I'm kinda of shocked that chip & many tech companies play ball..
They are a required / no alternatives industry by so much of the USA, with limited alternatives. Is it really more cost-effective for each of these companies to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to avoid tariffs when they could easily pass on these costs because we have no alternatives?
assword · 51s ago
> they could easily pass on these costs because we have no alternatives
Now imagine the same scenario, but one side is willing to destroy themselves as collateral if they don’t get the result they want.
duxup · 9m ago
This whole economy by corruption and coercion is not going to work out.
fooker · 1m ago
It has historically worked pretty well, for several centuries at a time.
Are you saying there’s something different this time ?
FirmwareBurner · 3m ago
I don't see how it can't work at least short term, when the US is by a long margin the world military and economic power.
Why else has the US been overspending on military for decades and planting military bases and nuclear submarines all over the world, to become the world hegemony, if not to bully everyone in doing its bidding when push comes to shove?
What are the other countries gonna do? Ally with China, Iran and Russia to go against the US?
nemomarx · 2m ago
China seems to be working on catching up, and if you remove all of your soft power maybe they look more attractive?
They are a required / no alternatives industry by so much of the USA, with limited alternatives. Is it really more cost-effective for each of these companies to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to avoid tariffs when they could easily pass on these costs because we have no alternatives?
Now imagine the same scenario, but one side is willing to destroy themselves as collateral if they don’t get the result they want.
Are you saying there’s something different this time ?
Why else has the US been overspending on military for decades and planting military bases and nuclear submarines all over the world, to become the world hegemony, if not to bully everyone in doing its bidding when push comes to shove?
What are the other countries gonna do? Ally with China, Iran and Russia to go against the US?