☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoWSJ admits that China has comprehensively defeated the US in the trade warwww.wsj.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: economicsworldnews@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up1130arrow-down1external-linkWSJ admits that China has comprehensively defeated the US in the trade warwww.wsj.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: economicsworldnews@lemmygrad.ml
minus-squareAssian_Candor [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-22 months agoMaybe spending a trillion dollars a year on the military instead of investing in productive capacity is a bad idea
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoWhat makes it funnier is that much of the military procurement ends up being ultimately sourced in China as well.
minus-squarehypercracker@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agonah this allows the easy MIC QA service grift of employing leagues of contractors to verify that China hasn’t snuck anything into all the military stuff we buy from them
Maybe spending a trillion dollars a year on the military instead of investing in productive capacity is a bad idea
What makes it funnier is that much of the military procurement ends up being ultimately sourced in China as well.
nah this allows the easy MIC QA service grift of employing leagues of contractors to verify that China hasn’t snuck anything into all the military stuff we buy from them
yup