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I can't complain, it's Natalie without clothes on. I like maybe 3 photos of it the rest are ok. I agree that the filter that makes all the models look extremely bronze and without body hair/unnatural isn't good.

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Abby Lee & Elle Fanning, looking beautiful. Not surprising to me that Elle could have been a top model as well. I think Abby Lee is starting to age in the face the last I saw her.

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Overall it appears that Japan has fallen greatly behind in the area of innovation to the US. It also seems less artistically successful these days. Have you noticed how much they have fallen behind in gaming compared to the West? However they have still accomplished a tremendous amount for the population size. What makes you think that China lacks innovation? It seems to be beating everyone else in city development and is strong in manufacturing, and a few tech areas. Another trait of China is that historically it always looked inward. I can't imagine a scenario where Chinese culture can be transform into something that can be exported in the way US culture has. Currently its international activities are in main to secure resources and assets for the mainland. So it cannot be considered a real colonial power. US economy, military, and culture is soulless & in shambles as of the moment and very tenuous. I think we are living in the final stage of the 'American empire'. The people are lost souls. The only way to save the nation by changing it would be a massive culture shock, a catastrophic military & economic defeat and some kind of political revolution. I don't see this forming in the near future but it may happen if China-Russia-Iran-North Korea deliver the US its defeat. I am thinking that humanity needs a new model and a new culture to aspire to. But I know of no culture that is good enough to emulate.

The main issue I see with East Asian (Japanese, Korean, Overseas Chinese/Taiwanese) culture (all cultures have flaws) is that they take conformity to the dictates of family/society and hard work to an extreme- as in sweat-shop level. They are also introverted to a fault and are not very communicative, which is a fault. So the individual is not really free, they are under a lot of social pressure to "do the right things" all the time. So all of them have to do things that 'make money' (STEM), not do things that 'they should not do' and avoid things that are risky or don't make money. I think this is a type of oppression. Also it means that a lot of people are not doing things out of the box. So their hard work and high intelligence is funneled into the most predicable areas. I have heard that in taiwan/South Korea it's so competitive that it's a race to the bottom. The Japanese appear to be the most decadent of the three groups as they became developed early but then stagnated economically for 25 years. They are also by far the most creative in the arts (to a remarkable sense among all the world). The culture of China is so inward focused that it cannot really be exported like American culture is. All of the East Asian countries have severe problems with fertility with South korea at 0.64, which is basically at the level of national suicide. It is also notable that these countries are not really that rich among 1st world countries. Japan and South Korea also have a lot of suicides. So it must be wondered what went wrong, since these countries are filled with people like this. So all the East Asian "Tigers" are stuck, except for China. China like Elon said has an enormous number of smart people. I saw stats that show that there are more Chinese STEM people in China than in all of Europe combined.

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