Comment on dear republicans, what's the point of alienating every single ally of the US?

• surph_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yes, when they are in conditions that afford them reasonable employment protections. The chipmaker’s visa would make slaves of them. If they quit, they’ll be deported back to China, and I expect charged with treason when they get back.

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  • frezik@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Why would people from Taiwan be deported to China? Even if the US wanted to punish them, Trump hates China more than anybody else.

    With a growing number of ARM and RISC-V manufacturers out there, people with these skills are in high demand. You’re completely off base.

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    • surph_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The whole point of the chips act is bring chip manufacturing to the US so we’re no longer disputing sovereignty for Taiwan to protect the chip manufacturing industry. If we get to the point that we have imported laborers from Taiwan manufacturing chips in the US, the US will no longer be defending Taiwan the way it is now, and it will be firmly under China’s control.

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      • Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        So many issues here. I’m sorry but you deeply misunderstand a lot of things about chip manufacturing.

        These really, really, really are not laborers. They have nothing to do with labor. These engineers are effectively the same level of cutting edge as the scientists the US picked up after WW2. They are literally national resources - valuable pieces on the international game board.

        No, they don’t get deported to economic rivals. Ever. They are not cheap labor. They are assets in the industrial military complex.

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      • frezik@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        The US supported Taiwan for ideological reasons long before TSMC was a thing. Your reading of the situation is completely bunk.

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