Chinese Education Arbitrage

Chinese families are moving to Thailand, so that their children do not have to compete in the Gaokao system, among other reasons. The children are flourishing, despite some having ADHD etc, and have developed hobbies unthinkable in China.

It will be interesting to see if the new diaspora will draw the mainland Chinese culture away from the Rat Race. Chinese people just cannot resist the Rat Race.

Americans Rediscover Cheaper Rural Life

Boomers now discover they can afford to retire in rural America, whereas they can't in the cities. But rural medical care is a concern.

Took them long enough to figure this out. Classic arbitrage. City life is too expensive. But for some reason the Establishment Media and the Entertainment Industry does not want to talk about country living being fun.

Even Female Prisoners, Living Outside Male Gaze, Crave Makeup

Female prisoners invent all kinds of ways to homebrew makeup and beauty care accessories, in addition to buying and smuggling real makeup. They say that access to makeup was a requirement for them to access their own authentic selves.

This apply demonstrates that women invented fashion and makeup all on their own, with only minimal attention paid to male desires. Of course, the prominent gay men opinionmakers in the fashion industry means it was very likely gay men were responsible for female fashion in the antiquity as well. For, as we know, women are stupid and are not that creative as a collective. Chinese women during the Mao era demonstrated that women can maintain a local minima of no makeup, policed by their Karens.

So this raises the question: If women do not understand what men find sexually attractive, then how do women find their fashion sense? Indeed, women spend inordinate amount of time looking at the fashion magazines and videos, consuming massive amounts of imagery to calibrate their aesthetic sense with the existing female fashion gestalt. The dynamics of female fashion also indicates how women organize themselves into their wheel hubs and spokes.

Young Girls Hurting Themselves with Skincare Products

Girls are using adult skincare products to keep skin young, but the adult products are too harsh for young skin, scarring the girls. The girls are using the products because of social media influencers.

Girls are stupid, of all ages. And girls younger than 18 probably should not access social media. Or TV. Or magazines. Basically, no media at all. Girls probably should stay in a nunnery of some sort, for their own psychological wellbeing.

The funny thing is, girls instinctively start using makeup on their own. See tomorrow's post, for how they start competing on looks all on their own.

Hmongs and Armenians Upset at Census Bureau

Hmong, Armenians, Brazilians, Haitians, and other ethnicities are not satisfied with the newest racial ethnic classification system from the Census Bureau and the US government, because it is not detailed enough nor giving them enough representation.

It is turtles all the way down. There is never enough details in the classification systems. Especially not in an multiethnic empire like the USA.

"George Floyd Legacies"

After George Floyd death intensified the #BlackLivesMatter protests nationwide, people thought policing would improve. 4 years later, not much had changed.

Policing in America is built on the confluence of several systemic and bureaucratic forces. Reform is unlikely, since the forces remain unchanged. The "racism" complaints are mostly outside the control of the police itself. And the opposing forces on policing made police itself prone to corruption.

I have long made the observation that building new groups and bureaucracies is faster and more efficient than reforming old ones. The "George Floyd Legacies" history has again shone that observation to be historical truth in organizational innovation.

Another observation I made, is that urban policing in America, in many places, is an exercise in Counter-Insurgency, and we should act like it. Oil-Spot Strategy, co-option of local militia, etc. We have yet to take that seriously, and urban policing will continue to fail.

One more proposal I made, is that cities should break up into smaller independent entities, so that they are more accountable to the residents instead of the business interests, who drive much of urban policing. That this proposal remain unthinkable to much of the commentariat, just shows how unserious most urban residents and intelligentsia are about Policing.

How Stockholders Killed Red Lobster

Red Lobster made some bad business decisions as it was sold by a series of owners. Finally the Thai Union shrimp company, the latest owner, broke Red Lobster to benefit itself and Thai Union personnel.

Red Lobster is a case study of how #financialization killed a company. Globalization is evil.