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> importing foreign weapon system designs for local manufacturing You need to have local know-how from the ground up.

China had to backtrack some green energy goals for the sake of energy security and they're the largest green energy manufacturing country. Not everything is an oil company conspira…

Epic and Meta are not the same size.

Why not simply avoid buying an iPhone in the first place?

You're paranoid. A manufacturer doesn't need to test anything like this. They already have physical access to the devices before they are even set up.

> "the west" is effectively building their own version of China's social credit. China's social credit system allegedly assigns (or will assign?) all citizens scores and punishes t…

> In all the companies I've worked at, never has a CEO made a decision that made a company successful. Hasn't been the case for me. Even if they didn't come up with, say, a market …

CEOs are very involved in strategy, especially when a company is going through a transition. A CEO that can properly navigate the business world through 'handshakes' is important t…

If the board is incompetent, then the CEO will usually be incompetent too. A CEO doesn't make every decision for the company, just the important ones. A new CEO has great impact on…

No. CEOs are responsible for strategy, policy, and organisation. One CEO can make or break a company, one worker can't.

No. CEOs make important decisions about how a company is run and its future. Some companies might share responsibilities differently.

The average worker (singular) does not matter, but they can organise to make demands. You didn't add anything new.

>Then we will tariff ... >There's a reason why GM, Ford, etc, make cars in the United States ... Is that even true after NAFTA/USMCA?

The average worker is not special and easily replaceable, so workers as a whole organise for changes. The CEO's work is still more consequential, however. You can find new engineer…

> look at Turkey, specifically about F35. they got cut off from it by the US on a whim. Not really "on a whim." The implications/consequences of purchasing and using the S-400 were…

Is sex that is paid for the same as one in a relationship where both people actually desire each other? The statistics in the article point to the "problem" being women's increasin…

> healthy life is impossible without a sexual/romantic partner is eye-opening, and a bit horrifying. It seems to be true for most people, in my experience. I don't see it as "horri…

> I think many people in the incel community don't understand how far showering, dressing well, and working out will get them. Its much better than complaining without any action. …

> but is Opera operated by the Chinese Government? I said _cooperate_ (which means to assist someone or comply with their requests). I did not say Opera was operated by the Chinese…

The Chinese government cannot be trusted. PRC-based companies are required to cooperate with the state intelligence apparatus. Not that much different in the US and the US-aligned …