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We might be living the final moments of not being terrified what the US President is going to do
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this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2024
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I like the part about Ukraine. Also don't care about Taiwan.
But kinda wish democracy maintains in us.
You won't care about Taiwan until your iPhone costs $3000, then you might realize it was worth defending
Most American comment, talk about the end of democracy for millions of people and death of thousands, worry about the price of their iphone
I don't use Phones. Besides - they just gonna move chip making to us in that case.
They’ve been trying to move chip fabricators to the US for decades. The education system is shit here and we don’t have the talent. Also it’s really difficult to get the fabricators right and built for a reasonable cost. So yeah. Your non-iphone is gonna be pricey.
i mean, we're literally building fabs under the CHIPS act right now.
The CHIPS act? You mean one of the things the Biden admin bragged about?
Good thing the incoming administration isn't petty enough to nuke anything associated with the previous administration...
Remember when the US government gave the telecoms billions to build gigabit internet infrastructure nationwide and they fuckin just didn’t do it?
Pepperidge Farm remembers. Show me a working fab as a result of that act after Trump and Co manage to not fuck it up and then your comment might have some merit. Note: the coming brain drain will not be kind to the USA.
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