nekandro @ nekandro @lemmy.ml

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Do you see the shit going on in the Yuan? The DPP is corrupt and sabotaging Taiwan's economic growth for no good reason.

Young people want money. A nice house, good food, travel. It's not that complicated.

Gansu, the poorest province in China, a province where "almost no one is living." Qinghai, Xinjiang... Same story. Together, they have almost 60 million people. Many of them are minorities with historically poor job prospects due to their distance from economic centers.

By building energy installations in the middle of the country, they're providing jobs to a group that's been left behind by the rapid industrialization of the country's East. Providing them with a surplus of electricity. Driving investment in the region. Moreover, this group of people is more than the population of New York and Texas... Combined.

How about you take your racism and your classism and shove it up your ass?

These are factories in the US. The worst case is, the US seizes and nationalizes them. Wouldn't be the first time.

Capitalism, survival of the fittest, free market, cut the laggards, etc...

"Heavily subsidized supply chains"

Let's just call it what it is: economies of scale. China makes up 80% of the polysilicon market. The US? Barely 5%. Scale is the strongest subsidy of them all.

Taiwan's current government is incredibly pro-US. Trump understands that the DPP's days are numbered given the rise of the KMT/TPP (which only lost the election because of a last second collapse of coalition). Taiwan's government is pro-US in spite of the public's interest, not because of it.

After all, Taiwan's trade with the mainland and Hong Kong make up almost 50% of all exports. The bulk of this is in basic goods across the Taiwanese economy, not the product of one company.

In the past, Taiwan's frigid relations with the mainland were due to sour memories (losing the civil war, getting kicked out, etc.) Today? Young people just want a prosperous life, and China is absurdly prosperous - especially for young engineers in tech. The US can either recognize that fact, or drag another country into war.

It's pretty funny when foreigners care more about your own sovereignty.

Does it sound like a suppressed .22 to anyone else?

Then you live in a failed democracy and your only option should be systemic regime change. Viva la revolución.

The Health Survey for England 2021 estimates that 25.9% of adults in England are obese and a further 37.9% are overweight but not obese.

1. How do you think China got so prosperous? Being outsourced labour is the foundation of the Chinese economy.
2. Stop projecting your AmeriKKKan views on other countries lmao

Lmao citing MBFC when the NYT is actively trying to unseat the sitting head of the Democratic Party

Lmao Ukraine is about to become devoid of birds

Any radar sensitive enough to pick up drones is going to have an insane number of false positives

Ukraine literally praises the Chinese dual-use items that they received (drones, etc.) and calls them far superior to Western equivalents.

The problem is that if China were to pull out of trading with parties of the conflict, it would also deny Ukraine from much-needed dual-use equipment.

Meanwhile, Russia? They've spent decades figuring out how to skirt sanctions and their allies in Central Asia are more than happy to profit off of such dealings.

What exactly do you think exports are? A DJI drone is manufactured in China. If it's bought through Amazon or Alibaba and shipped to Ukraine, that's classified as an export. The public market is how imports and exports happen.

It's a concern because Putin, Xi, Khamenei, Kim... They're all well-spoken. They're all quick-witted.

What kind of message does that send would-be American allies in Asia, in the Middle East, in Africa, in South America?

Run Harris. Run Newsom. Run Obama. Run Kennedy. Hell, run Gore.

There's so many options here. This is the DNC's election to lose.

His speech impediment is bullshit. Where was it when he was Obama's VP? Where was it in the Senate?

Were you and I watching the same presser? He had moments of brilliance, but his fumbles were apparent throughout the night.

NYU and Cornell have done so

Google has had suicides, but no prevention schemes

The real answer is that the Detroit car factories aren't tall enough to kill anyone. People pick more practical locations like Hudson Yards or the Golden Gate Bridge.

Google isn't the equivalent to Foxconn. It would be more like Ford or some Detroit automaker.