They enticed us to outsource our semiconductor industries decades ago for cheaper labor.
They stole every single bit of intellectual property they could get their hands on.
Now, we are dependent on a Communist country, our enemy, for semiconductors.
And countess other industries. We are to blame, our own government, our own industries.
They set the trap, opened the door, and we willingly walked right in.
Commuist China is not an ally, they are not a friend, they are not a trading partner. There is not, and has never been, "Free Trade with them. They have been waging ruthless, government run, economic warfare for decades, not warfare to make a profit, but warfare to hollow us out, bankrupt us, and make us an economic vassal state.
And they have succeeded.
It may be too late to turn it around, but at least this current administration is paying attention.
I have read two specific books on this that finally made me understand just exactly what Communist China is up to: Stealth War: How China Took Over While America's Elite Slept by Gen. Robert Spalding (Ret.) and Unrestricted Warfare co-written by two Colonels in the People's Liberation Army, Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui.
General Spalding's book was eminently readable, though a bit gut wrenching. But knew of what he wrote. (General Spalding was relieved of his post in the NSC because of his strident, unrepentant, and finally, public warnings about allowing Communist China to design and build 5G networks in the USA. His open statement to the press was what got him fired.)
I had far more difficulty reading Unrestricted Warfare, but what impressed me about that was how they weren't even trying to hide their goals in it. I didn't enjoy reading it, as it was not very approachable, but the message was unmistakeable.
They clearly believe they can bring our country down via non-kinetic warfare. Further, I got the unmistakeable impression that they discouraged the approach of building up their military as the Soviet Union did to challenge us, but instead were advocating that they build just enough to make the world believe they were following the path of the Soviet Union in order to make us build ourselves up and bankrupt ourselves, as the Soviet Union did.
Granted, that book was written back in 1999 and things have changed.
I believe that the risk involved in this trade war is fully and absolutely balanced by the fact that the CCP has had the upper hand as long as the West in general, and America in particular, are not wholly cognizant of the power the Communist China wields.
It is my opinion the someone got Trump's ear, and convinced him (rightfully and accurately) that the greatest weapon American wields over Communist China (and the rest of the hostile world) is our consumer market, hundreds of millions of Americans who control the purse strings that allow money to flow into the ChiCom coffers.
The Communists knew this, and understood that like Satan, the best defense against us defending our interests was to make Americans believe the threat did not exist. And that concealment is gone.
They know it. Trump knows it. and now, many Americans understand it too.
Again. Calling them out on what they have deliberately planned and carried out in a most effective manner is not without risk. They are a simmering pot internally. If you really want to know about China, I believe this person who has a channel on YouTube (he goes by the nickname of LINK: Serpentza) and he had lived in Communist China as an English teacher for 15 years. He knows the country pretty intimately.
The CCP has created an internal monster they have to keep going, or that monster is going to come after them. And they know it.
“They have been waging ruthless, government run, economic warfare for decades, not warfare to make a profit, but warfare to hollow us out, bankrupt us, and make us an economic vassal state.”
Except they also make a profit running marijuana farms in Maine and other states. Plus I think they are doing pretty well in the Fentanyl production industry. Not only are both of these very profitable, but they also destroy us from within.
Excellent post. I am not entirely sure I agree with your final statement but I’m no better at predicting the future than anyone else.
It's what America from its inception did to Britain. It's human nature to want to make better things.
Yup, and the executives who did that should be shot for what they did to the American worker. But even worse are the Democrat regulators who drove our production overseas. A fine example is what the Clean Water Act did to domestic plating as an industry. They were demanding copper discharge standards cleaner than for drinking water.
And countess other industries. We are to blame, our own government, our own industries.
I think a LOT of this was driven by the Fed, as a way to mask inflation and pay off "investors" for cashing in on the creative product of the American worker thereby dispossessing those families.