Comment by rzerowan
7 hours ago
Basically a new iron curtain didving the world into digiatl blocks.The era of open internet/science is on its last legs with the potential forr bifurcation into incompatible ecosystems high , the onger the exchange is disrupted. As recently as this month the USgov has donce a Wolf Amendment style declaration for the Scientific collaboration NSF while shifting its purview under the military. To add to that its trying to rope as many countries into its Pax Silica idea intentionally to exclude China while simultaneosly coercing its 'allies' into using its nerfed offerings [1]
So maybe some isolated switzrland/singapore type locales would exist for US/EUusers to be able to dip their toes across the curtain legally without reprucursions.
[1] https://nitter.net/RnaudBertrand/status/2069574934972797089
At this point, the United States will lose that battle most Countries in the world are going end up using electronics from Asia, that ship has sailed Japan, China, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam, dominate that area, China already dominates EVs, Drones and many other electronic devices, and with the way Donald Trump has picked fights, Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and many others are looking for other business partners.
If you need infrastructure done, China is dominating that area too. Rail, High-speed rail, Nuclear reactors, (near future Thorium reactors), Dams, Highway roads, bridges, Ocean ports, airports you name it, and they can roll it out, Transport ships, And if they don’t do it, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Taiwan do.
Is it too late? No, not necessarily, but America needs a regime change…
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If rural America is that unappetizing, you understand you can just go live somewhere else, right? There is a very deep-seated hatred here that I suspect has little to do with actual "rural people".
America is what it is. The only thing that will change it is leaning in not bemoaning "rural people" on Hacker News.
Hilarious response to concerns about industrial production, thanks for getting us here.