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Ironic, Western politicians thought opening up to trade with China would lead to it adopting a Western model of government. Instead it's lead to the USA adopting the Chinese one.
Kinda. But I think the current Chinese model is actually much closer to how the USA used to work when there was competition with the USSR. Closer than the US of today compared to the 70s and 80s.
Ironic, Western politicians thought opening up to trade with China would lead to it adopting a Western model of government. Instead it's lead to the USA adopting the Chinese one.
A more interesting question is whether that voterbase's idea of what they were voting for does or doesn't line up with what they got.
Ironic, Western politicians thought opening up to trade with China would lead to it adopting a Western model of government. Instead it's lead to the USA adopting the Chinese one.
Western governments have taken a stake in, nationalised, or owned / operated corporations for a very long time! Some examples: VOC, BBC, national airlines, etc. List across countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_government-owned_compa... US specific: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-owned_enterprises_of_the...
Ironic, Western politicians thought opening up to trade with China would lead to it adopting a Western model of government. Instead it's lead to the USA adopting the Chinese one.
It somewhat makes sense in terms of industries which are deemed strategically important. Intel needs to start thinking long term instead of short term profits.
Ironic, Western politicians thought opening up to trade with China would lead to it adopting a Western model of government. Instead it's lead to the USA adopting the Chinese one.
Western governments have taken a stake in, nationalised, or owned / operated corporations for a very long time! Some examples: VOC, BBC, national airlines, etc. List across countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_government-owned_compa... US specific: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-owned_enterprises_of_the...
Ironic, Western politicians thought opening up to trade with China would lead to it adopting a Western model of government. Instead it's lead to the USA adopting the Chinese one.
(Also, pet peeve: "it's lead" should be "it's led".)
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Yeah, this so weird coming from the US. The US government has a history of writing no-strings-attached blank cheques to people/companies just so avoid the stigma of government control in public companies. I wonder how the markets will react, will stocks go up because people will assume Intel's going to be a government mandated champion or will they go down because of the negative connotations government control bring…
Name one literal no-strings-attached blank cheque to a large company in the last 20 years
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Yeah, this so weird coming from the US. The US government has a history of writing no-strings-attached blank cheques to people/companies just so avoid the stigma of government control in public companies. I wonder how the markets will react, will stocks go up because people will assume Intel's going to be a government mandated champion or will they go down because of the negative connotations government control bring…
Name one literal no-strings-attached blank cheque to a large company in the last 20 years
[Ex Post Facto Clause, US Constitution]( https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11293 ). Oops, I thought it was so obviously going to be done away with in the courts, but in 1912 the Supreme Court ruled that it applies only to criminal punishments. They always getcha with the fine print.