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>Thirdly, they talk of the PLA approaching plant owners and such; to do all this, a lot of people would need to know about it, from the top to the bottom. I ima
by robbiep 8y ago
>Thirdly, they talk of the PLA approaching plant owners and such; to do all this, a lot of people would need to know about it, from the top to the bottom. I imagine that would be very difficult to keep secret.
Well the bloomberg article said that intelligence sources knew that those boards were going to Apple and Amazon, so presumably (if the story is true) someone did speak, maybe
- GordonS 8y agoBut why would anyone do this knowing that at some point they were practically guaranteed to get caught?
- ItsMe000001 8y agoBecause "getting caught"'s only consequence is that you have to use a new method. There is no punishment, no negative cost to be applied retroactively to compare it to the received benefits. The net effect still is highly positive since while it worked you got what you wanted. Same as in every spy operation, ever.
- GordonS 8y agoI'm not sure about that - this could really bolster the MAGA crowed, and I can imagine calls in the near future for manufacturing to be moved to the US. I doubt much will actually move, but it's a possibility.
- SiempreViernes 8y agoI think respect for the feelings of the MAGA crowd is not high in the PLA's list of concerns. The Trump doctrine is largely built on fictions anyways, and the international community seems to have settled on "distraction" as the only worthwhile strategy for dealing with him.