nipponese
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i like turtles.
- nipponese parentIs agreeing with an adversary on a single point the same as praising them?
- You’re not wrong about the motives, but others are:
The U.S. has all the oil it needs right now.
The message from the U.S. to the world is: don’t nationalize our businesses infrastructure and then use it against our interests (even if they are on your sovereign territory) - we do not forgive and we do not forget.
- Charlie’s will explains their mindset:
- The ultimate "trust me bro".
> Potential buyers and others warned against the idea.
> ... [the] Walkers froze salaries for several years amid the difficulties.
> [the CEO] wanted to do something good. He also worried about going to a local grocery store and feeling ashamed he hadn’t shared his windfall.
- To all those saying “China can make stuff and the US cannot”: it seems like the “robots” are really coming to both economies in the next decade, and they’re going to put more Chinese human labor out of work than US labor due to the sheer scale of China’s labor force.
With hundreds of millions of dudes out of work, I don’t think “good” things are going to happen with regards to East-Asian political stability.
- 9 points