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In 1960 Ho Chi Minh gave an interview in a Soviet political anthology, and even if it is highly unlikely either he or the Soviets told the truth the wording here is interesting (my italics): "At first, patriotism, not yet communism, led me to have confidence in Lenin, in the Third International. Step by step, along the struggle, by studying Marxism-Leninism parallel with participation in practical activities, I gradually came upon the fact that only socialism and communism can liberate the oppressed nations and the working people throughout the world from slavery." Later on and through the rest of his life he would keep repeating the same inconvenient fact: his project was one of extreme nationalism, and ethnic patriotism. Nothing less, and most likely nothing more (in the end, Leninism was just his tool). I don't think the Vietnamese communist government was actively persecuting ethnic minorities in Vietnam though, probably because the Vietnamese population was so dominant and growing so rapidly it wasn't necessary. The most dominant non-Vietnamese ethnicity shrank, mostly due to low TFR and emigration.

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In both the US and Canada sports stadiums are a tremendously bad investment and tax payers end up paying on average 73% of construction costs (not to mention maintenance). At best it merely shifts profits from restaurants and cinemas etc. to sportsball team owners. https://theconversation.com/cities-keep-shelling-out-taxpayer-money-for-sports-stadiums-yet-the-economics-almost-never-makes-sense-292058

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When you build with wood windows you know what you get. You can touch and use your own senses to discover leaks or rots or molds or degraded performance. Depending on build quality, location, climate, and maintenance, a wooden window can easily last a century or more and can be replace part by part rather than scrapping the whole thing. A modern window while initially able to provide a far higher insulation efficiency even that soon starts dipping due to mechanical wear, perimeter seal failures, the Low-E coating wearing off, gas fill failure etc. It is not easily maintained so usually it is landfilled and a new window is bought at high cost, and repeat. Not to mention use of non-renewable resources, opportunity cost (support local craftsmen who reinvest in your community!), waste and pollution etc. A traditional window frame can be composted and the materials used for maintenance literally grows on trees.

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