Re:State Support Helped Fuel Huawei’s Global Rise
by est31 on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @11:13AM
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The US spends $1 trillion on defense each year. A large component of that money is fuelling the military industrial complex, basically suppoort for the domestic industry. And it isn't just limited to the "classical" military companies. Look up how the CIA helped Oracle.
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Re:State Support Helped Fuel Huawei’s Global Rise
by remarkEon on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @12:16PM
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That trillion dollars for “defense” also includes keeping global shipping lanes open and maintaining a military able to respond to existing treaty commitments across Europe. Seems to be a reasonable deal for some of they money to stay here in US companies if we’re paying for so much of others’ security abroad.
Re:State Support Helped Fuel Huawei’s Global Rise
by pm90 on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @12:33PM
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The global shipping lanes are kept open for US and US ally interests for which the US is compensated. Every country that has a US base on their soil pays the US military for being there (exceptions being war ravaged or active battle zones)
Re:State Support Helped Fuel Huawei’s Global Rise
by remarkEon on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @02:46PM
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What they pay does not offset the total costs of maintaining these facilities, and these allies still levy significant import duties on US goods that traverse these shipping lanes, so I don’t know what point you’re trying to make other than pendantry.