OF COURSE the Chinese have been copying work from other countries, do you think they should have to go back and reinvent the airfoil if they want to build airplanes? Know who else does it? England. France. Myanmar. Mexico. Israel, Kenya, and every other frelling country on the planet. Industrial spying has been a thing every since industry was invented in the Stone Age, potters from India copied the recipe for improved pottery from kilns in Iraq and flint knappers from France copied flaking techniques from Croatia. What you were claiming is that China can only copy technology from others, which is incredibly ignorant and fairly racist especially since much of our modern Western civilization is based on technology copied FROM CHINA.

Really? I was unaware that Honda had 50 mph electric motorcycles 70 years ago. The things you learn on SlashDot...

So you think that 1/5 of the world's population, with one of the best education systems on the planet, with 6 of the top 10 research institutes anywhere, can only copy other people's work? Wow, that's remarkably stupid, even for you.

So you feel confident declaring you know all about it, when you don't even know that it's Communist Party of China (CPC).

Wow, the stupid is strong in this one.

Bezos specifically left Amazon to take over Blue Origin, which was formerly sort of an expensive hobby project. The subsequent housecleaning replaced the majority of the executive suites and empowered lower level employees. It was only then when we started to see actual advances from the company. Some people may loathe Bezos with every fiber of their being, but really no one can argue with the fact that he's an incredible manager.

On the other hand the guys who run the excavators at large job sites will be mostly gone, as will the dump truck drivers and most of the guys who pour cement, replaced with AI-controlled robots. China already has almost completely automated open pit mines (with all-electric equipment, eliminating cost and pollution of diesel as well) and much of the refining process. Conduit is being run on green-field construction sites, pulling cable through conduit has been automated for years, and loose cable runs are coming soon. Even the fast food place you mentioned is now running with a crew of 5 rather than 10-12 like at the turn of the century. Robots are walking guard patrols and will never come in drunk, fall off the loading dock while sneaking a cigarette, or take a nap in an unused meeting room. Amazon is deploying pick-and-pack robots, robots are stocking shelves in retail stores, robots are delivering food in restaurants and to homes.

UBI will soon be a necessity, since you only have a limited number of jobs cleaning porta-potties or tearing off roofs.

Kind of. China has expanded its borders repeatedly over the centuries, at times bordering on the Persian Empire or down to Burma before shrinking back towards its traditional region of influence.

Deflation is not automatically bad, China is seeing deflation now, and that's actually the plan. To do it though you need competent leadership, which we in the west are sadly lacking.

https://kdwalmsley.substack.co...

Chinese deflation is a result of powerful supply-side forces that have the opposite effect: China’s economy continues to grow at solid rates, while rent-seeking profits are extinguished at the company level by high competition.

So what did the US do? Cut off China's access to advanced lithography equipment, prompting China to create its own litho industry. While they're not yet to the level of cutting edge chips from TSMC the new Huawai phones boast chips with their own design as good as the ones in iToys of just a few years ago.

The GOP has been this way for four decades, the difference is that now it's saying what it's doing instead of blaming Democrats for its actions.

You've never lived with hyperinflation. Know how I can tell? The thought of printing unlimited money based on nothing doesn't send chills down your spine.

The experiment has been done many times, it always ends in failure. Always, and without exception.

You think that Africans and Arabs are going to be effective fighters at -40 in waist deep snow dealing with drone warfare they've never seen before? You're funny.

People around here do know dick about the situation, that's why znrt had to explain the above.

Ukraine gave up nukes that 1) had no triggers (the USSR had removed them before withdrawing), and 2) they had no launch codes for. Essentially they gave up nuclear waste.