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xenihn ◴[] No.27161581[source]
I've been thinking about what would happen if there's an actual military crisis between China and Taiwan. I wonder if the United States would allow (and aid with) unlimited immigration from Taiwan for educated specialists, in an attempt to capture/retain as much skills and knowledge as possible.
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jumelles ◴[] No.27161705[source]
In the event of a full-blown war the United States could just take possession and control of all foreign-owned fabs in the US.
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kragen ◴[] No.27161930[source]
The PRC is a nuclear power. In the event of a full-blown war there will be no fabs in the US, foreign-owned or otherwise.
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giardini ◴[] No.27162069[source]
Do you really believe China has enough nukes to take out most of the USA's infrastructure? Fab facilities would be waaaay down the list of targets.

China's goal has been to maintain a nuclear deterrent (make it not worthwhile to strike China) rather than an offensive capability.

if nukes flew then China would likely fragment into many separate countries: its centralized command structure would be destroyed and local politics would be the rule. Look at China's history to see its future after a nuclear war:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=china+how+many++kingdoms

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1. kragen ◴[] No.27175431{4}[source]
Responding to this pathetic trolling was a mistake: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27174525 and I would have known better if I'd looked at giardini's posting and commenting history: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27174521
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2. giardini ◴[] No.27188119[source]
Bad News: Engaging kragen in plain conversation was my error. Had I known he would prove a jackass (e.g., here he using "cancel culture" methods to smear my statements on this thread by suggesting readers pause to read all my past posts on HN!) I would have never posted on this thread.

But as his own internet posting history shows, he seems quick to anger and, while quite well-schooled in some respects, he is unable to recognize that there's something seriously inherently flawed in his thought processes. And before that flaw, whatever it is, can fully reveal itself, he goes off screaming "troll!".

I'm not in bad company, apparently kragen also said some very bad things about Eric Naggum, although kragen raged after Naggum died (wish he'd done the same for me, but...) And the comparison is unfair in that I'm neither so talented nor so demanding as Naggum was. And I love a good laugh.

Good News: this is the first such person I've met on HN so I think such is a rarity.