Re:Apple Accelerates US Manufacturing
by mschuster91 on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @01:42PM
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> And this is becasue huge international investors still own sites like malls and retail centers and still remember the massive rents they used to command for those units.
Oh no. It's US pension funds that own a lot of real estate, and these will continue to get bailed out or protected by the government.
The decision of the US to back pensions on the stonk market has insane, crippling side effects not just on their economy but also on the rest of the world.
Re:Apple Accelerates US Manufacturing
by alt227 on Sunday March 01, 2026 @07:33AM
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Fair enough, I live in the UK where all of our infrastructure and large retail centres are owned by Chinese and Russian investment firms. I was kind of reffering to that situation, as I am not familoier with it in the US.
Oh no. It's US pension funds that own a lot of real estate, and these will continue to get bailed out or protected by the government.
The decision of the US to back pensions on the stonk market has insane, crippling side effects not just on their economy but also on the rest of the world.