[jstummbillig]

> doesn't prevent the transactions, it only makes them more expensive

This boils down to the same thing in a market economy. If the price is too high, that prevents the transaction.

[sangnoir]

I understand all that - my point is the price is nowhere close to being too high for what's (allegedly) at stake according to AGI zealots, not to mention where the Chinese government sees the role of China world affairs in the coming decades. Hell, I even ball-parked the all-in landed price to at most 2x Nvidia's MSRP.