it’s like you believe you can tariff them expecting they won’t do the same. Why do you believe the rest of the world is not going to retaliate and why do you believe America can prosper without the rest of the world?

What’s the point of having a military alliance with countries you puts tariffs on? That’s unfriendly to say the least.

    • @surph_ninja@lemmy.world
      -1•4 months ago

      I’m gonna make this real simple for you: If you do not control capital, you are a laborer under capitalists. Yes, that includes white collar engineers and scientists- not simply blue collar assembly line workers.

      We don’t even need to speak in hypotheticals. Just look at the engineers brought in for big tech under h1b’s. We have people here who can do this work. They would prefer to import the labor under one of these programs, because it makes them easier to exploit, and afraid to quit abusive employers.

      You are so thoroughly indoctrinated, you can’t seem to separate capitalist propaganda from reality.

        • @surph_ninja@lemmy.world
          0•4 months ago

          So to clarify, you do not believe US engineers could ever do this? Why do you believe this is a skillset that only exists in Taiwan?

            • @surph_ninja@lemmy.world
              0•4 months ago

              You’re dodging the question. Why do you believe they’re beating us?

              I personally believe it’s due to lack of public investment in education and technology in western countries. But the fact that you keep coming back to eugenics-themed arguments is concerning. So again, why do you think it is they’re beating us?

              • @frezik@midwest.social
                1•4 months ago

                I personally believe it’s due to lack of public investment in education and technology in western countries.

                And you are correct, but why do you assume there’s any eugenics-themed arguments above? There is nothing of the sort. Everything the other poster says is completely compatible with Taiwan investing in education and technology that the US failed to do.

                • @surph_ninja@lemmy.world
                  1•4 months ago

                  I get that impression because of the projections that my preference for US citizens to get the jobs in the US is somehow xenophobic, the references to Project Paperclip, and the insistence that these jobs can only possibly be filled by importing exploitable labor instead of getting people educated & trained here.

                  It’s been clear for decades that we needed this talent developed here in the states. They’ve been pushing the chips act for years, with building the factories expected to take years after passing. In all that time, we can’t get the people trained here? Bullshit.