Italy signs pact with the devil

Yuck I would not be surprised to see a biotech created virus of my lifetime. If Trump would cut manufacturing from China I would buy a MAGA hat

After the tariff thingy, we are pretty much divorced from Chinese products.

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Yep. We need to step back and reassess this whole globalism thing. Europe has fricked itself by opening itself up to the third world, and we aren't far behind.

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Yep, it's time for the US to get back to producing more of it's goods on our soil, even if it costs a bit more.

Did this so they could get the kung flu antidote

frick China

China needs to look at South Korea and Japan. I know there are huge differences in populations between those countries, but if China would just throw communism out the window, adopt basic human rights, adopt regulations (they have absolutely no regulations over there), and went full blown capitalism and some form of democracy, they would be a gigantic Japan or South Korea. They are thriving over there in Japan and South Korea because these countries realized that living like we’re in the 1600s does nothing but holds your country back from its full potential. frick the Chinese government

The problem is consumers buy Chinese goods. I go out of my way to avoid them and do a really good job at it.

I had a neighbor complaining last week about not being able to get tools not made in China. I took him to my workshop which is fully outfitted with just about every tool and machine any hobby woodworker could want as well as most mechanics tools and defied him to find a Chinese tool (there are 3). The first thing out of his mouth was you don't have a cordless drill then. I took him over and pulled out two Festool Systainers and a Hilti box and said here you go. But they are expensive...

"We" have the control if we just exercise it and accept we can't have as MUCH stuff if we buy non-Chinese goods.

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Europe has fricked itself by opening itself up to the third world, and we aren't far behind.

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We would already be there if Trump had not won

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This isn’t globalism. This is far worse. This is China colonizing the world. What most people don’t know is most of Africa is severely in debt to China and Chinese have heavy investments there, N Korea is essentially owned by China, and of course China has Hong Kong and Thailand. China is colonizing the world. This plan is literally China buying ports in foreign countries to increase its power

If you’ve ever played an expansion game like monopoly, Catan, Risk, you know taking valuable property is how you win the game. China has the money and now they’re attempting to buy all the property

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So you think this could be a test run?

China will ruin Italy and turn it into a dirty communist hell hole. As long as the Italians keep getting paid they'll justify everything like American politicians do.