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Caleb James DeLisle · 1w
Here's something to think about: We look back at the 90s like "wow those motherfuckers were stupid" (and boomers still are)... We are a million times more connected than they were, so we know things ...
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@Caleb James DeLisle I always thought that was a very dumb line of thinking. Knowledge builds up generation after generation. Brains are very limited like that.

A lot experts in their respective areas will have their preferred dogmas that will be challenged only when they die. Science moves forward one corpse at a time and all that.

In terms of general opinions, there are always aspects of the past that prevent you from a having a completely distinct worldview. In the 90s, there was still a leftover chunk of the social contract between man and government and you could still remember farther back when it was more true.

Boomers hatred has very specific reasons because it was a bit of a watershed moment. Anyway, unless in 30 years we'll metagame away the being human part completely and become some kind of network-enabled bug hive, saying "wow, people X years back were dumb" is retarded social posturing and always will be.
Adolph · 2w
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Soylent Groyp · 3w
i agree, it's not an exclusive property of China, it's western politicians and industry leaders who made the strategic decision to oursource everything. Other places could have the role of China as an...
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@Soylent Groyp @Hoss "Sneed (Formerly Chuck)” Delgado That's true. QR restaurant menus and parking space apps are peak goytech. Unfortunately, this is just one puzzle piece of what makes the current world so shit.

For what it's worth, a lot of those big announcements, like in any other country, read like marketing fluff for investors.
Soylent Groyp · 3w
you seem to have no idea of the scale of manufacturing that China does today, and that the West collectively did before China rose after 2000 just for starters, China produces near 100% of all ties ...
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@Soylent Groyp @Hoss "Sneed (Formerly Chuck)” Delgado I wasn't talking about any Western countries in my previous post. The idea of outsourcing everything was there to start off with. If not to China, then were there any roadblocks for, say, any SEA country to become the world's tie and footwear importer instead?
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Soylent Groyp · 3w
i agree, it's not an exclusive property of China, it's western politicians and industry leaders who made the strategic decision to oursource everything. Other places could have the role of China as an outsourcing destination today. What does seem to be coming from China though, is this push for tech...