Taiwanese electronics sector is struggling.

[Swampy]

They're not only losing their best to the US, their current generation would rather work in government or academia. And those who do work in private industry aren't innovative enough.

I've said for decades that Asia is no threat to America.

[mcnoch]

>>no threat to America<<

I noticed that you recently jumped on every problem to proclaim that the country, continent or company is "no threat to America". I think that is a bit strange...it is just normal competition..why do you have to categories this into "threat to America" or not? Our economies are so interwoven today that every problem is a threat for the others. Do you know what happens if we lose some of these electronics companies in Asia? There will be a meltdown in the IT, despite different names we have only two large RAM-module factories worldwide, three which are building disks for storage-systems, etc.. I'm sorry, but I have to tell you that the USA is mainly active on the start and end of the production chain, the development phase and consumer usage. And please don't tell me that there is a renaissance of manufacturing in the USA. The USA no longer has the equipment and patents to do this, not even Intel can build its own chips without Asian or European patents and vice versa.

[Swampy]

Good point. I'll say that Asia cannot challenge American dominance.

[mcnoch]

Why do you think so? Companies like Samsung, LG, Huawei, etc.. are extremly successfull. In the Top 100 IT-companies are more from Asia than from the USA and when it comes to non-IT electronics the US and Europe are down to a handlfull of companies while the other top ranks are filled with Asian companies. Asia is currently ruling the electronics world, they are a bit more modern than Europe and about 12 months ahead of the USA. We send our experienced admins from Asia to the USA to introduce "new" products there.

[Swampy]

I meant military and political dominance. The US can also remain number one, because, even as Asia rises, Europe and Russia are declining, so America's relative position would be about the same.

[mcnoch]

Military, yes, political, I don't think so. In the time where past alliances lost a lot of their importance and power, it lost too many allies to get its will thru without behaving and so looking like a dictator, which causes immediate counter-reactions in the populations. As I wrote earlier, the USA has now to fight for everything it once got for free and without resistance.

[Sir John]

"In the time where past alliances lost a lot of their importance and power, it lost too many allies to get its will thru without behaving and so looking like a dictator, which causes immediate counter-reactions in the populations."


Sounds like a good description of the Muslim/Arab/African/Socialist power blocks of the UN.



SJ

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"As I wrote earlier, the USA has now to fight for everything it once got for free and without resistance."

I think begging and negotiating would be a more appropriate way of phrasing it.