Quote (thesnipa @ 5 Aug 2021 15:33)

if we ever were to sanction china we'd need pretty massive proof it's state sponsored IP theft. like we all know it is but they have plausible deniability and could promise crack downs to avoid sanctions that amount to nothing. even in the 90s they had us by the balls with how much they produced for us.

that was the genius of the chinese scheme, they were our workhorse on shit we didnt want to make here, then later stole to IP to take agency from our firms. and much of it is simply reverse engineered. patent laws only ever really worked when most shit was made here, and even then it was big sharks eating little sharks. look at how many people Edison ruined.....

Quote (excellence @ Aug 5 2021 02:41pm)

oh definitely. exported us cheap plastic disposable crap and cotton/polyester tshirts. they’re the champions of the copycat. what’s the last original creation from there? gunpowder ironically lol

Quote (bogie160 @ Aug 5 2021 03:16pm)

In what manner of speaking is DeSantis "evil"?

Quote (IceMage @ Aug 5 2021 05:22pm)

The governor passed a law prohibiting private businesses(including cruise lines full of old people) from protecting their customers by requiring vaccinations. He did so because engaging in the COVID culture wars is a nice way to appeal to the right-wing rubes. I wouldn't go so far as to say DeSantis is an evil man, but let's not count him out yet, he's showing the potential to get there.

Quote (excellence @ 5 Aug 2021 21:41)

oh definitely. exported us cheap plastic disposable crap and cotton/polyester tshirts. they’re the champions of the copycat. what’s the last original creation from there? gunpowder ironically lol

Quote (IceMage @ Aug 5 2021 02:22pm)

The governor passed a law prohibiting private businesses(including cruise lines full of old people) from protecting their customers by requiring vaccinations. He did so because engaging in the COVID culture wars is a nice way to appeal to the right-wing rubes. I wouldn't go so far as to say DeSantis is an evil man, but let's not count him out yet, he's showing the potential to get there.

Quote (excellence @ Aug 5 2021 09:41pm)

oh definitely. exported us cheap plastic disposable crap and cotton/polyester tshirts. they’re the champions of the copycat. what’s the last original creation from there? gunpowder ironically lol

Quote (JohnnyMcCoy @ Aug 5 2021 03:57pm)

dont forget how china also grabbed production of critical products like medicine for example

the collapse of supply chains due to covid showed that we are running out of basic stuff like penicillin without deliveries from china

we sold out everything for the sake of globalism, the united states spend like 700 billion for the armed forces every year, but nobody thought about keeping at least a some of the production of essential products

Quote (Black XistenZ @ 5 Aug 2021 17:58)

covid :unsure:



(inadvertently, but still...)

Quote (JohnnyMcCoy @ 5 Aug 2021 18:57)

dont forget how china also grabbed production of critical products like medicine for example

the collapse of supply chains due to covid showed that we are running out of basic stuff like penicillin without deliveries from china

we sold out everything for the sake of globalism, the united states spend like 700 billion for the armed forces every year, but nobody thought about keeping at least a some of the production of essential products