China is winning the global tech race

Re:China is winning the global tech race by AnimalMuppet on Monday June 18, 2018 @05:20PM (#17341792)

> Half of the US economy is based upon the country's military might, and (through it) imposing favorable deals, bullying, controlling oil and trade routes, IP laws and so on (plus "quantitative easing financial policies" and trillion dollar bailouts, subsidies and handouts to Detroit and co). I'll take Japan's "quantitative easing financial policies" any day...

Bluntly, this is BS. A bit of the US economy, yes. Half? Not even close. But you seem to have an ax you want to grind with respect to the US, and reality would not serve you as well as hyperbole.

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Re:China is winning the global tech race by coldtea on Monday June 18, 2018 @06:06PM (#17342003)

>Bluntly, this is BS. A bit of the US economy, yes. Half? Not even close.

I'm not talking directly -- like the arms industry and the oil industry and so on. I'm talking about the cascading effect that pumps up and propels the rest.

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Re:China is winning the global tech race by AnimalMuppet on Monday June 18, 2018 @06:13PM (#17342047)

And I still say it's BS. Or, to be more charitable, excessive hyperbole.

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Re:China is winning the global tech race by coldtea on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @05:21AM (#17344977)

Well, not if you live out in the rest of the world and have suffered the consequences for near a century...

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Re:China is winning the global tech race by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @01:06PM (#17348384)

How does where you live change what fraction of the US economy is based on the country's military might?

I suppose, though, that your claim might be true of the fraction of the US economy that happens where you are...

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