• NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    822·
    8 months ago

    Alternate headline: Crusty old man grossly underestimates the sheer importance of advanced semiconductors

  • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    8 months ago

    This really shows how clueless this “businessman” is about business. Imagine China invades in Taiwan. About any business in the electronic sector will go down hard. Really hard. All over the world.

  • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    26·
    8 months ago

    I posted a similar comment on some of the news around the US Republican’s withholding aid to Ukraine for 6 months but this is insane.

    Sure in the case of Taiwan specifically, the semiconductors is an obvious and immediate issue. But it’s also worth noting that the US has spent countless trillions of dollars and worked through consecutive administrations for decades to establish itself as a reliable, irreplaceable and necessary defence partner.

    This isn’t just about Taiwan or Ukraine, but the geopolitical status of the US as a whole. It seems insane to me to jeopardize that. I’m no political scientist or anything so if this is actually in some way good for the US I’d be very interested to hear that perspective.

    • ghostdoggtv@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      8 months ago

      Think about it. Who loses if the US becomes anything other than a reliable, irreplaceable and necessary defense partner? Who gains?

      Putin is waging war against the rest of the world on multiple fronts and our definitions and rules of engagement when it comes to hybrid warfare aren’t up to date.

      • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        182·
        8 months ago

        I think there’s definitely merit to that. There are multiple avenues to achieving that end though and the US suddenly leaving its allies unprotected is probably the worst possible one imo. I am biased though living in Taiwan and having my home country also dependent on our alliance with the US for defence.

        • AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mlEnglish
          337·
          8 months ago

          Taiwan isn’t an ally it’s a vassal. And you shouldn’t be so excited to be a meat shield for their aggression on the opposite side of the world. Even if you have sympathies for your fascist, genocidal government.

          • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            161·
            8 months ago

            Uhhh, ok now you’ve lost me. I’d kinda just like to not have myelf or my family bombed or shot at and be able to have self determination. Being under the umbrella of US protection is the best way to have both of those things right now.

  • Jin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    8 months ago

    Maybe Taiwan should just sell their chips at way higher price to America ♻️

  • eran_morad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    8 months ago

    I guess we don’t know the motivation for the last shooter’s actions. But I’m pretty sure he’s going to get himself whacked sooner or later.

  • Mango@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    8 months ago

    What are we, the protection racket? Defend the nerd from the bully and then demand the lunch money for ourselves? FFS, can nobody be good for the sake of what’s right and won’t without expectation of a return?

  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    8 months ago

    Does Donny know where the processor of the phone that he posts all his verbal vomit comes from?

    • nul9o9@lemmy.worldEnglish
      272·
      8 months ago

      Let Taiwan and their super fucking important chip factories fall into adversary hands and see how that works out.

      • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
        111·
        8 months ago

        Yeah. They make a huge percentage of the world’s high-end chips. A military takeover would leave us shoveling piles of money at China or, more likely, the fabs would be destroyed and suddenly every computer or product that uses a computer to create it (read: all of them) shoots up in price for the next decade.

        And that is just the immediate effects. The downstream effects of the US no longer providing security would likely lead to swift nuclear proliferation as that is the only way such a small country can hope to protect itself if no larger country is willing to stick their neck out for them.