My speech today in the National Assembly of Pakistan on India’s threats to peace and stability in the region, its weaponization of water and betrayal of the Indus Valley Civilization. pic.twitter.com/RlFjKDs53T
— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) May 6, 2025
Look at this speech by Bilawal Bhutto, a ruling party politician, a former Foreign Minister, son to a former Prime Minister, grandson of another. He is not even trying to argue Pakistan is not behind Pahalgam. He is instead arguing since you have Kashmir, Pahalgam is justified.
This is not about Kashmir. If it were about Kashmir, the arrangement in place was the ruling prince or king of each Indian territory was given the option to join India or Pakistan, and the king of Kashmir chose India. If it is about the later UN resolution, the first asked for step was that Pakistani armed forces vacate Kashmir, they never did. If it is about the welfare of the Kashmiri people, looks like the Indian governed Kashmir is doing much better, so much so that the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir wishes to join India. There is a growing popular support for the idea, militarily muzzled by the Pakistani Army and ISI.
India has no choice but to prepare, India has no choice but to go on the counter-offensive against the ISI-sponsored terror networks. And Israel offers the best roadmap in terms of how it manages to penetrate organizations like the Hezbollah, and engineer super precise strikes regardless of geography.
Modi seems to have absolute clarity on this. For example, the Operation Sindoor is not over. Why would it be over? The terrorist intentions are not over. The terrorist networks have not been eliminated. The state sponsors are still running the show. The offensives have to be super precise.
How do you explain Modi's clarity? Because he is Hanumanji. I am not saying he is like Hanumanji. I am not saying just like Hanumanji was a Rambhakt, and so is Modiji. I am saying, he is Hanumanji himself. 5,000 year old scriptures talk of Hanumanji coming to help Bhagavan Kalki with his work to end the Kali Yuga. Well, Modi is that Hanumanji. And Bhagavan Kalki is here. And the Kali Yuga has only a few decades left.
This Pakistan problem is fundamentally a spiritual problem.
Start with the tip of the iceberg. Benazir Bhutto's two politically active children. Their grandfather was slain by the Pakistani Army. The elder Bhutto was no martyr, like Aseefa Bhutto likes to say in her speeches. He was a state crime victim. And the criminal is very much around. We call it the Pakistani Army. The institutional arrangement that killed the elder Bhutto is very much still in place. Benazie Bhutto is not a martyr either. She is a state crime victim. The head of state at the time was General Musharraf who at the time denied state involvement. Years later in his retirement he admitted that some elements inside the Pakistani state might have been involved. An attempt was made on Musharraf's life when he was head of state. If an army chief who becomes dictator is not safe inside Pakistan, who is? Those same forces aid and abet terror against India.
Perhaps the vast majority of Christians do not give 10% of their income to their church like the Bible teaches them to do. But there is no denying that that is what the Bible teaches. It is written. The Christians know. Similarly, are there peaceful Muslims? Of course there are. Are there Muslims who do not engage in terrrorism? Of course. Hundreds of millions. But Islam fundamentally teaches violence. Islam spread through terror. Horse riding armed gangs fanned out in all directions and gave you two choices. Convert to Islam or die. Or pay taxes. As in, agree to subjugation. And to people who were already Muslims, should they decide to leave Islam, the punishment was again death. Islam is spiritual prison. It is the Devil's religion. The only way to end the terror drama is for Muslims to realize this and to walk away from The Devil's religion.
Modi has this clarity. It is spiritual. He has this spiritual clarity because he is Hanumanji.
Trump just entered into a new and even wilder stage of authoritarianism | Opinion In the Oval Office, before cameras and journalists, Trump openly lied to the president of South Africa about alleged violence against white South Africans. The Trump regime has also granted refuge to white South Africans while continuing to bar or deport people of color who desperately need refuge........ The regime told Harvard it can no longer enroll foreign students and that its existing foreign students must transfer to another university or lose their legal status in the United States. ........ Trump auctioned off a personal dinner to foreigners who poured money into his own crypto business. He has also accepted Qatar’s gift of a $400 million “flying palace” (it’s also just for him — no other president in future years can use it). ........ At Trump’s insistence, House Republicans have passed a giant bill that would, if enacted, be the largest redistribution of income and wealth in American history — from the poor and working class to the rich and super-rich. The bill includes a poison pill that eliminates the power of courts to hold officials in contempt for disregarding court orders. ............. In recent days, according to Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent of The New York Times, Trump or his team have charged, investigated, or threatened with investigation New York Attorney General Letitia James, Andrew Cuomo, Kamala Harris, Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce, Bono, Oprah Winfrey, James Comey, unnamed “treasonous” Biden aides, the city of Chicago, and the Kennedy Center. ............ Trump seems to have entered into a new and wilder stage of authoritarian neofascism. No holds barred. Nothing out of bounds. Rapacious, racist, nativist, vindictive, corrupt. .......... I feel enormous gratitude to the judges who are trying to stop this. Most have shown themselves to be principled, steadfast, and courageous. ........... Appreciative of all who are planning to protest on June 14. It’s Trump’s birthday, on which he’s trying to justify a huge military parade using the pretext of the 250th anniversary of the start of the Continental Army that fought against King George III. ............ The more Trump’s tyranny is exposed, the stronger the resistance. The worse it gets, the larger the backlash. The crueler and more vicious his regime becomes, the more powerful the alliances being formed at every level of society to stop him. ..........
Tyrants cannot succeed where people refuse to submit to them. We will not submit.
If gold is the past and Bitcoin is the future, why are foreign central banks that are preparing for a future where the U.S. dollar is no longer the reserve currency, replacing their dollar reserves with gold and not Bitcoin?
I finally got around to putting them into an "org chart", and it's actually really cool to see!
Plus, laying them out this way by sub-function (social media, blog, email, community, partners, etc) has given me a bunch of ideas of… pic.twitter.com/vi4FLZFfSA
๐จ IDK who needs to hear this, but claims that 'we have no clue' about updated COVID boosters are false, no matter how often they're repeated. Data from years of booster campaigns consistently shows lower hospitalization and death rates for boosted individuals compared to those…
Something extraordinary is happening in Eastern Europe: Poland is on track to overtake Japan in GDP per capita by 2026.
Here's the full story of how Poland emerged from Soviet communism as one of Europe's poorest nations to now surpassing the world's former economic powerhouse. pic.twitter.com/kuzJbIM9Fm
Jake Tapper’s recent behavior redefines journalistic dishonesty in a way that eclipses anything that came before.
This is the man who amplified every major hoax of the past decade, most notably kickstarting the Russia collusion narrative by singlehandedly legitimizing the… pic.twitter.com/k4V6U1i6UA
Im so fucking hyped for the future I could never kill myself. Even in my worst case timelines, the 2030s will be so fucking crazy and futuristic and probably better than scifi, because there will be so much stuff going around that we cant even imagine yet, and thats just 5 years
Twitter is a strange thing... It's an endless scroll of politics and rage-bait and self-help clichรฉs that gets you questioning every second you've spent scrolling, until somebody posts a one-liner so witty that it redeems all those wasted hours. Then, the cycle starts over again.
Surprise Claude 4 doesn't have a memory yet. Would be a major self-own to cede that to the other model companies. There is something *extremely* powerful about an agent that knows *you* and your motivations, and what you are working towards always.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 24, 2025
We’ve been amazed by the excitement around Veo 3, which brings in a new era for video generation. It's state of the art in text-to-video, image-to-video, text-to-audio+video generation, and realistic physics.
The Silent Revolution: How the Global South Is Reshaping the World Economy
For decades, the global economic conversation was dominated by a rigid dichotomy—developed versus developing, First World versus Third World. But that framing has become outdated, even misleading. The world has changed. Quietly, steadily, and profoundly. A seismic shift has occurred across the Global South that few in the West truly grasp: what happened in China did not stay in China. A similar economic miracle has been unfolding across large swaths of Asia, Africa, and Latin America—simultaneously.
From Poverty to Possibility
In 1980, most of the Global South was written off as “poor,” “undeveloped,” or “low-potential.” But in the decades since, countries once dismissed as economic backwaters have become hubs of manufacturing, innovation, digital leapfrogging, and demographic dynamism.
Take Vietnam. Once synonymous with war and poverty, it is now a critical node in the global supply chain, attracting tech giants and boasting high-speed growth. Or consider Bangladesh, home to one of the world’s most competitive garment industries and a rapidly digitizing economy. Ethiopia, once symbolic of famine, was—before recent political instability—growing faster than almost any country in the world.
The result? A tectonic expansion of the global middle class, much of it concentrated in the South. Billions have been lifted out of poverty, and millions now participate in global trade, mobile banking, and online education. The old narrative of the “Third World” no longer holds.
China Was Just the Beginning
China’s rise—lifting 800 million people out of poverty and becoming the world’s second-largest economy—was historic. But what’s equally historic is that China was not alone.
India, with its IT revolution and digital public infrastructure, is now shaping the future of financial inclusion, digital identity, and public services. Indonesia has become Southeast Asia’s tech powerhouse. Brazil’s agri-tech sector is world-class. Even small economies like Rwanda are earning reputations for innovation and governance reform.
We are witnessing a “China-sized” transformation happening simultaneously in multiple regions, though in different forms. Some are driven by manufacturing, others by services, mobile technology, or even green energy. But the trajectory is clear: economic acceleration is no longer the privilege of the West or the East Asian Tigers alone.
Leapfrogging the Old World
Perhaps most striking is how the Global South is bypassing legacy systems entirely. In parts of Africa, mobile money outpaces traditional banking. In India, digital payments are more widespread than in many Western countries. Education, healthcare, and government services are being reimagined through frugal innovation and mobile-first platforms.
This isn’t about playing catch-up. It’s about leapfrogging—skipping industrial-age infrastructure and jumping straight into the digital and post-digital age.
The New Center of Gravity
The implications are enormous. The Global South is no longer the periphery—it’s fast becoming the center. It’s where the consumers, workers, and innovators of the 21st century are emerging. It’s where the next unicorns will rise and where global growth will be concentrated for the foreseeable future.
Geopolitically, this rebalancing of economic power is already influencing trade patterns, diplomatic alignments, and multilateral institutions. The South is no longer begging for aid—it is demanding investment, partnership, and respect.
Conclusion: The World Has Changed—Have We Noticed?
The world we live in today is not the world of the Cold War era, nor even the post-9/11 world of the 2000s. It is a world shaped by the rise of the Rest. The "Third World" no longer exists—what exists is a vibrant, diverse, and upwardly mobile Global South.
It’s time we retire outdated mental maps and recognize the reality: the future is being built everywhere. And more often than not, it’s being built in places that were once ignored. The question is not whether the Global South will rise. It already has. The question is whether the world is ready to accept and adapt to this new reality.
One quarter of all startups with billion-dollar valuations have a founder who came here on a student visa. If we had eliminated student visas, Elon Musk would never have started Tesla and SpaceX. The gains to the U.S. from welcoming foreign students are immense. pic.twitter.com/B96LdkpOBU
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) May 24, 2025
Great. All 3rd worlders can go back to the 3rd world and help make it great.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 24, 2025
The Silent Revolution: How the Global South Is Reshaping the World Economy https://t.co/3lZVWXVdZe
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 24, 2025
Please specify what you are referring to. With links if possible.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 24, 2025
Something extraordinary is happening in Eastern Europe: Poland is on track to overtake Japan in GDP per capita by 2026.
Here's the full story of how Poland emerged from Soviet communism as one of Europe's poorest nations to now surpassing the world's former economic powerhouse. pic.twitter.com/kuzJbIM9Fm
Trump's assault on foreign students at Harvard is truly depraved. It harms thousands of the smartest people in the country for no reason, & it's based on the error of thinking they're behind campus "riots" (a cable news host said this to me last night). In fact disruptive…
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 24, 2025
Harvard Derangement Syndrome President Trump’s opinion that Harvard is “an Anti-Semitic, Far Left Institution,” a “Liberal mess” and a “threat to Democracy,” which has been “hiring almost all woke, Radical Left, idiots and ‘birdbrains’ who are only capable of teaching FAILURE to students and so-called future leaders.” ......... the Trump administration has singled out Harvard to receive no federal grants at all ........ the administration just moved to stop Harvard from enrolling foreign students and has threatened to multiply the tax on its endowment as much as fifteenfold, as well as to remove its tax-free nonprofit status. ......... One loudmouth lefty becomes a Maoist indoctrination camp. ...... universities are committed to free speech, which includes speech we don’t like. A corporation can fire an outspoken employee; a university can’t, or shouldn’t. ............. Most of our graduate students and faculty members were trained elsewhere and go to the same conferences and read the same publications as everyone else in academia. Despite Harvard’s conceit of specialness, just about everything that happens here may be found at other research-intensive universities. ......... Young people are shaped by peers more than most people realize. Students are shaped by the peer cultures in their high schools, at Harvard and (especially with social media) in the world. In many cases, students’ politics are no more attributable to indoctrination by professors than are their green hair and pierced septums. .......... In 2021 the biologist Carole Hooven was demonized and ostracized, effectively driving her out of Harvard, for explaining in an interview how biology defines male and female. ........... The epidemiologist Tyler VanderWeele was forced to grovel in “restorative justice” sessions when someone discovered that he had co-signed an amicus brief in the 2015 Supreme Court case arguing against same-sex marriage. A class by the bioengineer Kit Parker on evaluating crime prevention programs was quashed after students found it “disturbing.” The legal scholar Ronald Sullivan was dismissed as faculty dean of a residential house when his legal representation of Harvey Weinstein made students feel “unsafe.” The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression tallies such incidents, and in the past two years ranked Harvard last in free speech among some 250 surveyed colleges and universities. ............... Honest scholarly inquiry is difficult if researchers constantly have to watch their backs lest a professional remark expose them to character assassination, or if a conservative opinion is treated as a crime. In the Sullivan case, the university abdicated its responsibility to educate mature citizens by indulging its students’ emotions rather than teaching them about the Sixth Amendment and the difference between mob justice and the rule of law. .............
But a woke madrasa?
........... Race has some biological reality. Marriage reduces crime. So does hot-spot policing. Racism has been in decline. Phonics is essential to reading instruction. Trigger warnings can do more harm than good. Africans were active in the slave trade. Educational attainment is partly in the genes. Cracking down on drugs has benefits, and legalizing them has harms. Markets can make people fairer and more generous. For all the headlines, day-to-day life at Harvard consists of publishing ideas without fear or favor. .................. According to a 2023 survey in The Harvard Crimson, 45 percent of members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences identified their politics as “liberal,” 32 percent as “very liberal,” 20 percent as “moderate” and only 3 percent as “conservative” or “very conservative.” (The survey did not include the option “woke Radical Left idiot birdbrain.”) FIRE’s estimate of conservative faculty members is slightly higher, at 6 percent. ........... political narrowness had skewed research in their specialties. In climate policy, it led to a focus on demonizing fossil fuel companies rather than acknowledging the universal desire for abundant energy; in pediatrics, taking all adolescents’ reported gender dysphoria at face value; in public health, advocating maximalist government interventions rather than cost-benefit analyses; in history, emphasizing the harms of colonialism but not of communism or Islamism; in social science, attributing all group disparities to racism but never to culture; and in women’s studies, permitting the study of sexism and stereotypes but not sexual selection, sexology or hormones .............. For years the most popular undergraduate courses have been the introduction to mainstream economics taught by a succession of conservatives and neoliberals, and the resolutely apolitical introductions to probability, computer science and life sciences. ............ The most popular undergraduate concentrations are economics and computer science, and half of our graduates march from their commencement ceremony straight into jobs in finance, consulting and technology. .......... The universe of ideas is infinite, and many of them are not worthy of serious attention, such as astrology, flat earthism, and Holocaust denial. ............. “Ideology is like breath: You never smell your own.” .......... Jewish students have felt intimidated by anti-Israel protests that have disrupted classes, ceremonies and everyday campus life, often met with a confused response by the university. Members of the teaching staff have gratuitously injected pro-Palestinian activism into courses or university programming. Many Jewish students, particularly Israelis, reported being ostracized or demonized by their peers. .............. In response to the infamous statement by 34 student groups after Oct. 7 holding Israel “entirely responsible” for the massacre, more than 400 Harvard faculty members posted an open letter in protest. A new collective, Harvard Faculty for Israel, has attracted 450 members. Harvard offers more than 60 courses with Jewish themes, including eight Yiddish language courses. And though the 300-page antisemitism report reviews every instance it could find in the past century, down to the last graffito and social media post, it cited no expressions of a goal to “destroy the Jews,” let alone signs that it was the “dominant view on campus.” ................. For what it’s worth, I have experienced no antisemitism in my two decades at Harvard, and nor have other prominent Jewish faculty members. My own discomfort instead is captured in a Crimson essay by the Harvard senior Jacob Miller, who called the claim that one in four Jewish students feels “physically unsafe” on campus “an absurd statistic I struggle to take seriously as someone who publicly and proudly wears a kippah around campus each day.” ............... One set has already been adopted: to enforce regulations already on the books that prevent protests from crossing the line from expressions of opinion to campaigns of disruption, coercion and intimidation. ............ Contrary to a widespread misunderstanding, a federal grant is not alms to the university, nor may the executive branch dangle it to force grantees to do whatever it wants. It is a fee for a service — namely, a research project that the government decides (after fierce competitive review) would benefit the country. The grant pays for the people and equipment needed to carry out that research, which would not be done otherwise. ............. Worse still is the effect on the far larger number of gentiles in science, who are being told that their labs and careers are being snuffed out to advance Jewish interests. ......... As JD Vance put it in the title of a 2021 speech: “The Universities Are the Enemy.” ........... A business in the red can fire its chief executive; a losing team can replace its coach. But most academic fields don’t have objective metrics of success and rely instead on peer review, which can amount to professors conferring prestige on one another in self-affirming cliques. ............. The uncomfortable fact is that many of these reforms followed Mr. Trump’s inauguration and overlap with his demands. But if you’re standing in a downpour and Mr. Trump tells you to put up an umbrella, you shouldn’t refuse just to spite him. ........... Fifty-two faculty members have won Nobel Prizes, and more than 5,800 patents are held by Harvard. Its researchers invented baking powder, the first organ transplant, the programmable computer, the defibrillator, the syphilis test and oral rehydration therapy (a cheap treatment that has saved tens of millions of lives). They developed the theory of nuclear stability that has saved the world from Armageddon. They invented the golf tee and the catcher’s mask. Harvard spawned “Sesame Street,” The National Lampoon, “The Simpsons,” Microsoft and Facebook. ............... Ongoing research at Harvard includes methane-tracking satellites, robotic catheters, next-generation batteries and wearable robotics for stroke victims. Federal grants are supporting research on metastasis, tumor suppression, radiation and chemotherapy in children, multidrug-resistant infections, pandemic prevention, dementia, anesthesia, toxin reduction in firefighting and the military, the physiological effects of spaceflight and battlefield wound care. Harvard’s technologists are pushing innovations in quantum computing, A.I., nanomaterials, biomechanics, foldable bridges for the military, hack-resistant computer networks and smart living environments for the elderly. One lab has developed what may be a cure for Type 1 diabetes. ............ It is a phantasmagoria of ideas, a Disneyland of the mind. Learning about my colleagues’ research is a source of endless delight, and when I look at our course catalog, I wish I were 18 again. DNA extracted from human fossils reveals the origin of the Indo-European languages. Grimm’s fairy tales, with their murder, infanticide, cannibalism and incest, reveal our eternal fascination with the morbid. A single network in the brain underlies remembering the past and daydreaming about the future. Nonviolent resistance movements are more successful than violent ones. The ailments of pregnancy come from a Darwinian struggle between mother and fetus. The “Who is like you?” prayer in the Jewish liturgy suggests that the ancient Israelites were ambivalent about their monotheism. ............ Do you think that the number of children who die every year from cancer is just about right? Are you content with your current chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease? Do you feel our current understanding of which government policies are effective and which ones are wasteful is perfect? Are you happy with the way the climate is going, given our current energy technology? ............ “Everything that is not forbidden by laws of nature is achievable, given the right knowledge.”
Why Trump’s Reindustrialization Fantasy Is Doomed to Fail
Donald Trump’s rallying cry to “bring manufacturing back” to America might sound patriotic and nostalgic to many — a return to a time when steel mills and auto plants roared with prosperity. But in today’s globalized, digitized, and increasingly automated economy, this vision is not just out of step with reality — it’s a recipe for economic self-sabotage.
The First Wave: Cheap Labor Wins
In the late 20th century, America ceded much of its industrial dominance to China. The reason was simple: labor cost. While American workers earned living wages with benefits, Chinese factories offered an abundance of low-cost labor with far fewer regulations. Manufacturing jobs fled the U.S., not because of unfair trade deals, but because American capitalism sought cheaper inputs. It found them in China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and beyond.
The Second Wave: Smart Labor Dominates
But it didn’t stop there. China didn’t remain just a source of cheap hands. It invested heavily in education, infrastructure, and technology. Soon, its factories weren’t just cost-effective — they were cutting-edge. China began climbing the value chain, producing not just toys and textiles, but semiconductors, solar panels, EVs, and robotics. Meanwhile, America, saddled with underfunded schools and a fractured political discourse, watched its workforce lose its competitive edge.
The Third Wave: Labor That Costs Electricity
Today, we are entering the third wave of global industrial evolution — the automation era. China’s latest strategy is not just to out-hustle American labor but to eliminate human labor altogether. “Dark factories,” where lights stay off because robots don’t need them, are rising across industrial China. Labor that costs only electricity is impossible to beat with policy slogans.
Even if Trump manages to lure back some plants, they won’t bring back the jobs. They’ll bring back machines. Any factory that opens in Ohio or Michigan will be filled with more sensors and circuits than sweat and muscle.
The Real American Strength: Innovation
America’s true power has never been in hammering steel or stitching garments. It’s been in dreaming up the future — in founding Apple, Tesla, SpaceX, Nvidia, and OpenAI. But those dreams require open minds, open borders, and open collaboration. Anti-immigrant policies, culture wars, and isolationist economic strategies threaten the very conditions that foster innovation. By pushing away talent and stifling global exchange, Trumpism cuts America off from the very lifeblood of progress.
The Political Blowback: Inflation at Walmart
There’s also the short-term blowback. Tariffs, trade wars, and supply chain disruptions lead to one thing that all Americans — stockholders or not — feel immediately: higher prices. When essentials cost more at Walmart or Amazon, working-class Americans suffer. Ironically, the very voters Trump claims to champion will feel the most pain, especially when their jobs aren’t returning but their bills are rising.
And though most Americans don’t own stock, pension funds do. The market chaos that follows erratic trade policy could shrink the retirement security of millions.
Conclusion: A Futile Nostalgia
Trump’s reindustrialization push is not rooted in a future-forward economic strategy. It’s driven by nostalgia — for an America that no longer exists and cannot be rebuilt with 20th-century tools. The future belongs to those who invent it, not to those who try to resurrect it. If America wants to win tomorrow, it must embrace immigration, education, and automation — not fight them.
Clinging to a romantic past while the rest of the world builds the future is not patriotic. It’s suicidal.
Data Wars: China, Cyber Espionage, and the Global Surveillance Economy
In the 21st century, wars aren't just fought with missiles and tanks—they're waged with data. The line between espionage, surveillance, and corporate data harvesting has blurred beyond recognition. The U.S. and China, as two of the most powerful digital states, are at the center of this clash. But citizens—especially in democracies—are left exposed to vulnerabilities from both state and non-state actors. Let's explore the scope of this digital battleground.
China’s Cyber Espionage: Beyond Industrial Theft
China’s cyber strategy is multifaceted. While corporate and industrial espionage is well-documented—targeting sectors like aerospace, semiconductors, and biotechnology—Beijing’s surveillance state also reaches deeply into profiling individuals across borders.
Targeting Individuals: Chinese cyber units are known to hack personal data from government databases, educational institutions, healthcare systems, and social networks in the U.S. The 2015 OPM breach compromised data on over 21 million U.S. federal employees and contractors—an unprecedented blow.
Profiling and Influence: The aim is to build long-term psychological, political, and behavioral profiles. This can enable influence operations, blackmail, recruitment of assets, or social destabilization. Chinese apps and platforms, including TikTok, are accused of harvesting data that could potentially feed such profiling systems.
Digital Propaganda on Social Media
The Chinese government spends an estimated billions of dollars annually on information operations, with a portion focused on social media influence campaigns. These efforts are aimed at reshaping global narratives around Taiwan, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and China's global rise.
Platforms like YouTube, Twitter (X), Facebook, and TikTok have been hosts—wittingly or not—to bot networks, troll farms, and fake accounts that promote pro-China content or sow discord within U.S. society.
How Many Americans Are Profiled—and Why?
It’s impossible to know the exact number, but it’s safe to assume that tens of millions of U.S. citizens have been included in foreign data sets. The objectives range from:
Long-term intelligence gathering
Blackmail potential
Voter influence and manipulation
Military recruitment insight
Academic, technological, and diplomatic targeting
China’s Cyber Army vs Global Cybercrime Networks
China’s state-backed cyber force—reportedly over 100,000 strong—includes military, civilian contractors, and elite hacker groups like APT10 and APT41. But they’re not alone.
Globally, cyber scam groups from Russia, Nigeria, North Korea, and Eastern Europe also target U.S. citizens. These actors may not be political—but they are parasitic. Romance scams, IRS impersonation, tech support scams—these ploys steal billions annually.
Seniors: The Prime Targets
Seniors are especially vulnerable. Why?
Less familiarity with digital tools
More trusting behavior online
More likely to have savings or fixed income
Often socially isolated
The results: financial loss, identity theft, and emotional devastation.
The Next Wave: 5G, 6G, and Total Profiling
With 5G and eventually 6G, the amount of data collected per person will explode—real-time biometrics, location patterns, smart home behaviors, even neural interfaces. Profiling will no longer be retroactive—it will be predictive.
Governments and companies could know what you’re going to do before you do it. And this applies globally.
What Can Be Done?
For Individuals:
Use encrypted communications
Regularly update software and devices
Limit app permissions and delete unused accounts
Educate yourself and older loved ones about scams
For Governments:
Create cyber alliances akin to NATO—international cooperation against hostile state actors
Sanction and prosecute foreign cyber criminals
Promote privacy-first digital regulations and ethical AI standards
For Big Tech:
Move beyond self-regulation
Introduce global data justice frameworks
Compensate users in the Global South for data harvested
Embrace transparency in algorithmic design and content moderation
Is the U.S. Guilty Too? The Capitalist Surveillance State
Yes, and uncomfortably so. Google, Meta, Amazon, and others have turned data into the most valuable commodity on Earth. These companies often operate with little oversight, harvesting data in the Global South to train AI models, target ads, and sell insights—without meaningful compensation or ethical review.
This "data imperialism" risks creating a digital feudal system—where the richest nations and companies reap all the rewards, while the developing world becomes a data plantation.
Conclusion: A Fork in the Road
We’re at an inflection point. As technology races forward, societies must choose between surveillance capitalism and digital democracy. Between geopolitical weaponization of data and cross-border collaboration for privacy, fairness, and truth.
If left unchecked, the tools meant to empower humanity may instead enslave it. The battle for the soul of the internet—and the dignity of individual privacy—has only just begun.
letter from harvard’s president: trump admin “continues a series of government actions to retaliate against harvard for our refusal to surrender our academic independence and to submit to the federal government’s illegal assertion of control over our curriculum, our faculty, and… pic.twitter.com/ItS7NQCDwZ
This morning, I was on the road with the Symphony engine team, shopping for scalable industrial capacity to build jet engine parts. "Getting that part will take 18 months best case," we were told.
Why??
The answer was a stunning revelation about the non-obvious ways China has…
will be running tests of letting the browser agent take control of my X and testing some unhinged tasks like go get X likes in Y mins. don't mind the dumb posts or replies.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 24, 2025
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Has anybody ever seen a new law be struck down in under 10 minutes before?
Must be a new world record.
— Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) May 22, 2025
Lot of MAGA folk in my mentions ranting about the evils of elite universities. Which is weird because:
Trump: U Penn Wharton Vance: Yale Law Bessent: Yale RFK Jr: Harvard Hegseth: Princeton Hassett: U Penn Bergum: Stanford Navarro: Harvard Stefanik: Harvard
