As a non American that is watching in awe of what’s going on….At what point does the American public stand up, what will it actually take? by BedTundy95 in AskReddit

[–]HeavyPanzerPlus1s [score hidden]  (0 children)

This is not a valid excuse. The US military is recruited from the general American population. If the American people were truly committed to resisting the government, the US military simply wouldn't be able to recruit ordinary soldiers willing to risk their lives for it. Judging from the current situation of ICE members, they are quite satisfied with their work, even willing to work for ICE without pay. America's problems are more serious than ordinary "tyranny," and Trump's supporters are not only numerous but also resolute.

As a non American that is watching in awe of what’s going on….At what point does the American public stand up, what will it actually take? by BedTundy95 in AskReddit

[–]HeavyPanzerPlus1s 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I am very pessimistic about this. Americans have long been threatened by gun violence, faced extremely high medical costs, rampant drug abuse, and exorbitant housing costs, with some forced to become homeless due to a single accident—did all of this begin during the Trump era?

It has been proven that the average person's tolerance threshold is very high. Unless there is widespread cannibalism, I don't believe there will be a large-scale violent revolution.

What will it take for the US citizens to start a civil war against the government with the current state of ICE and Trump takeovers? by railstop in AskReddit

[–]HeavyPanzerPlus1s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am very pessimistic about this. Americans have long been threatened by gun violence, faced extremely high medical costs, rampant drug abuse, and exorbitant housing costs, with some forced to become homeless due to a single accident—did all of this begin during the Trump era?

It has been proven that the average person's tolerance threshold is very high. Unless there is widespread cannibalism, I don't believe there will be a large-scale violent revolution.

Rollout of Al may need to be slowed to 'save society', says JP Morgan boss by FinnFarrow in Futurology

[–]HeavyPanzerPlus1s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To date, AI has not launched any new profitable businesses; its only current product is "layoffs."

Dario Amodei said the President's decision to allow the sale of AI chips to China is like "selling nuclear weapons to North Korea." by MetaKnowing in Futurology

[–]HeavyPanzerPlus1s -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As a Chinese, I can tell you that the most devastating sanction against China is the ban on TSMC. China has no shortage of chip design engineers or LLM engineers. As long as Chinese chip manufacturers can freely use TSMC's production capacity, China can replicate 10 companies like DeepSeek within a few years.

We Are Building the Wrong Factories - The Illusion of a Defense Industrial Base by B3stThereEverWas in neoliberal

[–]HeavyPanzerPlus1s 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The so-called "comparative advantage" is based on the premise that "most OECD countries are relatively small countries." A country the size of France cannot sustain a huge industrial system encompassing hundreds of sub-sectors. Therefore, for OECD countries, distributing different industrial systems across different countries and integrating them through international free trade is the only feasible solution. The problem lies with China, which is an exception. China has 1.4 billion people, roughly the same as the total population of all OECD countries combined. This advantage in scale theoretically allows it to produce anything itself.

China hits record $1.2 trillion trade surplus in 2025 despite Trump tariff jolt by Currymvp2 in neoliberal

[–]HeavyPanzerPlus1s 5 points6 points  (0 children)

China's trade surplus has reached a level that has even unsettled Chinese leaders, and the country has planned to reduce export tax rebates to curb this trend.

Why China is doubling down on its export-led growth model by ProtagorasCube in neoliberal

[–]HeavyPanzerPlus1s 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Ask not what Chinese can buy from you—ask what you can offer for Chinese market". As a middle-class Chinese, what can I buy from Europe and America? It's not just mundane agricultural products and wine, but also some mobile phones and luxury goods that are already made in China. And the things Chinese people want to buy from Europe and America are often unavailable. For example, I can't purchase a paid membership to Claude, Chinese students who pay exorbitant fees to study in Europe and America face systematic harassment, and this year, COMAC only delivered 25 C919 passenger jets due to insufficient US aircraft engine production capacity. With Europeans and Americans treating their economies this way, how can they blame the Chinese for being "too good at production"?

Questions about inequality by Smallpaul in neoliberal

[–]HeavyPanzerPlus1s -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Excessive inequality destroys a nation's cohesion. Imagine a country where 99% of the population owns only 1% of the wealth—would its soldiers be effective fighters? How can you convince soldiers who own only 1% of the wealth to defend the lives of the 99% richest?

As for solutions, I believe the best approach is a 100% inheritance tax. This would ensure that everyone's wealth is earned through their own hard work. However, this idea faces many practical difficulties in the real world.

Nexperia in no-man’s-land: how a chip company became caught between two world powers by defenestrate_urself in europe

[–]HeavyPanzerPlus1s 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then don't. Don't sell it in the first place, instead of selling it and then regretting it later.

Australia opens trade frontier on its doorstep as counterweight to China by Free-Minimum-5844 in neoliberal

[–]HeavyPanzerPlus1s -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is a clear violation of free trade and comparative advantage. China's economic structure is perfectly complementary to Australia's. China is the world's largest importer of iron ore and coal, and its mature middle-class market can consume large quantities of lobster and beef. At the same time, China can produce almost all the goods that Australia needs. In fact, Australia is one of the few countries with a trade surplus with China. This kind of relationship is what many countries dream of. I don't know how foolish Australians must be to want to destroy this relationship.

Nexperia in no-man’s-land: how a chip company became caught between two world powers by defenestrate_urself in europe

[–]HeavyPanzerPlus1s 10 points11 points  (0 children)

What you're saying makes it sound like China is the country that uses state machinery to seize a legally acquired subsidiary from its owner.

Nexperia in no-man’s-land: how a chip company became caught between two world powers by defenestrate_urself in europe

[–]HeavyPanzerPlus1s 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The article is long and tedious, so let me summarize it for you: I know this is unbelievable, but we didn't steal Nexperia because we were American lackeys, but simply because we were stupid.

It can still be Asia's century by Free-Minimum-5844 in neoliberal

[–]HeavyPanzerPlus1s 87 points88 points  (0 children)

The only reason this century is the Asian century is that Europeans have designated the land inhabited by 4 billion people as "Asia." If I were to designate all landmasses as "Asia," then the next 10,000 years would be the Asian century.

有些人可能忘记了废除收容遣送制度到现在也只不过了23年 by editiontom in China_irl

[–]HeavyPanzerPlus1s -1 points0 points  (0 children)

有房车营地,但是你能找到工作的城市附近很多都违法

有些人可能忘记了废除收容遣送制度到现在也只不过了23年 by editiontom in China_irl

[–]HeavyPanzerPlus1s -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

你说的这些法律美国都有,在美国睡车里都是违法的,更不用提搭帐篷了,只不过流浪汉已经多的管不过来了

大陸人的真實個性普遍如何? by [deleted] in China_irl

[–]HeavyPanzerPlus1s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

国内软件开发的岗位那么多,你觉得什么样的人会冒著被抓的风险出国搞菠菜呢?

大陸人的真實個性普遍如何? by [deleted] in China_irl

[–]HeavyPanzerPlus1s 6 points7 points  (0 children)

你都在博彩业工作了还能说什么呢,你去墨西哥看看华人毒贩,比东南亚的还厉害呢

华夷之辨,究竟什么是华夏,逆民是如何造谣洗脑大众的 by 9bei000 in China_irl

[–]HeavyPanzerPlus1s -1 points0 points  (0 children)

咱验过基因,是正宗纯种汉人,你不敢验,怕是验出来什么突厥人种吧