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> but it has also made it easier to notice the cliched patterns of hatred towards the "other"

Perhaps it isn't "hatred towards the other" but rather love for their own citizens who share a similar cultural background, upbringing, and values...especially when "the other" comes off as ungrateful and in some cases even complains that the host country isn't doing more to make them feel more at home in a place that isn't their home...

> Sure, there are plenty of sensitive subjects that can put you in the bad side of a culture, but the "Merry Christmas" crowd is the same as "Guns, God & Country" crowd which is in many occasions the "racism doesn't exist" crowd

This is a very biased view.

There is probably some correlation to demographic shifts in that slide...

"The Pentagon, which has pledged a fair and competitive selection process, will outline its plans for the procurement to IT vendors at an industry event that more than 100 companies are expected to attend in Northern Virginia on Wednesday. Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are just some of the companies planning to be there."

I'm actually kind of surprised that the DoD would use an outside cloud provider instead of working with other government agencies that have their own data center infrastructure already built and staffed (I'm thinking of the NSA's data center in Utah or something like that)...

> "If your house is entirely local solar what’s the issue?"

That is a big "if"...