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The US is acting like a desperate country that has no idea what it is doing. It is evident to the whole world that the US doesn't want to compete at the level o
by coliveira 6y ago
The US is acting like a desperate country that has no idea what it is doing. It is evident to the whole world that the US doesn't want to compete at the level of high technology, which is what the Chinese have achieved in the last couple of years. Whenever a country tries to create a fence around it, then it is just displaying weakness. It would be much more constructive for the US to recognize that they're getting behind in the technology game and compete as adults.
- katbyte 6y agoChina has more fences then America.. great firewall, banned social media apps...
- grazhero99 6y agoI don't think this is about competition. It's about a belligerent foreign government posing a threat to national security. Now you could argue that's a classic Dubya style ad hoc excuse designed to mask the government's true intentions with this, but I really don't think so. China's behavior is a legitimate threat for which shrugging and saying "let the free market handle it" seems an incredibly dangerous stance to take in my opinion.
- xvector 6y agoChina can harm the US with trade regulations much, much more than the US can harm China. Trump is playing with fire here and it’s honestly not very smart. Not when the US has outsourced its industry to China.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> The US is acting like a desperate country that has no idea what it is doing The US Administration is acting like a desperate regime that knows exactly what it is doing trying to generate a foreign crisis to distract from domestic political problems to generate a rally-around-the-flag effect.
- quacker 6y agoIt is evident to the whole world that the US doesn't want to compete at the level of high technology, which is what the Chinese have achieved in the last couple of years Not sure where this is coming from. TikTok is being banned out of national security interests, not because it is an advanced level of technology that the US thinks it can't compete with.
- xvector 6y ago> TikTok is being banned out of national security interests I think you meant to say “a thinly-veiled guise of national security interests.” TikTok is being banned because it’s election season and Trump doesn’t want a repeat of Tulsa.
- DuskStar 6y agoAnd yet, the US is not the first country to ban TikTok for national security reasons, if I'm remembering India's recent actions correctly.
- flywheel 6y ago> TRUMP is acting like a desperate ASSHOLE that has no idea what HE is doing. Fixed that for you. >It is evident to the whole world that the US doesn't want to compete at the level of high technology, which is what the Chinese have achieved in the last couple of years. China couldn't even figure out how to make ball point pens until 2017. They still can't produce jet engines that are worth much compared to several US companies with actual expertise. It's hilarious that you think TikTok is anything even close to "high tech". How's the weather in China lately?
- coliveira 6y ago> China couldn't even figure out how to make ball point pens until 2017. China changes very quickly! In 2020 they have 5G technology that blows competitors' pants off. They are sending missions to mars, have more electric cars than any other country, and just yesterday they released a home-grown competitor to GPS.
- flywheel 6y agoLOL... GPS.. the US has been doing GPS for 42 YEARS. China is WAAAAAY behind. Call me back when they can produce jet engines that even come close to matching anything the US produces. 5G tech? LOL. Whatever makes you think you are happy, I guess.
- mickael-kerjean 6y agoThis strikes me the same as Ballmer's reaction to the iPhone launch laughing at the perspective of such a device to gain any market: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eywi0h_Y5_U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eywi0h_Y5_U
- flywheel 6y agoYou replied with nonsense. The fact is China is good at one thing: ripping off other countries inventions. Name one high tech thing in the last 1,000 years invented in China - no, not iteration, but INVENTED. Since gunpowder, China has stagnated.
- mytailorisrich 6y agoThere is desperation here. But I think it is mostly Trump's: The election is less than 3 months away and absolutely everything is going pear-shape. He's diverting and deflecting. Chine is one issue is can appear strong. Banning tiktok is fluff that serves no other purpose than helping him for November.
- frostwhale 6y agoThis makes no sense. China constructed the largest fence in the world to achieve what you say they achieve, then you say constructing a fence is showing weakness. This is utter nonsense. "The US needs to recognize they're behind the game and behave like adults" okay so who is the adults? China? Then this IS behaving like adults as I outlined.