Honestly the EU could do a lot of stuff if they had their own interests in mind.

They could sell EUV lithography machines to China while there’s still a market for it.

They could invest in building their renewables even quicker so their energy costs can come down and they can afford to manufacture stuff in the future.

I think they won’t do that though. Warms my heart to see Europe go down the drain due to their own subjugation to America. Screw them for their geopolitical shenanigans.

Imagine if the EU spent a fraction of the money burned on Ukraine doing this stuff for the past three years.

It’s a good idea but I think the EU would still be faced with Trump tariffs reducing their competitive edge in their big export market. They already are struggling with rapid deindustrialization due to high energy costs. It all spells long recession.

I don’t see Twitter, Google etc pulling out of the EU any time but I guess it’s possible.

The EU are just going to fold. Their retaliation is not meaningful. They are economically weak.

The trade surplus they had with America is eventually going to be invested back into the US to restore their manufacturing. They’re going to just pray it all turns a profit. It kills their own manufacturing jobs but they don’t give a shit really. The capitalists survive and that’s all they care about.

Rising cost of living also forces people to let go of their assets such as homes and businesses as workers and small businesses start defaulting on their debt. Oligarchs, insulated by their massive capital reserves, swoop in to acquire these assets at a fraction of the cost. David Harvey referred to this process as accumulation by dispossession.

Yep. IMHO assets aren’t going to fall in price actually. Because rich people will sink their spare money into property. Property can dip in price in the short term but it bounces back. Rich people want land which creates the demand and increases the price. They will buy it all if allowed.

Australia is a good example of this. People thought because they managed to hold onto their assets, which are rising in value faster than the cost of living, that they are getting wealthier. Unfortunately when their kids get old enough to want to buy a home, it’s often way out of reach of their kids’ salary. Then they have to borrow against their asset to support their kids purchase.

I believe most Australians and Americans will not do the only real long term solution: Take assets from the rich class. Give/sell cheap those assets to the working class. They don’t have the stomach to take assets from the rich. You can’t let rich people accumulate assets. If working class people are too broke to buy a home, then the country is broke.

they could even sue people running stuff like DeepSeek as a service based in US.

“Time to set up my servers in Mexico.”

Apparently some Chinese people thought we had free healthcare for some reason.

Sometimes (and I emphasize Sometimes) Chinese can be sarcastic in ways that are not going to translate into American English.

Even paying outright for healthcare in China is cheap. There was a youtuber living in KunMing who said she usually visits an english speaking GP paying a little under $10 because of the convenience rather than using her employer provided healthcare fund.

FYI. Chinese Insulin <$1. US Insulin $100.

It may be a mild inconvenience at first, but the potential to grow a real understanding in the west to the truth about China and the rest of the world is massive.

I have an idea for a post on Red Note:

“Tik Tok Refugee here. Question for Chinese friends - How much is Insulin in China?”

Levelling an area isn’t going to help in this instance. This is the logistics issue.

If the US economy is so strong, they shouldn’t be eclipsed in ship production. 1% vs 50% of ship building is the threat.

It’s so significant a difference that US wants to impose penalties for being too productive. The GDP numbers don’t correlate with the ship production numbers.

“The government will own your toothbrush! (Everyday you push your train to work and back)” - US textbook

common cell phone spectrum radiation

Was it Tik Tok?

“Who wants the hours of two full time shitty jobs for the salary of one shitty job? DM your CV here!” - 🤡

Biden’s team? Do the Blue Jays give tips to the Yankees now?

From the SS handbook:

Empty my magazine into the air = suppressive fire

We recently had Australian mainstream media talking about a slum in Australian iron ore sales to China and calling it sign of China’s property crash.

I wonder now if iron ore is trading within BRICS in a similar way and Australia is getting the cold shoulder for being the US puppet it is.

If the judge has no control, how did he buy and sell the stocks? He (or his wife) was “advised” completely independent of the case he’s on?

Pelosi’s husband makes a lot of stock moves too.

“No biggie guys! It was my stupid wife just making money accidentally!”

I agree the stock market is a big influence of the economy. Stocks are massively overvalued. There’s not enough available cash in existence if there’s big sell off on a major stock like Intel. Hence the need to print money. If the Fed didn’t intervene, that illusion of stocks actually having cash value would vaporise.

You’re a federal judge ruling on a Boeing case?

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None of those implications are bad UNLESS you are a manufacturer of those goods in the West. Or investing in those manufacturers. This is where WSJ falls flat on its ass.

The rest of the economy is a consumer of those cheaper goods. So the discounts on those goods makes the wallet go further. That’s good for consumption. Consumers might even throw more money towards those dogshit services that economists are now in love with.

Everyone just makes stuff for fun in China!

Sucks to be Joerg who only makes stuff for money.

Price down is … bad now? Just pay extra then and call it a tip!