• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    China has a bunch of the world by the balls thanks to the world using Chinese manufacturing for everything from chips to medication. That alone is a national security problem. Sure, it maintains some stability due to economic ties, but the flip side is that we can only exert so much pressure on China before it will bite us in the ass, and we’re fucked if all-out war started and we got cut off.

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        4 months ago

        Honestly. This is why fair trade cert or taa compliant or just know trusted country is ok with me when I buy things.

        I just don’t want to be complict in known slavery. I don’t want to support oppressive regimes. Etc, etc, etc.