• eli@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      To play into the theory here (China invading)…

      Apple makes phones. Lots of people buy the phones. If apple can’t make phones, then they can’t sell phones, then people can’t buy phones, bad for economy.

      If China invaded Taiwan and it wasn’t a “peaceful transfer of power”, then China could just level the whole country, which would destroy all the fabs and little Susie down the street can’t upgrade from the iPhone 18 to the iPhone 19. Again, just playing into the theory.

      Americans are consumers. I’m assuming they think(CIA/gov) that as long as iPhones, TVs, and porn is available then Americans won’t care about Taiwan getting invaded.

    • stupidcasey@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      China invading Taiwan would unify this world more than any one want, and they definitely don’t want the world unified against them, besides they don’t need Taiwan anymore, they have cracked uv lithography and will be a serious competitor soon enough, after that nobody will care about Taiwan and they can just take it without the US intervention or at least after the UD catches up as well.

      • FlowerFan@piefed.blahaj.zone
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        9 days ago

        You remind me all those people saying that russia is way too powerful to need ukraine and way too smart to attack it before the war started

        Fascists will fascist