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Apple's AI Partnership With Alibaba Draws Scrutiny From Washington
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Simple. Give a jumbo jet to Trump *cough* err, the Defense Department *cough* and all this goes away.
I’d love to hear what you think “empathy” is. I do t see it in countries adhering to the varying Marxist religions. I see suffering.
How so? I think we have rather civil dialogues on here. I’m not insulting anyone.
No, it's called learning from your mistakes which the right is open to do. If you haven't noticed the right is starting to look an awful lot like the middle. If the left would admit being wrong every now and then it would do them wonders.
I assume this also mean , out of national security, India, China, Japan, Germany, France, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, and Russia should not buy American products/services as this kind of trade is taxed by USA government and will "benefit the American military"
We've had four decades of American MBAs off-shoring our manufacturing capacity for quarterly gains, and you want to blame Apple for that?
Oh there's Marxist religions too? Which ones are these?
No, the right is further and further away from the middle as the right continues its plunge toward authoritarianism. One need look no further than the right’s full endorsement of the Trump regime’s suspension of enforcement of various laws, its revolt against any restraints being placed upon it by the judiciary, its refusal to abide by congressional mandates, etc. And I say all this as a centrist: I’m neither Democrat nor Republican.
If the right would admit – just as a starter – that a Qatari 747 is a blatant attempt at a bribe, and that even its acceptance as a “gift” is currently being pursued in a completely unconstitutional manner, it would do wonders for their credibility when they claim to respect the rule of law.
Gawd. This is what happens when your [my] country is run by reality TV personalities and Faux News hosts.🤦♂️
We should implement laws that requires a minimum level of intelligence to be able to run for office or hold a government post. The ancient Chinese had the right idea.
We should implement laws that requires a minimum level of intelligence to be able to run for office or hold a government post. The ancient Chinese had the right idea.
I prefer not to use the word "enemy".
All of this enmity floating around is the problem.
As for problems, I'll reword your statement into my own:
The problem is yourself, America, in yourself.
Classic nonsense that has been used for many decades.
Maybe try to understand that criticizing your own (country, region, family) does not mean you want to leave it, but that your group needs to change and be better.
Literally this morning on "X" - two people going on about Soros and Gates running left wing European governments promoting globalism.
Of course Trumps rhetoric now is that globalism is bad - so they're jumping through hoops to try and somehow define it as "commie" - check out the guy in this very thread calling ever Marxist. They're now anti free market capitalism without actually realising it.
Yes it is all verty odd.
Yes, only the elite should be permitted to hold office, no one else
- Where did he talk about other “great” countries? Can you please point me to that?
- Would you like to live in a country where’s there no criticism at all…with only people following a great leader like a herd of sheep, whatever he/she says or does?
Just interested, because with your solution it’s looks like that’s exactly what you wish for.
While I've seen a little of the Soros theories in general I don't get much of this kind f nonsense in my feed fortunately.
As far as Trump and globalism is concerned, I don't think his rhetoric is that its bad so much as security shouldn't be comprised in the name of profits. One of the major things that allowed the US to prosper and aid other countries during and after the world wars was its manufacturing prowess.
We live in a globalized society and that isn't changing - Trump isn't going to change it even if he wanted and I don't think he's trying to. China has absolutely taken advantage of globalization off the back of both individual's and company's greed to expand markets without guard rails in place.
When we are already comparing China and USA, much of the technology in the early 20th century used by the Americans was heavily based on state-sanctioned IP theft. And the war protectionism (as well as the geographical isolation) which made the effects of the world wars insignificant for the continental US, also ensured its economy to be much less affected by the wars. At the same time it provided a safe haven and encouraged foreign engineers, scholars and other advanced skill workers to move there from other worn-torn countries.
This is also just history repeating, in the 18th and 19th centuries, "Made in Germany" was forced on german companies, which was at that time considered poor quality, produced by low-wage workers.
Trump certainly is against globalism, which is proven by the "America first"-rhetoric, using tariffs to hamper trade, attempts to force companies to produce in USA, avoid diversity, strict immigration policies, unsubscribing from international institutions and frameworks, even undermining NATO and long-time allies, attempts at unifying American culture etc. Although I am sure as you say that he is aware of the impossibility of returning from the globalism.
China does what has always been done, and they have now returned more or less back to the position they had before the British basically ruined their production after the Opium Wars. I believe that what Trump does have as a plan is to create something similar as what China is today, with a large domestic market who are not dependent on imports.
If by elite you mean the most cultured, intelligent and educated, then yes. The passing rate of the Imperial Examination was about 1%.
The current administration's Cabinet is the worst I've seen in my lifetime. IKEA has better and more secure cabinets.😏 Was there ever a Secretary of Defense who leaked government secrets to journalist by accident before the Faux News host on Trump's Cabinet?
Or a DHS secretary who got the right of habeas corpus 100% wrong, as Noem did recently? Or an attorney general who claimed that the President saved 258 million American lives? Truly dizzying intellects.
I was going to post this from The Daily Show last night on a separate thread, but it fits nicely right here.
Jon Stewart interviewed the author of Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company last night, and it was quite eye-opening. Jon flew over the author's head on one point, but then the author flew over Jon's head, and I just sat there slack-jawed on so many things I didn't know, or hadn't considered, in the past. Think I'll be watching this again, a lot to take in (also need to carefully read this whole thread).
Jon Stewart interviewed the author of Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company last night, and it was quite eye-opening. Jon flew over the author's head on one point, but then the author flew over Jon's head, and I just sat there slack-jawed on so many things I didn't know, or hadn't considered, in the past. Think I'll be watching this again, a lot to take in (also need to carefully read this whole thread).