Comment by lynx23
Why is democracy relevant here? Seems like a rather random words thrown in to support your point, without any actual relevance. We're talking supply-chain here. And capitalism. Both really dont care what and if people voted.
Why is democracy relevant here? Seems like a rather random words thrown in to support your point, without any actual relevance. We're talking supply-chain here. And capitalism. Both really dont care what and if people voted.
> Both really dont care what and if people voted
They kind of do. The reason various Asian companies pulled ahead in their own respective industries is top-down leadership and support. You dump money into them, tell them what to do, and lower the overhead of competition and you can create a world-class company.
We, in the US, can't really do that. We try a little bit, but we don't fully commit so it doesn't work out.
Friendshoring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendshoring is the trend these days, which is why TSMC has setup factories in US and Japan.