagree with the characterization of masculine and feminine ideals being categorized into conforming or not to 无为 and 自然. First, because we need to bracket them as [traditionally western] ideas of xyz, and second because the split may not entirely be present in the DDJ to begin with.

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Rules for thee but not for me seems to be the zeitgeist of the mid-21st century. I highly doubt there will be a 22nd (not because we will go extinct but because something so drastic will happen that we just need to make it the new year 1).

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If you read the Confucian classics and you don’t end up heavily criticizing Chinese culture, you haven’t read the Confucian classics.

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It was, in fact, the blurst of times.

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Really wish people would stop talking about the problem with Science under Trump as “budget cuts”. No. Budgets are set deliberatively by elected members of congress. Budgets haven’t been cut. What’s happening are *purges* and *censorship*.

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It's stupidity for the US. China is all over South America, Africa, Asia and increasingly Europe. It's self destructive for the US. No one trusts them. And no one is going to start trusting them again for a very long time.

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I’m working through the commentaries on Mengzi and Xunzi right now, oh my god this is perfect.

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According to the Satipatthana Sutta, one must contemplate a corpse and one’s own body, understanding that they share the same nature. As I grow older, this is becoming easier.

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以理杀人 the more reasonable something is, the more deaths it leads to. This simply proves the vast superiority of Confucian ideology.

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Trump is actually pulling a Code Geass by becoming the pariah of the entire world before his Suzaku appears bringing world peace through an almost Christlike act of sacrifice.

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David Kelly, Chief Global Strategist, JPMorgan AM:

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What annoys me the most about Americans is that their privilege of their country being the world leader runs so deep, they think every country sort of runs like theirs, so they can just fuck off somewhere else if their government collapses. No one will accept American refugees you dolts.

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nice mirror you have there, is it comprehensive?

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