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by slim 813 days ago

  WHy are we doing all this "free defense"? Why are we essentially allowing China to own our production
you have it backwards. china is not owning your production, you are exploiting chinese labor. and it's not "free defense" you are bullying sovereign states with your army to extract submission to your exploitative economics
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That s the balance sheet bargain: cheap labor.

However, politically China owns your physical factories, and switching production if there's a war over Taiwan is not a two week sprint / 5 point ticket.