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by tmnvdb 2y ago
That argument would make more sense if they did not include Poland, the biggest per capita spender and a staunch US ally.
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ASML is not German, and I'm not sure I understand the rest of your comment.
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There is no European nuclear arsenal. There is a French nuclear arsenal. It functions to deter other countries from using nuclear weapons against France.
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Their supply chains consists of Indian and Chinese Univerities.
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My impression is one important strategic factor is that ASML was not build using venture capital -in which the US is dominant - but relied mostly on government subsidies. Once ASML was a strong player they got a lot of investment from Ameri
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by tmnvdb 2y ago
You’re partly right, but I think you’re downplaying ASML’s achievements, especially when it comes to EUV. The ‘internationalization’ you mentioned was definitely one of the key reasons for their success. They were smart to position themselv
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It is generally believed by people who study nuclear strategy that this in fact does not work. Imagine Russia invades Poland. Will the UK Nuke Moscow? Probably not - because Russia would surely retaliate, on the UK! Imagine Russia nukes Par
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by tmnvdb 2y ago
I don't think those conversations get that far. The Netherlands is one of the most "transatlantic" countries in Europe and values the US/NATO relationship highly. In that sense not much different from Taiwan.
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Russia is in Europe and has a lot of nukes.
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This is classic dilemma in nuclear strategy: would France risk Paris to defend Warsow, or Berlin (by using nuclear weapons)? A similar dilemma: will the US risk New York to save Paris? France did not believe that the US would risk New York
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by tmnvdb 2y ago
> "Suppose you have one platform that censors criticism of the current US administration and another platform that censors videos of Tienanmen. This is better than only having one of those things, because you can then get the first
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by tmnvdb 2y ago
The obvious answer is that the US is still a democracy with free media and rule of law. That means you're likely to be found out and have a huge scandal if you try to use government resources to manipulate the public at scale. This is
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by tmnvdb 2y ago
> Think Binney, Snowden, Assange would probably disagree with you. I guess you are trying to muddy the water here by invoking the names of people who are known for their resistance to a certain kind of American misbehaviour. That behavi
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There is good evidence that topics the CCP does not like are significantly underrepresented compared to other social media platforms. I would add that if you know the CCP you would be extremely surprised if they did not take such an opportu
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You are glancing over the fact that American media platforms are not really controlled by the US government except for legal restrictions on hate speech and violence, and that there is an extremely diverse set of voices that can be heard on
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by tmnvdb 2y ago
Exactly, even when banned in the US, TikTok (though a lot less valuable business) can still be used to do influence outside the US. If it was a business they would have sold it.
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> “You do realize that most nations get different versions of TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, etc., right?” That statement is misleading, as the differences between these platforms across various countries are typically minor—mostly due to co
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by tmnvdb 2y ago
Yes. No.
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It’s possible to recognize both that (a) American companies’ business interests don’t fully align with the needs of their users or the general public, and that (b) the Chinese Communist Party’s objectives —which include weakening, destabili
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by tmnvdb 2y ago
Tiktok is banned completely in China because it doesn't not have the agressive filtering and CPP propaganda in place to operate in China. The CPP can not allow Chineze citizens to engage in an open exchange of ideas with eachother or w
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I doesn't have anything to do with "appeasing" the US, the Chinese version is heavily filtered and tilted towards CPP prefered activities and worldview, such a platform would never work on the international market and they kn
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by tmnvdb 2y ago
The destabilization of the United States and the end of it's status as the worlds richest and most powerful country?
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Yes. Or both.
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by tmnvdb 2y ago
I will bookmark this and come back in 6 months. I have seen too many "platform X is replacing playform Y" hype cycles to write long essays about this.
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Why would you love that?
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"Tiktok was forced to separate itself into a chinese version and the non-chinese version by the US because we didn't want "da ccp" controlling tiktok." You're talking about Propaganda but you are spreading stra
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by tmnvdb 2y ago
It is really amazing to see so many replies here of people who do not just disagree with the ruling but completely deny the principles at play exist.
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Every country has "selective liberties", that is not a very meaningful criterion.
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You suspect that? It is the literal stated reason for it.
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Having a non-trivial number of videos is not the same as being the replacement platform. Youtube is also being spammend with tiktok users uploading old content. The idea that after the dust settles the majority of 110 million tiktok users w

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