China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech
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This is a tech/manufacturing challenge issue.
Fair enough
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Politics affects everything, including tech.
Hmm good point. Okay my bad then.
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US is just lucky they didn't start selling off and unloading US debt
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If the stock market wasn't such a shitshow maybe we'd finally see SBSW taking off. They're the only Platinum and Palladium producers in North America who can compete with Russian producers.
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US is just lucky they didn't start selling off and unloading US debt
Who would they sell it to?
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Who would they sell it to?
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US is just lucky they didn't start selling off and unloading US debt
According to the Trump that's exactly what he wants, countries to sell off the bonds they have in exchange for super long term bonds that defer interest for like 100 years.
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This is all just Japan from the 80s all over again. There are a bunch of movies from the period with Japan as the bogeyman. The peak probably being the backstory of Die Hard.
The key difference this time is the USA was paying for Japan's defense, had a massive military base, etc. China doesn't have that problem, so they can counter American demands with their own demands.
Interestingly, look at interviews with Trump from the 80s, he'll talk about Japan almost with the same language that he uses for China now. The most famous was probably an appearance of Trump on Oprah.
Can you elaborate on the Die Hard part? I recall the terrorist being German. The only reference to Japan, that I recall, was the name of the building.
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Can you elaborate on the Die Hard part? I recall the terrorist being German. The only reference to Japan, that I recall, was the name of the building.
That name of the building is the backstory I was referring to. That was a headnod to what was actually happening with Japanese investors moving in and buying up a lot of American real estate. I think that's when a Japanese group bought the Plaza hotel in NYC for example and when Sony bought a movie studio (renamed it Sony pictures, but I think it was CBS movie division).
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That name of the building is the backstory I was referring to. That was a headnod to what was actually happening with Japanese investors moving in and buying up a lot of American real estate. I think that's when a Japanese group bought the Plaza hotel in NYC for example and when Sony bought a movie studio (renamed it Sony pictures, but I think it was CBS movie division).
Thanks for explaining, TIL!
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