Pure extortion

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[–] 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Playing hardball with the US is suicidal high stakes. It can be done, but the alternative is to be taken over by China. The US will lose tremendously, but Taiwanese won't be happy either under The Poo's leadership.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    Yeah it's just a dumbly high stakes game.

    TSMC is literally the shield that keeps Taiwan alive. An attack on TSMC foundries is an attack on the most critical supply chains of every western military in the world.

    There is no chance they would risk their entire nation and business by getting into that big a fight when there's a potential alternative, even if that alternative is subsidizing Intel's failures.

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