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I just saw the future. It was not in America

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14 points jimnotgym | 1 comments | 03 Apr 25 05:28 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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suraci ◴[03 Apr 25 05:50 UTC] No.43565256[source]▶
> But you’re also wrong if you think that China only cheated its way to global manufacturing dominance. It did cheat, copy and force technology transfers.

They Lied, They Cheated, They Stole

They stole our future from US

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bigyabai ◴[03 Apr 25 06:14 UTC] No.43565430[source]▶
The future was never really "ours" if American businesses can't afford American labor. America's future has been in Chinese escrow for the past 2 decades.
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1. DemocracyFTW2 ◴[03 Apr 25 12:29 UTC] No.43568656[source]▶
> The future was never really "ours" if American businesses can't afford American labor

This is worth hanging on the wall in big letters. There was a time when in the West governments and even a good number of enterprises big and small cared for their people. This responsibility has by and large been replaced by a view of the world where profit is the only aspect that counts.