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#121
Mar 1 2022 03:28am
Quote (Ghot @ Feb 28 2022 08:53pm)
I'm thinking this is more in the way of propaganda than anything else.


What isn't now days?
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#122
Mar 1 2022 03:33am
Quote (RedFromWinter @ Mar 1 2022 08:00pm)
Corporate margins != American economy


What exactly do you think the american economy is built on?
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#123
Mar 1 2022 04:17am
Quote (Plaguefear @ Mar 1 2022 04:33am)
What exactly do you think the american economy is built on?


Economies are driven by resources, production, and efficient infrastructure. This is why corporations have multiple sources, types, and scale industry spread over many jurisdictions. For IC fabrication, Korea Samsung, USA Micron, etc come to mind. You asserted that TMC is vital to USA national security, but it is not. It's convenient for profit margins. For national security, USA has enough domestic production capability to cover concerns. If USA lost Taiwan TMC, it would be a temporary burden disproportionately felt by consumers. In the bigger picture, USA mineral survey charts are rich as hell, and US industries during WWII proved one of the fastest to ramp up and produce.
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#124
Mar 1 2022 06:09am
Quote (Ghot @ 28 Feb 2022 20:07)
The difference is this...

The US has the most ACC, and they are the biggest and baddest... by orders of magnitude.
And they can do... doughnuts!

100,000 tons


https://i.imgur.com/yGRTlJG.jpg


These giants are more and more at risk with new missiles and even torpedoes.
All this is useless in case of nuclear attack anyway.

On a "positive" note i would add it's great to agress countries which have no nuclear power. (yep, iraq 2 on the table, 1 milion civilians)
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#125
Mar 1 2022 03:19pm
Quote (Santara @ Feb 28 2022 10:22pm)
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp being compromised is considered a matter of national security.


Quote (JessiWan @ Feb 28 2022 10:30pm)
I see.

I had always thought that US semi cared about Taiwan for its military/strategic value. They put station troops there.



I think it's probably a bit of both. ^^

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#126
Mar 1 2022 03:26pm
Quote (Kuggergug @ 28 Feb 2022 22:07)
Game theory is that when one side controls 90% and the other controls 10%, the one with the 10% wins because they basically have nothing to lose. An example of this is in real estate development. A skyscraper project backed by millions of dollars can be put on hold because some dude owns a shack on a tiny slice of the property and wont sell unless you pay millions. The dude has nothing to lose really so he can hold out. Another example is in politics where the poor might hold all the cards because many are jobless so they can easily spent months protesting, marching, rioting and disrupting while the middle class or upper class have jobs and stuff to do. So the poor wind up getting what they want.

In this war, Russia has 10% or so of the world. The rest of the world united against him with like 90%. Game theory says Putin is in control as he really has nothing to lose, especially with crippling sanctions, etc. on him.

Game theory says Putin should start nuking the US immediately and demanding the world kneel. The world has everything to lose and Putin has nothing to lose. Game theory says Biden will respond to nuclear strikes by kneeling and making Putin emperor of earth. It may sound strange but that would be the expected outcome here.

You might think he definitely has something to lose but not after being made a pariah state. Now he has nothing so hes free to nuke and demand to be made god king of earth

The correct play by the west was to not sanction him until hes cut off. Then putin wouldnt nuke because hes still part of the community and has something to lose


In a standard conflict I might agree but if Russia launches nukes the everyone has nothing left to lose.
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#127
Mar 1 2022 09:30pm
Quote (Vastet @ Mar 1 2022 04:26pm)
In a standard conflict I might agree but if Russia launches nukes the everyone has nothing left to lose.




Doesn't make any sense for Russia to launch nukes. Just as you stated... then no one has anything to lose...and Russia knows this.
Nukes are a lose-lose situation, and EVERYone knows that.
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#128
Mar 1 2022 09:33pm
Quote (Ghot @ Mar 1 2022 10:30pm)
Doesn't make any sense for Russia to launch nukes. Just as you stated... then no one has anything to lose...and Russia knows this.
Nukes are a lose-lose situation, and EVERYone knows that.


Putin is losing it though.
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#129
Mar 1 2022 09:42pm
Quote (Skinned @ Mar 1 2022 10:33pm)
Putin is losing it though.




Even if that's true... if he tries to start a nuke war... he'll get assassinated.
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#130
Mar 1 2022 09:43pm
Quote (Ghot @ Mar 1 2022 10:42pm)
Even if that's true... if he tries to start a nuke war... he'll get assassinated.


A Russian entrepreneur just put a million dollars on his head, dead or alive.
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