Comment by palmotea
9 hours ago
The easiest was of escaping the trap of US tech dependence, is to buy your tech from China. Everything they have is very advanced, and cheap to boot. Huawei instead of Apple, WeChat instead of WhatsApp, etc. Everyone wins except Trump.
The downside is that this tech stack is also being rolled out to Iran, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Venezuela to build their own local versions of the Great Firewall. It is currently being used to crush dissent and imprison anyone who disagrees with the regime.
I guess if you consider that “winning” then definitely continue to support Chinese dominance.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46637463
Euro tech already exists. Add in Nova custom and Star labs. I understand many components are still made in China but this is the first step.
There's a German saying "Vom Regen in die Traufe", I think the English version is "out of the frying pan into the fire".
China is a good alternative for a lot of hardware, but in terms of software it is not an option.
How would this lead to sovereignty?
Is China a better country to rely on?
You mean compared to the country that is bombing other countries, kidnapping their leaders while also threatening to annex territory of its ally?
Isn’t China buying 50% of Russia’s Gas and supplying them drone parts and gunpowder which is directly being used to kill Europeans and destabilize Europe?
Which countries and leaders do you have in mind?
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Right now, China is still supporting the russian war machine. The russian people are openly at war against Ukraine and the European idea.
Still China is a great alternative to US in terms of hardware, because all the things you would buy from the US is just made in China anyways.
While the US are acting like foolish, uneducated hotheads China is silently benefiting from all parties involved.
More sane and predictable for sure. Which is a good thing.