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You know what? Elon Musk called me, He is hugely interested in the lithium
- WhereIsTheTruth 3y agoLet's remember this gem from 7 months ago: "Chile to Nationalize Lithium Industry" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35860473 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35860473 My premonitory comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35861677 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35861677 All working as planned: https://www.csis.org/analysis/south-americas-lithium-triangle-opportunities-biden-administration https://www.csis.org/analysis/south-americas-lithium-triangl...
- tamimio 3y agoSo colonialism where a country is exploiting another country’s natural resources, if it isn’t with direct military intervention, it is with sanctions and/or subversion.
- creato 3y agoNo one, including the country’s own citizens, are going to invest in a lithium mine (or anything else) without confidence that the investment won’t be seized. Stating that obvious and trivial fact isn’t “colonialism”.
- cyanydeez 3y agoinstead of Valium, one presumes