John LeonardOct 5
Ian Betteridge

America is cooked and doesn't know it yet, part 589 in a series of ∞

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-21/china-road-trip-exposes-list-of-uninvestable-assets-in-the-west

Oct 5 at 10:18amWeb
Show threadBruno NicolettiOct 5
@ianb Paywalled :-(
Show threadIan BetteridgeOct 5

@bjn C'mon, Bruno, you know how to sidestep paywalls :)

https://archive.is/mXebA

Show threadBruno NicolettiOct 5
@ianb (Creeps away in shame)
Show threadBashStKidOct 5
@ianb Pretty much. Unfortunately most folks are still in the same mindset we’ve grown up in, media relentlessly focused on the US, vaguely aware of Europe, knowing next to nothing about historical or modern China.
Show threadStephen DarlingtonOct 5
@ianb Nothing that a few more flags and chanting “USA! USA!” loudly can’t fix, right?
Show threadIan BetteridgeOct 5
@sdarlington Flags imported from China, natch
Show threadJasonOct 5
@ianb but after reading that, I think Germany and Europe are not far behind in that cooked list - at least when it comes to these sectors
Show threadCybersternOct 5
@jason @ianb germany is altmayered… they basically killed solar production a few years ago
Show threadNicovel0 🍉Oct 5
@ianb it seems Europe is pretty much in the same boat economically, and edging in the same direction politically
Show threadJdeBPOct 5

@ianb

It's the #SoyBeans where this is most obvious, and the failure of United Statians to see what is right in front of them is most saddening.

The soybean crop with nowhere to go, being subsidized from money from tariffs (paid by U.S.A. taxpayers), that cannot really raise enough money, which were the things that caused China to react as it did in the first place; is big news in the U.S.A. at the moment.

No news report has put 2 and 2 together, though.

#USPolitics #TrumpTariffs #TradeWar

Show threadDr. Juande Santander-VelaOct 5
@ianb so, government has to fund it if they really don’t want to surrender… you might get not optimal results, but it creates a pathway to get there, whereas if you renounce allocating any money into that research that’s the moment you are really toast.
Show threadDr. Juande Santander-VelaOct 5
@ianb also, “corporate Darwinism” is precisely the only part where some of the theoretical good outcomes from capitalism can originate from (not without their costs)… and that is precisely what is currently impossible in the US because of the financial deregulation, and lack of ability in recognizing the new kind of monopolies.