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Does anyone else find it interesting that the USA seems to be doing this for ideological and political reasons more than just economics? I'm not sure this is g

Does anyone else find it interesting that the USA seems to be doing this for ideological and political reasons more than just economics? I'm not sure this is going to go well for the simple reason that so far, it seems Taiwan, Korean and China will still be pumping out cheaper chips and more of them which will make this plan financially unviable, which really seems to go against everything the USA stands for... Personally I think it's a good thing, but I'm not sure who is going to pay for it.

pxtail 3y ago
> not sure this is going to go well for the simple reason that so far, it seems Taiwan, Korean and China will still be pumping out cheaper chips and more of them which will make this plan financially unviable, which really seems to go against everything the USA stands for Well, in this case it looks like desirable outcome is to make them stop pumping out chips - which is chilling because it would suggest that the course is set, gears are grinding and it's not matter of "if", only "when"
mixmastamyk 3y ago
Strategic reasons. Makes zero sense for a country to be completely dependent on a overseas potential adversary. We just saw the pandemic pause the car industry due to a chip shortage. The ramifications are rather obvious and finally someone is paying attention.
- ChatGTP 3y ago
  If this is a government strategy (which it is) then it's political, but this doesn't mean it makes economic sense to build chips in America, it might make military sense, but that is different.
  - mixmastamyk 3y ago
    Sense is sense, who cares about only one facet in the real world? Also the scope is much larger than military, IT has worked its way into every aspect of life.
UtopiaPunk 3y ago
Some of the most impressive stuff the USA ever managed to do was for idealogical reasons. Like most of NASA's prime achievements could be seen as a big dick-waving contest with the USSR. If the USA wants to play similar games with China, some good may come of it that would never come from purely profit motivated agendas. It could just as easily be bad, too, of course. I usually don't like the USA government's idealogical reasons for doing anything, but I also usually don't like economic reasons either :)

pxtail 3y ago

> not sure this is going to go well for the simple reason that so far, it seems Taiwan, Korean and China will still be pumping out cheaper chips and more of them which will make this plan financially unviable, which really seems to go against everything the USA stands for Well, in this case it looks like desirable outcome is to make them stop pumping out chips - which is chilling because it would suggest that the course is set, gears are grinding and it's not matter of "if", only "when"

mixmastamyk 3y ago

Strategic reasons. Makes zero sense for a country to be completely dependent on a overseas potential adversary. We just saw the pandemic pause the car industry due to a chip shortage. The ramifications are rather obvious and finally someone is paying attention.

ChatGTP 3y ago
If this is a government strategy (which it is) then it's political, but this doesn't mean it makes economic sense to build chips in America, it might make military sense, but that is different.
- mixmastamyk 3y ago
  Sense is sense, who cares about only one facet in the real world? Also the scope is much larger than military, IT has worked its way into every aspect of life.

UtopiaPunk 3y ago

Some of the most impressive stuff the USA ever managed to do was for idealogical reasons. Like most of NASA's prime achievements could be seen as a big dick-waving contest with the USSR. If the USA wants to play similar games with China, some good may come of it that would never come from purely profit motivated agendas. It could just as easily be bad, too, of course. I usually don't like the USA government's idealogical reasons for doing anything, but I also usually don't like economic reasons either :)