The Nation Needs a Shipbuilding Revolution

Re:The Nation Needs a Shipbuilding Revolution by p00dles on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @06:54AM (#42931228)

All kinds of people from all kinds of places read HN, so maybe better to use more general language - referring to “Chinese shipbuilding capacity is over 230 times greater than _ours_”

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Re:The Nation Needs a Shipbuilding Revolution by fuzzfactor on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @07:43AM (#42931627)

>maybe better to use more general language

Unless a visitor is unaware that this is a US website, then it would actually help be more informative than otherwise.

And if a visitor is already aware, what difference does it make?

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Re:The Nation Needs a Shipbuilding Revolution by wongarsu on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @10:10AM (#42933274)

I had no issue understanding it and didn't even realize.

Not because this website happens to be operated by a US company, but because of US defaultism. If on the internet somebody forgets that other countries exist or that people from other nationalities might be involved, they are American. Occasionally somebody complains how non-inclusive it is, but for the most part we all ignore it

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Re:The Nation Needs a Shipbuilding Revolution by dani__german on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @07:57AM (#42931735)

tone policing lost the 2024 US presidential election. I wouldn't recommend continuing it. Have a great day.

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Re:The Nation Needs a Shipbuilding Revolution by FrustratedMonky on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @08:08AM (#42931844)

" referring to “Chinese shipbuilding capacity is over 230 times greater than _ours_”"

Is it not?

Why do we need to be careful not to offend the Chinese? Unless we are worried they are tracking HN accounts?

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Re:The Nation Needs a Shipbuilding Revolution by nonethewiser on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @10:31AM (#42933624)

Clearly he's from the US. He's simply speaking from his perspective.

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