關於 economic stagnation ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

stagnate 停滯、沈滯(v.)
stagnation 停滯、淤塞 (n.)
➡️指緩慢的經濟成長速度。
E.g. The increasing contamination and stagnation of the river had become a matter of concern.
河流污染和淤積已經是個很嚴重的問題。
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recess 休息、藏身處 (n.)
economic recession / depression 經濟衰退期 (n.)
➡️指經濟衰退或者進入蕭條期。
E.g. A lot of corporations have been seriously affected by the economic recession.
許多公司嚴重地被經濟衰退影響到。
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aggregate 總數、合計 (n.) (a.) (v.)
aggregation / accumulation 加總、總和 (n.)
➡️aggregate demand, aggregate supply 總供給 / 需求
E.g. Tammy bought an aggregate of 30,000 shares in this company last month.
Tammy上個月總共買了這個公司30,000股。
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short-run 短期的 (a.)
long-run 長期的 (a.)
business cycle 景氣循環 (n.)
➡️經濟學針對短期和長期狀態會有不同的分析方式
E.g. In the long run, we can earn a large sum of money.
長遠看來，我們可以賺進可觀的一筆錢。
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monopoly 獨佔 (n.)
oligopoly 寡占 (n.)
perfect competition 完全競爭 (n.)
E.g. The government should keep a monopoly on several important industries.
政府必須在某些重要產業保持獨佔。
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Battle between Freedom and Equality | Lee Yee

A netizen left a comment under my article from a couple of days ago, and said that if Trump is re-elected, he would turn “dictatorial”, and pursue “Trump thinking as mainstream”. He said that he “divides the United States and gave birth to racism, white nationalism, and xenophobia”, which is disastrous to human civilization, etc.

Under the constitutional system of the United States, one will have to step down after one re-election, and there is no way to bring about a dictatorship. Moreover, just look at all the stormy attacks mainstream media throws towards him, how is one to become a dictator? In a multicultural America, how could any almighty notion exist? As for racism and xenophobia, the cited example is him crowning the novel coronavirus “Chinese virus”, and the media claimed that this has caused a sharp increase in anti-Chinese speech online. But the virus did originate in China, did it not?

Other than the infiltration of Chinese interests that drove the U.S. media’s anti-Trump campaign, it has also been the “leftard” ideologies that have dominated academia and the press. How does one define “leftard”? Something that So Keng-chit said a few days ago was very appropriate, "the definition of “leftard” is that they replace strong and weak with “wrong and “right”; strong must be “wrong”, and weak must be “right”. Leftards uplift the weak by putting down the bullies to attain moral high grounds. The leftards must oppose the United States, for the see the United States as strong. The leftards sympathize with Saddam Hussein, because compared with the United States, Saddam Hussein is weak. They cannot see that Saddam Hussein is strong compared with the Iraqis. Hence the ‘tard’ in leftard.”

It is not that they cannot see, they are just intentionally not seeing. The mainstream media reports about Iraq after Saddam Hussein had fallen were that there was no longer a stronghold of a government, which led to the loss of societal management. Bombs were exploding daily, and blood flooded the land of the country. People lost homes and livelihoods. However, data showed that in the later phase of Saddam Hussein’s regime, Iraq’s population was 26 million, and the per capita GDP was only US$625, not to mention that the inflation rate was high in the three digits. After the United States attacked Iraq and introduced the democratic system, the Iraqi population has risen to 35 million, the per capita GDP has increased to US$4,600, and the inflation rate has dropped to 6%. Despite the global economic slowdown, the Iraqi economy has grown by an average of 9.9% per year for more than a decade.

In addition, the mainstream media rarely reported the substantial progress in Afghanistan’s economy and people’s livelihood after the United States eradicated the Taliban regime before establishing a democratic system in Afghanistan. It is rarely reported that after South Africa got rid of the white regime, social security was horrifying. It is because such truthful reporting is not politically correct.

Shouldn’t the motto of news publishing be “all news worth reporting”? When political correctness overrides this creed, there is no longer press freedom.

The so-called political correctness stems from anti-discrimination. Anti-discrimination means upholding the concept that “all men are born equal”, and to protect vulnerable groups. Anti-discrimination used to be a kind of progress, since the starting point is not the interests of the majority of society, but the moral and spiritual demands. But when this kind of protection gradually develops into a disregard towards differences and the diversity of human life, it becomes leftards who wave around the banner of political correctness. If the welfare of new immigrants is treated the same as that of local residents, how is that different from obliterating the long-term tax payment of local residents? Using Black Lives Matter to rationalize violence and chaos, you get Black Lives Better, and ignore the fundamental problems of the root causes of issues such as the Black community’s slighting of education; with the police worrying that law enforcement will cause them trouble, the crime in the Black areas will increase. Anti-discrimination has developed into a state where even praising women for being beautiful is discrimination. Obama once praised the Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris as the most beautiful State Attorney General in the United States, and was then accused of discrimination by feminists. He was forced to apologize. To protect LGBT, many American college toilets no longer distinguish between men and women, making women fearful.

“All men are born equal” is a false proposition. Some people are born with a silver spoon in their mouths, and others are born in the slums of Africa. How are they born equal? American conservative Russel Kirk said that we must pay attention to diversity and differences. Only before God and a fair court can there be true quality; all other attempts to achieve equality will inevitably lead to societal stagnation. If the balance of natural differences and conventions is tipped in order to pursue equality for all, then it will not be long before tyrants or despicable oligarchs start to create new inequalities.

Socialism waves around the banner of equality, and has been breeding tyranny for a whole century. Modern leftards is another form of pursuit of equality, one that is destroying the freedom of human society. Freedom is more important than equality. If there is no freedom, there will be no equality among people who are not free.

This U.S. general election may as well be regarded as a battle between freedom and equality.

Salam Nuzul Al-Quran.

I’m excited to share this with you. In this beautiful month of Ramadan and on this very special day, Nuzul Al-Quran, Islamic Relief and I had organized a campaign, Siti Saleha's #RamadanWithLove which will benefit Malaysians.

This campaign is going to provide Ramadan Food packs to those needed the most. Alhamdulillah, on this noble, gracious day of Nuzul Quran I hope that many of you can join me and support this campaign by sharing our rezqi on the platform of Siti Saleha's #RamadanWithLove. This Ramadan, you have the power to unlock hope for the less unfortunate people through this campaign. Why wait when you can start now.

Donation method:
1) Credit/Debit card | http://launchgood.com/sitisaleha (if you experience difficulties in proceeding to the next step, kindly contact your bank helpdesk for further inquiries).
2) CIMB Islamic Relief Malaysia. Account No: 8602073818. Kindly fill in the payment details section with LG_SitiSaleha for our future reference and records.
3) For any bank account that has no payment details section, you can send the proof of payment (receipt/bank slip) to the Islamic Relief Malaysia WhatsApp center at +60196379788.

Thank you so much for your kind support, it means so much to me and to the vulnerable families and those who are significantly affected by the current economic stagnation. Thanks again. ❤️