It's not like China is the only country capable of building iPhones and other goods. Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, etc all seem like good alternatives until the go

It's not like China is the only country capable of building iPhones and other goods. Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, etc all seem like good alternatives until the goods can be manufactured in democratic countries with the help of robots. Would the western countries, companies and consumers suffer economically? Sure, but sometimes it's necessary to make sacrifices for the greater good, and it would be very shortsighted to ignore the threat China poses to the world.