"It would have been unthinkable for Cold War America to source key components in logistics and telecommunications from the Warsaw Pact. We never had to address the question because the Soviet Union didn’t make any finished goods that Western countries wanted to buy. But if they had, integrating them into basic social functions would have been considered too absurd to take seriously. And yet, our long history of peaceful relations with the PRC has led us to sleepwalk into exactly this unacceptable state of dependency."
decoupling is impossible, get over it,there will be no epic struggle for truth and legitamicy, get
over it
china hates us while they make ALL of the billions
or tiny screws and fiddly little plastic bits that hold the world together,we dont and cant,and hate them while we buy ALL of that stuff from them
hohum,bumdidy be dum hum
tldr;
"It would have been unthinkable for Cold War America to source key components in logistics and telecommunications from the Warsaw Pact. We never had to address the question because the Soviet Union didn’t make any finished goods that Western countries wanted to buy. But if they had, integrating them into basic social functions would have been considered too absurd to take seriously. And yet, our long history of peaceful relations with the PRC has led us to sleepwalk into exactly this unacceptable state of dependency."
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decoupling is impossible, get over it,there will be no epic struggle for truth and legitamicy, get over it china hates us while they make ALL of the billions or tiny screws and fiddly little plastic bits that hold the world together,we dont and cant,and hate them while we buy ALL of that stuff from them hohum,bumdidy be dum hum