#1 Chips act was entirely a direct result of China’s behavior. GM and Exxon are all determined critical to maintaining national security, so of course the government will intervene with these industries, but even independent companies as tightly intertwined with the US Govt as Lockheed are not guaranteed the funding - as you said it is outsourced through bidding to the firm the government deems best equipped for whatever challenge is presented.

You may recall there was great backlash to the GM bailout. Even though the bailout was an emergency reaction and not proactive competitive support - many Americans were culturally comfortable watching that company wither. If it were BYD in the same scenario China wouldn’t have even had a discussion, because the government is directly invested in it’s success. Just write the check.

The type of support you’re citing rarely extends to non-critical industry in western countries, while China is happy to provide investment to gain a competitive edge at any level. I’m not even arguing this is wrong, I just believe it’s largely a cultural distinction.

I’m also not implying that governments the world over don’t provide incentives to influence market direction, hell that’s a primary role of government, but I do see it as fundamentally different approaches giving a tax cut to incentive product development vs SASAC directly sitting on many Chinese boards.

I believe it comes down to a difference in philosophy, the Chinese government is comfortable choosing “winning” companies and funding them, scaling them immediately to compete on the global market. It’s part of their “Industrial Policy” approach. Western countries (including countries under their influence) widely refuse to support individual companies (with some exceptions) and let the market decide as they say. Both approaches come with their own inefficiency and risk.

And yes the long term vision is to break the markets. Subsidize and come in cheap, get everyone used to the new floor prices, outlast the competition, and raise the floor once they control it.

Edit - when Romney called China the US #1 geopolitical trade adversary, this is the kind of behavior he was talking about.

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Sheer bad luck for Russel. Good prospects moving forward though.

Holy shit, best race in the last 3 years. Wildly tricky conditions, clean overtakes up and down the field, it really had it all.

It does get a few hours of sunlight in the morning, and I do have a portable air conditioner in the room to keep the temps stable. I suspect that could have the same effect? Hmm… thank you for the leads I very much appreciate it

Interesting. It does get some sun in the mornings from the window across the room but I didn’t think much about it. Perhaps I’ll try to relocate it too.

This is an informative answer, unfortunately it’s not a matter of being loose or resizing. The clips are kind of disintegrating under the weight of supporting the piece to the crossbeam.

Definitely I’ll replace the parts, just sucks if I’m going to have to fix it up every couple years

Yeah I think I’ll do that. The specific part failing is “Modified 2 x 3 with 2 Clips with Solar Panels Pattern”

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I hate that book. It’s a great read. Horrifying, inspiring and becoming more important by the day.

Max’s 2019 move lmao, came with receipts

Everyone should just vote for the water shaman, I don’t understand why American politics needs to be so complex!

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Seriously, for all the “genocide joe” rhetoric I see here and other sites, it’s abundantly clear the other option is "He’s weak, Israel should be allowed to ‘finish the job’ ".

Voters, do you prefer a level headed voice trying to minimize palestinian casualties, or would you prefer Israel get the all-clear to steamroll Gaza indiscriminately, likely annexing it wholesale? Very clear choices.

I’m sorry, but as an AI language model, I do not have the ability to access or analyze specific offers or websites to determine a “scam”. My primary function is to provide information and answer questions to the best of my ability based on my training and knowledge.

You son of a bitch, I’m in.