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The Importance of Intentional Decisions
The Indian state of Kashmir, where they've been fighting for since the independence of India and Pakistan, it's 80% Muslim. The son of the hereditary leader of the Kashmiri area owed a lot of money to a casino in Monaco. So they offered to pay off the kids debts to the casino if the father signed over the state of Kashmir to India rather than Pakistan. And as you know, as you say, it's like the most capricious little historical anomaly that's resulted in, you know, constant warfare and tension and oppression. It's just like what history comes down to is so depressing sometimes and incongable.