China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech

Re:China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech by herbst on Thursday April 06, 2023 @04:39AM (#35465824)

You are right I guess. Movies being the best example. Netflix and all companies that followed opened up investments in international movies and within only a few years US movies appear to be the minority, at least on German streaming sites.

Today we have several real time payment methods "better" than credit card. I still can't sell a dildo with paypal, but I do have options now (if I don't care about us customers who expect credit card payments)

Social media ist lost cause anyway.

Maybe that should be my point. America is losing its influence, and it's obviously afraid. I am afraid when America is afraid because history has shown in might react wildly.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech by fnordpiglet on Thursday April 06, 2023 @06:23AM (#35466473)

In America this is a non issue to be honest. The rest of the world rarely registers. The American market is so vast in itself that is the primary focus. The issue of China has more to do with the courting of totalitarianism (Russia, North Korea, and various other bad guys), destabilization of international institutions, aggressive economic espionage, etc. I think the #1 vs #2 GDP is about as big a non issue to most Americans as nudity in Europe. I think this is a hold over from the 1950-1980’s, but American society now is much more insular and focused more on the Kardashians clothing choice.

[ Parent | on HN ]