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Rather it is shameful to see the British monarchy stoop to such lows when they were the pioneers to stop slave trade and even send their navy to intercept such voyages from the destination.
Just shows why Britain is in shambles now, struggling to keep up with its identity. Well that is what the woke lobby genuinely wants!
Why are you even the king, His Majesty King Charles III?
BREAKING: King Charles says the 'shameful chapter' of the transatlantic slave trade fills his 'heart with horror' as he delivers a speech at the Commonwealth summit.
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Elon Musk can be arrogant, impulsive, and spectacularly rude. But he has also helped make reusable rockets, electric cars, and satellite internet practical at scale.
Steve Jobs was famously demanding, cruel, and difficult to work with. Yet he helped bring personal computers and smartphones to mass markets.
Thomas Edison was combative and ruthlessly competitive. Yet his work on electric lighting, sound recording, and industrial research helped transform modern life.
Henry Ford was a notorious antisemite who promoted conspiracy theories through his publications. Yet his assembly lines brought automobiles within reach of ordinary Americans and helped defeat Hitler.
A society that has no room for difficult people may also have less room for extraordinary achievement.
Though decentralization has progressed far too slowly in India, it's encouraging to see business leaders like Sekar Vembu and now Nikhil Kamath openly advocating for it.
Many in corporate India believe the status quo is not at all ideal for a vibrant India. They hesitate to speak up—whether due to fear of public backlash, political misinterpretation, or potential regulatory consequences.
A more decentralized India would be more resilient, innovative, and locally empowered.
//"If there is no reward for our excess contribution, why stay in this Union?"//
I understand the frustration behind this question. But I feel it is the wrong question. There are many good reasons for us to stay united as one country. The British did leave us one nation as a political entity, which is a good thing, as we do not want to be constantly fighting among ourselves. So our political unity as one nation is something that should not be questioned.
The problem is that the British also left us a top-down centralized system built for them to rule and extract. I strongly believe the more useful question is how we decentralize power, not just to the states but to our cities, municipalities and panchayats, instead of running most things from Delhi and the state capitals.
In this clip, one guest says India does centralized things like vaccines and UPI well, but local things like roads and law and order keep breaking down. Nikhil Kamath replies that states have no upside, because if Karnataka grows faster, Delhi takes the extra revenue and redistributes it, so what is the incentive for its CM to do better?
I agree with Nikhil on this point. And I feel local things keep breaking down precisely because we do not have decentralized governance and power structures. Power is concentrated in Delhi and the state capitals, so our cities and municipalities do not have the power or the money to fix their own roads, drains or policing.
Most of the money is collected by Delhi and the state capitals and comes back as schemes with conditions attached. Even an elected mayor or panchayat president often answers to party bosses in the state capital, not to the people who elected them.
When a state or a city cannot keep the rewards of doing well, and does not pay a price for doing badly, why would anyone work harder? That is true of people, of companies and of governments.
So I do not believe the answer is to question our Union. The answer is a far more decentralized Union, where states, cities and panchayats keep most of what they earn, make their own rules and answer to their own people, irrespective of the party in power.
Bloody beggars
Airlines take the risk. Airlines employ thousands. Airlines face the losses. But guess who keeps collecting? The government.
Over five years, the graphic claims the government made ₹1.06 lakh crore in aviation profit while airlines collectively made just ₹8,604 crore.
Imagine running a business where the government gets paid regardless of whether you survive or go bankrupt.
Private losses. Government collections. And we're told this is how to make India an aviation powerhouse.
Should the government stop treating aviation as a cash cow? ✈️
#IndianAviation #Taxation
For a city aspiring to connect to its neighborhood it must be at the mercy of the centre. Pity state of affairs!
Bengaluru needs a strong regional rail network and RRTS could be a game changer. 🚆
Hope Ind Min @MBPatil can push the Centre and Railway MoS @VSOMANNA_BJP to take this forward and connect Bengaluru with Tumakuru, Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Doddaballapur, Kanakapura, Mysuru and other surrounding cities.
A reliable, fast regional rail network can move more daily commuters to public transport and take significant pressure off Bengaluru’s roads.
More importantly, it can enable people to live, work and build businesses closer to their hometowns, reducing the need for everyone to migrate to Bengaluru.
This is the kind of long-term regional mobility planning we need.
@CMofKarnataka @krishnabgowda
@ShobhaBJP @PCMohanMP @Tejasvi_Surya @DrCNManjunath @DrSudhakar_ @yaduveerwadiyar
America’s deepest flaw lies in its two-party monopoly. While the country is celebrated for its entrepreneurial spirit, that dynamism rarely carries into politics, where Democrats and Republicans alike exploit power to rentseek and doom the nation into a cynical virtuous cycle.
If America wants to avoid the fate of past civilizations that peaked only to fade—Ming China, Rome, Venice, Mughals, Dutch, Spain, Ottomans, Britain—it must abandon ulterior agendas that protect entrenched interests.
Read along my thread to learn how past civilizations faded following the same pattern👇
My biggest concern is that if there is a clean sweep by Democrats of the House, Senate and Presidency in 2028, they will:
1. Make DC and Puerto Rico states to gain a strong majority in the Senate.
2. Open the borders and legalize everyone living in America illegally to cement a permanent majority.
3. Increase the size of the Supreme Court to gain an immediate majority.
This would result in America becoming a permanent one-party state and the end of democracy in any meaningful sense of the word.
All that is needed to ensure this doesn’t happen is 51 Republican senators in 2029. That is why you should vote for Republican senators this election. Other reasons are irrelevant compared to this one.
Late Abbasid Caliphate (9th–10th century): After the early Islamic golden age of science, trade, and administration, Turkish military elites and the iqta’ land-grant system turned into hereditary rent extraction. Central authority hollowed out; innovation and tax capacity declined as local power-holders defended their monopolies.
These cases differ in mechanism—political duopoly, merchant lock-in, military castes, monetary debasement, colonial extraction, fiscal privilege—but converge on the same outcome: once-dominant societies lose adaptability when elites prioritize protected rents over open competition and reform.
Comment your thoughts. Lets together construct a good synthesis of what a good civilisation should be.