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It's too late to do anything. Those at the top stand to profit by cooperating. There is no reason to expect them to act against their best interests. I do thin
by xenihn 8y ago
It's too late to do anything. Those at the top stand to profit by cooperating. There is no reason to expect them to act against their best interests.
I do think it's worth considering whether this will result in a better world overall. It's a loss for many Americans, but perhaps a net-gain for humanity as a whole? If China is able to drive the price of high-quality goods down on a global scale, that might be a good thing, right?
I'd like to be optimistic about all of this. I'm hoping that most of us on HN in the USA will ultimately benefit from us, for lack of a better term, losing.
- jrobn 8y agoI expect massive global climate change and food shortages before China can use the IP it stole to dominate “everything”. Dust to dust.
- xenihn 8y ago>food shortages Planned famines could be a part of that domination. I'd argue that they're easier to cause now than ever if you can disrupt supply chains, and that's easy to do if you control transportation routes and infrastructure.