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Re: U.S. threat of 100% tariff on Korean memory chips at odds with reality

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Post by ta20240528 » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 4:34 PM UTC

silisili wrote: post #6

h4kunamata wrote: post #3

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It has started already. Look at the stock market alone, USA economy, gold/silver all time high even before the biggest crash yesterday. USA is no longer a superpower, they just haven't noticed it yet.

> USA is no longer a superpower, they just haven't noticed it yet Well, I feel sorry for the first country that tries to test that theory. One can make an argument the global dollar is losing its hold, or that the world is expanding away from US trade, which are both objectively true. But to say the US is not a superpower is rather foolish.

> Well, I feel sorry for the first country that tries to test that theory.

I took exactly one British military officer in Greenland to stop the entire US Department of War.

I will grant the US is a superpower, even the largest. But they aren't the only one.

Re: U.S. threat of 100% tariff on Korean memory chips at odds with reality

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Post by ZeroGravitas » Sun, Feb 01, 2026, 9:09 AM UTC

AtlasBarfed wrote: post #20

ZeroGravitas wrote: post #13

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De-USA-fication maybe. Canada and UK doing deals with China. EU doing deals with India and South America. Just one trading partner that's a loose cannon on the deck and no longer reliable.

Globalization needs open seas. A unipolar marine empire is what enabled that. With that, various navies harass / threaten / privateer vulnerable ships on the high seas.

I'm sure the Chinese would absolutely hate it if they were given a good reason to deploy warships widely in a way that was welcomed by everyone.

Re: U.S. threat of 100% tariff on Korean memory chips at odds with reality

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Post by ben_w » Sun, Feb 01, 2026, 3:29 PM UTC

silisili wrote: post #6

h4kunamata wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It has started already. Look at the stock market alone, USA economy, gold/silver all time high even before the biggest crash yesterday. USA is no longer a superpower, they just haven't noticed it yet.

> USA is no longer a superpower, they just haven't noticed it yet Well, I feel sorry for the first country that tries to test that theory. One can make an argument the global dollar is losing its hold, or that the world is expanding away from US trade, which are both objectively true. But to say the US is not a superpower is rather foolish.

When the USA ceases to be a superpower is different from when it ceases to be a powerful threat. Russia is a powerful threat, despite being only a mid-tier power.

IMO, the USA probably is still a superpower. But the UK and France didn't realise they'd stopped being superpowers until the Suez Crisis, and I suspect the USA will only discover the loss of superpower status in a similar way. Though not exactly the same, given what happened in Vietnam and Afghanistan, let alone TACOing out of using force to take Greenland.