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> From China’s perspective, the cost of war is much higher than the cost of developing these chips themselves. For China it’s not about the chips. It’s about getting rid of the humiliation that is having a small island, that was originally part of China, not be a part of China.
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Free Tibet first.
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Is Ireland historically and culturally British? Sort of. Is Czechia historically and culturally German? Sort of. Is Ukraine historically and culturally Russian? Sort of. Is Pakistan historically and culturally Indian? Sort of. Once you have to ignore the wishes of the population and resort to historical arguments, forced reunification becomes a conquest. I certainly wouldn't like my own government to start expansive…
Keep that same energy with israel then.
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Is Ireland historically and culturally British? Sort of. Is Czechia historically and culturally German? Sort of. Is Ukraine historically and culturally Russian? Sort of. Is Pakistan historically and culturally Indian? Sort of. Once you have to ignore the wishes of the population and resort to historical arguments, forced reunification becomes a conquest. I certainly wouldn't like my own government to start expansive…
Keep that same energy with israel then.
I don't support Israel. I just find it too obvious the way you try to shortcircuit and distract away from accusations towards the CCP by moving the point of contention elsewhere. Yes, America can be hypocrital but it doesn't change what people have said here about the CCP.
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Invading Taiwan will never be an economically rational action. If it happens, it will be because of internal politics, personal/national myth-making etc. Taiwan is ridiculously favourable terrain for the defenders; if they fight back, there can't be quick victory, and the US will be able to play merry hell with China's naval logistics from day 1 (obviously with escalating levels of firepower available over time as mo…
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The US would respond to with a freedom-of-navigation exercise backed up by the full might of US-PACOM. China would lose that standoff.
Can we really be sure what the new 2025 version of the US would do in such a scenario? I highly doubt the new US is going to intervene in defence of any of its erstwhile allies.
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I see you posting anti-Western comments all over the place but amidst your irrational hate you are forgetting history. Originally, the US was the protector of almost all Asian countries from Japanese Imperialism, an axis power allied with Nazi Germany. How are people like you forgetting the rape of Nanjing or the mass killings of civilians by the Japanese across the Philippines and many other places? How are you forg…
Nobody in the US cared until Pearl Harbor. Was US meddling in South America just protecting them from communism, or was it for US imperialism? Trump isn't that different, he has different allies and is more blatant about it.
Edit: More so, the fact that America's initial response to Japan's imperialism was diplomatic rather than military undermines the narrative that America was just using Japan as a pretext to cover for America's own imperial ambition. America, far from leaping at an opportunity to invade Asia, was committed to diplomatic resolution of the matter until Japan's imperial ambitions drove them to directly attack the American military, forcing America to respond in kind.
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Invading Taiwan will never be an economically rational action. If it happens, it will be because of internal politics, personal/national myth-making etc. Taiwan is ridiculously favourable terrain for the defenders; if they fight back, there can't be quick victory, and the US will be able to play merry hell with China's naval logistics from day 1 (obviously with escalating levels of firepower available over time as mo…
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The idea that the US protects Taiwan from a possible Chinese invasion over chips is one of those things that sounds believable but really isn't going to happen. From China’s perspective, the cost of war is much higher than the cost of developing these chips themselves. In the worst-case scenario, they would be 2-3 years behind the cutting edge, which is not mission-critical. Most electronics (civilian or military) do…
Not necessarily. Remaining the only superpower is far from guaranteed, especially looking at current economic and demographic trends. A better strategy might be to lead by example, establishing high standards that will set a benchmark for their successor.
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Are you willing to get drafted and fight to defend Taiwan and whatever comes as a result of that? Are you willing to die for Taiwan, or have your kids die for Taiwan? Honest question.
War to the west in the current year means airstrikes and drones.
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What does Putin care about AI? From his perspective, a war and making Russia bigger, and being the supreme commander, is more fun. Remember, he's old, probably a bit tech incompetent (compared to most people here). > [Russia] could have focused on building huge datacenters. Maybe that's what you think is important (or even what is important), but Putin is a different creature
AI will, after all, become the second biggest weapon humanity has ever created.