• frezik
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    6 days ago

    Nah, the status quo would have had the US protecting Taiwan for ideological reasons. It was there long before TSMC was the world’s best fab. Hemming in China suits US interests.

    Trump is not the status quo.

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      Ideological? What ideology? The US uses it as a military base against China. I hope you are not going to spout nonsense about freedom and democracy.

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        The ideology that the US should be in charge of the world.