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What stability "a few decades" ago? Are you referring to the Cold War when we thought the US and USSR might end the world in nuclear war? What chaos? The marke

What stability "a few decades" ago? Are you referring to the Cold War when we thought the US and USSR might end the world in nuclear war? What chaos? The market going down a little bit?

masterj 2y ago
I in no way think you are responding in good faith, but the relevant bit to this discussion is the very public killing of the CHIPS Act: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/03/04/trump-joint-address-to-congress/trump-tells-congress-to-end-chips-act-00212871 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/03/04/trump-joint...
- voidspark 2y ago
  He is responding in good faith. You lack historic perspective. CHIPS act is still in place https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/news/366622293/Trump-puts-stamp-on-CHIPS-Act-deals-with-new-office https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/news/366622293/Trump-pu... If that is repealed, it would be replaced by something with more favorable terms for the US. TSMC is investing $65B to build three fabs in Arizona.
  - owlninja 2y ago
    Isn't it primarily in place because the money was already spent? And someone had to later tell our 'leader' that what he said was nonsense?
    - voidspark 2y ago
      Yes, and? Are you against negotiating a better deal?
voidspark 2y ago
You know that time of stability a few decades ago when tens of millions of Chinese were starving to death and being massacred in the Cultural Revolution.
- stafferxrr 2y ago
  Imagine if Trump pulled young men's name from a lottery and forced them to go shoot people on the other side of the Earth in defense of "capitalism". That is literally what my father and his friends dealt with as young men after dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis as children. I only dealt with this one time in 1st grade. Air raid drill, get under the desk kids and cover your head to practice in the event the Russians drop a megaton h-bomb on the school. Or the stability of WW1 or WW2? 1990 to 2020 was a wonderful time, I feel so lucky to have lived my life then but that was a completely abnormally calm time in history.
  - voidspark 2y ago
    Yes the 20th century was insane. But we had the GFC in 2008. Millions of people lost their homes, lost their job, lost their savings. 1990's were pretty stable.

What stability "a few decades" ago? Are you referring to the Cold War when we thought the US and USSR might end the world in nuclear war? What chaos? The market going down a little bit?

masterj 2y ago

I in no way think you are responding in good faith, but the relevant bit to this discussion is the very public killing of the CHIPS Act: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/03/04/trump-joint-address-to-congress/trump-tells-congress-to-end-chips-act-00212871 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/03/04/trump-joint...

voidspark 2y ago
He is responding in good faith. You lack historic perspective. CHIPS act is still in place https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/news/366622293/Trump-puts-stamp-on-CHIPS-Act-deals-with-new-office https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/news/366622293/Trump-pu... If that is repealed, it would be replaced by something with more favorable terms for the US. TSMC is investing $65B to build three fabs in Arizona.
- owlninja 2y ago
  Isn't it primarily in place because the money was already spent? And someone had to later tell our 'leader' that what he said was nonsense?
  - voidspark 2y ago
    Yes, and? Are you against negotiating a better deal?

voidspark 2y ago

You know that time of stability a few decades ago when tens of millions of Chinese were starving to death and being massacred in the Cultural Revolution.

stafferxrr 2y ago
Imagine if Trump pulled young men's name from a lottery and forced them to go shoot people on the other side of the Earth in defense of "capitalism". That is literally what my father and his friends dealt with as young men after dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis as children. I only dealt with this one time in 1st grade. Air raid drill, get under the desk kids and cover your head to practice in the event the Russians drop a megaton h-bomb on the school. Or the stability of WW1 or WW2? 1990 to 2020 was a wonderful time, I feel so lucky to have lived my life then but that was a completely abnormally calm time in history.
- voidspark 2y ago
  Yes the 20th century was insane. But we had the GFC in 2008. Millions of people lost their homes, lost their job, lost their savings. 1990's were pretty stable.