On MAGA "isolationism" and caring about China more than Russia, I have to sometimes wonder whether or not we'll go to war with China in the future not because of any kind of MAGA cares about Taiwanese independence, but because so much of our tech-heavy economy/markets are so reliant on offshore semi-conductor manufacturing that the pro-b…
On MAGA "isolationism" and caring about China more than Russia, I have to sometimes wonder whether or not we'll go to war with China in the future not because of any kind of MAGA cares about Taiwanese independence, but because so much of our tech-heavy economy/markets are so reliant on offshore semi-conductor manufacturing that the pro-billionaire party would gladly sacrifice tens of thousands of American lives in a war with China to keep the tech oligarch's pockets flush via maintaining geopolitical semi-conductor hegemony. Or am I being too cynical?
Given how transactional Trump is, it is not unreasonable to believe he might sell US foreign policy to the highest bidder, and his Silicon Valley supporters would be hard to outbid.
On MAGA "isolationism" and caring about China more than Russia, I have to sometimes wonder whether or not we'll go to war with China in the future not because of any kind of MAGA cares about Taiwanese independence, but because so much of our tech-heavy economy/markets are so reliant on offshore semi-conductor manufacturing that the pro-billionaire party would gladly sacrifice tens of thousands of American lives in a war with China to keep the tech oligarch's pockets flush via maintaining geopolitical semi-conductor hegemony. Or am I being too cynical?
Given how transactional Trump is, it is not unreasonable to believe he might sell US foreign policy to the highest bidder, and his Silicon Valley supporters would be hard to outbid.