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I, Lawrence Teo, hereby officially declare that I am challenging Wittgenstein by attempting to prove the Private Language Argument wrong. zenodo.org/records/17634978
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- Pergi ke Singapura, sadar mustahil menjadi negara maju tanpa tata kelola yang baik.
- Pergi ke China, sadar betapa jauhnya Indonesia tertinggal dalam teknologi dan industrialisasi.
- Pergi ke Jepang, sadar bahwa disiplin adalah fondasi kemajuan.
- Pergi ke Korea Selatan, sadar bahwa investasi pendidikan dan teknologi bisa mengubah nasib bangsa.
- Pergi ke Taiwan, sadar bahwa penguasaan teknologi bisa menjadi kekuatan ekonomi dunia.
- Pergi ke Jerman, sadar bahwa industri manufaktur dan pendidikan vokasi sangat menentukan.
- Pergi ke Swiss, sadar bahwa negara kecil pun bisa menjadi sangat makmur.
- Pergi ke Belanda, sadar bahwa keterbatasan sumber daya alam bukan penghalang kemajuan.
- Pergi ke Amerika Serikat, sadar bahwa inovasi dan riset adalah mesin pertumbuhan ekonomi.
- Pergi ke Vietnam, sadar bahwa negara yang dulu tertinggal pun bisa berlari lebih cepat.
Singapore isn't rich because it collects "tolls" in the Strait of Malacca.
Singapore is rich because it built a world-class logistics engine while others relied on geography alone.
Claiming Singapore "steals" Indonesiaβs maritime wealth is a lazy myth. Letβs break it down π§΅π
I have a question for Indonesians:
Indonesia clearly occupies one side of the Strait of Malacca, so why has Singapore monopolized the benefits of the Strait of Malacca, making itself a wealthy country through what is essentially collecting tolls, while Indonesia doesn't earn a single cent from it and remains a poor country today?
This is obviously the greatest injustice in Southeast Asian geopolitics! If I were the president of Indonesia, I would demand that Singapore share 50% of the port profits. I don't think there is anything unreasonable about this proposal from Indonesia's perspective. I believe this is the core contradiction that will lead to conflict between Indonesia and Singapore in the future. In fact, a senior Indonesian official said not long ago that Indonesia should charge fees for the Strait of Malacca β that was a trial balloon pointing in this direction. In the long run, Indonesia will not give up such demands.
The relationship between Indonesia and Singapore is essentially similar to the relationship between Iraq and Kuwait before 1990. At that time, Iraq believed that it, as a major country, was getting too little from the Middle East's oil benefits, while Kuwait refused to share its oil benefits, which ultimately led to war.
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Singapore does not charge tolls for ships merely transiting the Strait of Malacca. Singapore's port revenue is from voluntary services; UNCLOS prohibits transit fees by the littoral states, and Indonesia has confirmed it will not impose any.
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People ask: Indonesia borders the Strait of Malacca, so why hasn't it just out-built Singapore to capture all that port wealth?
Because building concrete docks is easy. Winning the multi-billion-dollar maritime ecosystem is brutal.
Let's talk logistics reality π§΅π
The good news? Indonesia is changing the game.
Pelindo's port consolidations and major developments in Batam prove Jakarta is closing the gap.
Real competition is built on infrastructure reforms and efficiencyβnot by demanding a cut of your neighbor's success.
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β οΈ WARNING: GRAPHIC FOOTAGE β οΈ
The lies and manipulation by the pro Hamas anti-Israel propaganda machine is a phenomenon that will be studied by many future generations and psychiatrists. The level to which theyβve deliberately lied, edited, cropped, and manufactured false stories as well as revised huge chunks of history has been astounding.
But for me personally, one incident more than most stands out that highlights so many things at once, but especially the lies.
On February 5, 2024, an incident occurred near al-Eizariya in the Maβale Adumim area of East Jerusalem. The entire incident was captured on film in full.
Yet a day later thousands of propagandists took the footage and edited it, cutting out almost the entire incident and leaving just 8 seconds of footage showing the moment a 14 year old Palestinian boy was shot by Israeli police.
What the propagandists deliberately edited out was the footage of the boy walking casually up to the border police, then pulling out a large knife and begin stabbing one of the officers violently. The officer struggled with the boy and managed to get distance, then the boy ran across the road and was shot by another officer and killed.
But the edited footage was shared and viewed tens of millions of times, shared by media, celebrities, and anti Israel politicians from around the world.
A day later the full footage was then released which showed the indoctrinated boy stabbing the police officer and then running. But the damage of the lies was already done.
Here is the full video which clearly and unequivocally shows the boy walking up to the police and stabbing them before being shot. This is a common occurrence. Palestinians frequently use children as young as 8 to commit horrific attacks including suicide bombings. And their parents donβt mourn. They smile and celebrate it. That is the culture and the people we are up against. And that is what is soon coming to every country in the West. They know your weakness. They know how to break you. And so many fall for it every single time.
Watch how they operate.
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In 1992, Paul Verhoeven asked Sharon Stone to take off her underwear for Basic Instinct. He promised the camera would not see anything.
They were shooting the famous interrogation scene. Verhoeven told her the white cotton was reflecting the studio lights. He guaranteed nothing would be visible on screen. Stone trusted him.
Months later, she sat in a screening room watching the final cut. The scene played. She realized she was completely exposed. She walked straight up to Verhoeven and slapped him across the face.
But Verhoeven tells a different story.
He claims Stone knew exactly what she was doing. According to him, she watched the playback on the monitor immediately after the shot. He says her outrage months later was pure panic, fueled by agents who told her the scene would ruin her career.
Stone called her lawyer. Under Screen Actors Guild rules, she had the legal power to force the studio to cut the shot.
In the end, she let it stay. She admitted it was exactly what the character would do.
The consequences were a mix of massive success and a hidden trap.
Financially, Basic Instinct grossed over $350 million worldwide. Stone was paid a flat fee of $500,000. Since she was not a proven star before filming, her contract had no backend points. The studio made hundreds of millions off that single shot. She saw zero extra dollars from the box office.
Career-wise, the scene made her a global superstar, but it boxed her in. For the next decade, Hollywood only wanted her to play the cold seductress. She had to fight aggressively to prove she was a serious dramatic actress.
That struggle eventually led to her Oscar-nominated role in Casino, which finally allowed her to command $5 to $7 million per film.
As for the director, the broken trust was permanent. Stone and Verhoeven never worked together again.
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Free speech is an alien concept to the Chinese.
They canβt model what a free mind in a free country is like, so they assume the Japanese π―π΅ react exactly like them
The real danger of this narrative? It treats economic growth as a zero-sum game.
Indonesia doesn't need to "take" from Singapore to win.
Develop Tanjung Priok, build out Batam, cut bureaucracy, and compete on merit. Rising tides lift all regional ports.