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We call that Capitalism. If you don't have a plan to stop it, assume it's going to happen. I'd like to refer you back to the documentary idiocracy. There is lin
by bastardoperator 3y ago
We call that Capitalism. If you don't have a plan to stop it, assume it's going to happen. I'd like to refer you back to the documentary idiocracy. There is line in that film that seems to resonate with many humans especially Americans, "I like money, you like money too? We should hang out"
- ThalesX 3y agoI'm not buying free market capitalism with regards to strategic resources of another country. If 'we call that capitalism' is all it took, the US wouldn't need the military it has. Again, this feels like a simplistic view about a country with its own vision of the future...
- bastardoperator 3y agoYou should because that's what these companies or "resources" are actually thinking. If you asked the CEO or shareholders who the company belongs to they'll claim it's theirs and that where it operates from is irrelevant. The US has the military it has because of capitalism, warfare costs tremendous amounts of money and resources and so a lucrative market was birthed.
- ThalesX 3y agoIt's just impossible to get my point across to some people. What happens when a company gets too big and is split by the government? Do the CEO and the shareholders go request this?
- ubercow13 3y agoWhat? You think the Taiwanese government couldn't prevent US purchase of TSMC because capitalism? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_on_Foreign_Investment_in_the_United_States#Notable_cases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_on_Foreign_Investmen...
- hnfong 3y ago> We call that Capitalism. If you don't have a plan to stop it, assume it's going to happen. Maybe that still holds true for Europe since the US doesn't want to piss of their strategic allies too much, but unless you're living under a rock, you've seen how that works for other less friendly countries.