I'm not an accelerationist, but I love this. Show even the dumbest people how dependent the U.S. has gotten on China and that it can be cut off at the CCP's whim.
I feel like people are so focused on America that people are neglecting how all this shit is impacting China. I'm not arguing there's some kind of 4D chess manoeuvre from Donald to cripple China, but it does provoke some big thinking considering all of this shit is easily found out via some quick google searches. Maybe someone here has already pointed this out before, or it's well known, and I'm just being late and retarded.
1. Take into account that a massive chunk of China's exporting economy is primarily with their
neighbours in Asia, who receive primarily 'integrated circuits' for electronics (microchips).
2. All of them share in common their biggest export target: America. (Exception is Hong Kong whose biggest export destination is China)
3. America is trying to establish factories for electrical components within the country, whilst also making it more expensive for electronic products to be exported to them via tariffs.
Ergo: Fewer electronics factories in Asia -> fewer buyers for integrated circuits from China -> fewer dollary doos for China from trade.
China has a somewhat recent
citation of them trying their best to prop up one of their ailing economical pillars. Who knows what they'll do to keep manufacturers happy and active within the country. If they flee elsewhere, it might carry more consequences for the government than just a lower GDP. It's jumping the gun a little but this could potentially cascade into something devastating for China if it plays out this way, not only benefiting America but also China's neighbours too as companies seek cheaper places to manufacture from.
It's a boring read but it's worth looking into what exactly China gives and receives with a lot of their trading partners. For example, a bulk of what America gives to China is diversified between food, fuel, etcetera. Now, electronics to America are going to see a price bump as a result of tariffs, which has some people pissed off, but is that really going to have as dire consequences overall as the potential fuel and food price increases in China?
