Price looks competitive, but we'll need to see the specs. Considering the price of ram and storage nowadays, I don't have high hopes.

[reform] public procurement ... and financial control

So, fire-sale public assets to BlackRock?

Because the US is the biggest imperial power of our time.

While Albania had a socialist governent for most of the Cold War, they were not allied to the Soviet Union. They were close to China till around 1980, and then more or less isolated. The bunkers were designed to defend against an invasion by NATO, the Warsaw Pact or Yugoslavia.

Albanian bunkers. Why would there be Soviet bunkers in Albania?

the general opinion of Lemmy go from "Slava Ukraini, fuck Russian Nazis, here's some footage of Russian teenagers getting blown up with drones, Trump bad for not wanting to give aid" to "Zelensky is a fascist war criminal and also a Nazi and dumb American liberals are bad for siding with them" seemingly overnight. The switch happened a while ago but it was apparently unanimous.

Lemmy has always had people who took the second position, and still has people who take the first position. There has been a general shift, but it was neither sudden nor unanimous.

People do drive like maniacs in many parts of India, but people don't drive 50 km/hr in a city unless they have a death wish and enough money to pay a lot of traffic fines.

Most people who live in the US for even a few years get this very distinct 'American' accent, even when they are speaking their mothertongue. I don't know how to describe it; I would say that the vowels get sharper. If you are from the US, listen to a German or Russian speaking English, and then take the opposite of the difference you hear.

and being treated horribly there out of spite / revenge.

Very unlikely, unless they keep acting entitled. Yes, the 'kuttae' stereotype is there, but in the end they're just people who tried to get a more comfortable life.

Chinese is the most popular 'foreign' cuisine in India, and some popular 'Chinese' dishes were actually developed by Chinese merchants living in India.

Also Southeast Asia has a lot of Indian influence, except Vietnam, so that's a bit wierd.