5 ms·

> for people living outside the US, one starts to wonder if tech's over-reliance on Silicon Valley engineering has gone too far. for people living inside the U

> for people living outside the US, one starts to wonder if tech's over-reliance on Silicon Valley engineering has gone too far. for people living inside the US, one starts to wonder if over-reliance on China has gone too far. Also in the news today a report on tariffs (taxes) and the U.S. footwear business. Nike, ADIDAS and others are begging the Trump regime to call a halt to the trade war as normal people will not be able to afford shoes. Apparently 1.04% of shoes bought in the U.S.A. are made in the U.S.A. which is shocking, it is one thing to have lots of nuclear weapons for security but what use is this? Having a shoe industry is nearer my ideas on 'national security' - at least people can walk. The shoe industry say that their business is capital intensive and they cannot just relocate back to sunny America in three months or so. Even if they wanted to setup shop n the U.S.A. they would not be able to hire the staff, get them trained and get them working in Trump timescales. Which is the problem with this trade war. The U.S.A. isn't working to a grand plan, China are. China have goals for 2020/2025/2030/2040/2050 and stable leadership. Having the Trump regime just tear up trade deals and impose tariffs on a monthly basis is not how it works, there are better ways to regenerate economies than that, as evidenced by China. Recently the Russians tested if they could survive their internet being disconnected from the American controlled internet. Everything worked fine. There are Russian apps for everything plus Yandex. They no longer need Silicon Valley. It is the same with China, they don't entirely need U.S. tech. Europe is slipping behind, there should be French/German/Italian/Spanish and other language/nationality based efforts. It is a bit lame and unambitious to use Google's services for everything.

NotPaidToPost 7y ago
> for people living inside the US, one starts to wonder if over-reliance on China has gone too far. How come? The current situation shows that the US hold massive power and benefit massively by selling high value items to China while taking advantage of cheap Chinese workers. The US have and do benefit massively. The real issue here is power. The US obviously want to hold on their global dominant position, but should realise that it's no more possible for them that it was for Britain.
- Theodores 7y ago
  The U.S. is selling soybeans and software licenses, China is making shoes and iPhones. The U.S. is not taking advantage of cheap Chinese labour any more. U.S. labour is not competitive because the U.S. has to carry a rentier class that sponge off the efforts of hard working Americans thereby making U.S. labour noncompetitive. The U.S. have the petro-dollar to uphold their empire, plus the world's most bloated military. It ain't working any more.

NotPaidToPost 7y ago

> for people living inside the US, one starts to wonder if over-reliance on China has gone too far. How come? The current situation shows that the US hold massive power and benefit massively by selling high value items to China while taking advantage of cheap Chinese workers. The US have and do benefit massively. The real issue here is power. The US obviously want to hold on their global dominant position, but should realise that it's no more possible for them that it was for Britain.

Theodores 7y ago
The U.S. is selling soybeans and software licenses, China is making shoes and iPhones. The U.S. is not taking advantage of cheap Chinese labour any more. U.S. labour is not competitive because the U.S. has to carry a rentier class that sponge off the efforts of hard working Americans thereby making U.S. labour noncompetitive. The U.S. have the petro-dollar to uphold their empire, plus the world's most bloated military. It ain't working any more.