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Do you consider it corruption to offer free money in exchange for votes (I.e. many of the contenders for the Democratic primary in the US)?
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury.” - Alexander Fraser Tytler
What exactly did people expect to happen with this bizarre trade war? Instead of pressuring 'bad actor' countries with more free trade and something like TPP, levying pointless tariffs was obviously going to drive any joint international groups overseas. Just brainless stuff.
That attitude certainly is encouraged by the DNC and mainstream media, but the reality is that China's economy is far more vulnerable to the trade war than ours and we have put ourselves in a great position of leverage over China as a result. What's truly brainless is thinking we can just bury our heads in the sand and ignore an ever expanding Totalitarian dictatorship bent on becoming the world's most powerful count…
Why did America make China powerful in the first place by doing business in the first place then? There is nothing new here, China was totalitarian 30 years ago too. I’m not disagreeing with the fact that we don’t tolerate it further, just questioning the mechanism and the sudden overnight war declaration.
One has to wonder if this isn't pressure from the Chinese regime.
I appreciate and welcome this move by RISC-V foundation. With semiconductor industry being used as a major soft power, countries which don't have such power betting on RISC-V[1], it's wise to move to a neutral country. My only gripe being, there aren't many neutral countries which can stand up to powerful militarized nations. Edit: The reason, I mentioned lack of military power of neutral countries is because of the…
The US truly are the bully in the room.
Is RISC-V fear is theoretical or is it based on some specific example(s) that happened to them, or some other foundation, in the past?
I appreciate and welcome this move by RISC-V foundation. With semiconductor industry being used as a major soft power, countries which don't have such power betting on RISC-V[1], it's wise to move to a neutral country. My only gripe being, there aren't many neutral countries which can stand up to powerful militarized nations. Edit: The reason, I mentioned lack of military power of neutral countries is because of the…
"Hague invasion act" =:-O The US truly are the bully in the room.
Is RISC-V fear is theoretical or is it based on some specific example(s) that happened to them, or some other foundation, in the past?
It's pressure in general. Look at what ARM has gone through in the last months.
What has it gone through? I haven't seen any news stories specifically about this.