Isn't this their main point? There's plenty of examples of killing those not on their side outside of "authoriatarian communists" (hint, Iraq, Gaza). You still believe in them and that's fine, but there is a lot of Western projection that they are right and others are not, which is the sense I get from your comment. It's reasonable for people to be against this and "anti-Western". It's also ok to see the strong development brought in from the West and support them. But this is a point for the locals to work through and not pushing a narrative like this one seems to be just as much pro-Western propaganda ignoring anything against it as the other way around.

I truly believe you won't be able to find a full time job because your preconception is half-retirement. You want to just be stuck at a level of a new grad salary - no company wants anyone that is stuck, they want people that will grow. Once you've chosen to stop growing, freelance is probably the best bet since companies, big or small, don't care about growth fron their contractors. At least, that's been what I settled on after startup burnout.

Agree the article is not clearly presented but it's crazy to see the gigantic threads here that seem to be based on a misunderstanding.

(Not talking about DOGE btw).

In fact, my experience in a Japanese lab made me feel funding precisely goes towards researchers rather than projects if professors count as researchers. Professors get funding for their labs, and while there will be project proposals the perceived value of that professor is key for closing it.

Maybe the article is focused more on private research labs than universities though.

Personally prefer just using Go/ko whenever possible ;)

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/19/nation/elon-musk-dona...

Presumably even if that wasn't the bet, he can backfill anyways so yes seems to be the likely answer.