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Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model by smallmancontrov on Sunday May 24, 2026 @06:43PM (#48261741)
> Wouldn't the US exploiting asymmetric labor wages, rights, and conditions be the even bigger story?

Yes, but "the US" is reductive. The exploitation wasn't done by the towns having their tentpole industries shipped overseas, it was done by the people shipping them overseas and pocketing the profit. US capital owners made a deal with the Chinese Communist Party that was good for both of them and bad for the US.

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Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model by airstrike on Sunday May 24, 2026 @08:06PM (#48262278)
That's really well said.

The promise was always to get cheaper goods and services in the US, so long as the Chinese firms never competed. Guess what, they compete now.

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Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model by tmnvix on Monday May 25, 2026 @01:06AM (#48263569)
And good for the people of China presumably.
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