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I don't really understand why people get so caught up on the fabs in Taiwan, as if their presence is the actual goal or the important thing. An invasion of Tai
by dageshi 3y ago
I don't really understand why people get so caught up on the fabs in Taiwan, as if their presence is the actual goal or the important thing.
An invasion of Taiwan would probably effectively destroy globalisation, China exports would be sanctioned, China imports of energy and raw materials would be heavily disrupted (China's supply of fossil fuels is very vulnerable). It would be the most disruptive event to the world order since WW2.
The chip fabs are a line item among thousands on that bill.
- BlueTemplar 3y agoI guess that I am much more confident about globalization quickly finding alternative ways (consider how sanctions on Russia have trouble working, especially for oil).
- KptMarchewa 3y agoPeople have a big tendency to overestimate how hard is to get over some temporary problema and it's long term importance, when those problems actually tend to commoditize over medium term. Now there are chips, before it was manufacturing and shipping, even before there was oil.
- the-dude 3y agoThe US only stopped trading with Nazi Germany after Germany declared war on the them, after Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
- Sabinus 3y agoThe US was engaged in a long period of isolationism during that period. The US attitude to world conflict now is vastly different to the views of 1941