09-15-2022, 01:44 PM
We use paper plates instead.
Seriously, while I think there are serious issues over IP theft that need addressing, I don’t know why we have to appoint China as our existential-threat-du-jour. Putin seems to fulfilling that role nicely (and demonstrating just how efficient autocracies are these days, economically and militarily).
PS - Foxconn (the iPhone maker) and TSMC (the Apple chip maker) are both Taiwanese, which is a decidedly different flavor of “China”.
Seriously, while I think there are serious issues over IP theft that need addressing, I don’t know why we have to appoint China as our existential-threat-du-jour. Putin seems to fulfilling that role nicely (and demonstrating just how efficient autocracies are these days, economically and militarily).
PS - Foxconn (the iPhone maker) and TSMC (the Apple chip maker) are both Taiwanese, which is a decidedly different flavor of “China”.