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[–] CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While implying a company is shady because muhchina is stupid, making your tech dependent on your most powerful geopolitical enemy is really dumb.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Indeed, this just highlights how absurd US empire is.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's freaking hilarious how untrustworthy China is, yet the US still trips over themselves to buy Chinese crap. The capitalist race to the bottom in full effect, from the economy to the gov't.

[–] Krause@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s freaking hilarious how untrustworthy China is

I can't remember a single time China fucked over or broke a promise with my country, weird.

the US still trips over themselves to buy Chinese crap

"Chinese crap" is what allows America to build F-35 fighter jets, the same crap that also commands 45 to 50 percent of total shipbuilding globally.

[–] TWeaK@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“Chinese crap” is what allows America to build F-35 fighter jets, the same crap that also commands 45 to 50 percent of total shipbuilding globally.

Taiwanese =/= Chinese ;)

[–] Krause@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Taiwanese =/= Chinese ;)

It's not commanded in Taiwan, do you think 50% of the global shipbuilding could be done in a small island? lmao

Furthermore, "Taiwan" is a province of the People's Republic of China with no separate status according to resolution 2758 of the United Nations:

(Source - page 546)

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

China's objectively far more trustworthy than US, it's not even comparable.