• Lussy [any, hy/hym]@hexbear.net
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    21 hours ago

    is likely to play out differently outside of a US-style declining capitalist economy combined with China’s current situation.

    I don’t think jaomarromis is saying the profit motive is the biggest factor in making the logistics complicated.

    • Eiren (she/her)@lemmygrad.ml
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      Complicated logistics isn’t a problem when we’re essentially in an arms race but with computing tech. If the CPC see developing their own semiconductor technology as politically or militarily essential, they will do it, at whatever cost.

      The main issue is time. The technology is more useful the sooner it can be implemented.