alt Hacker News> We shouldn't import foreign DRM, our critical infrastructure should not utilize foreign-hosted or proprietary IoT, and we should invest in local manufacturing utilizing automation.
How have you still not learned? By god Europe's in an awful place if you still don't get it.
You first import them en masse. You reverse engineer, learn how to do everything. Then you slowly invest in local manufacturing. China has shown you the way.
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api • today at 1:39 PM
China copied the US. Now the US should copy China. At least with some things, like industrial policy.
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Germany was a pioneer in manufacturing solar panels ans has let China take over. Their Maglev train is also only running in China.
German industry does not want to pay anyone, imports cheap foreigners for tasks that have to be done in Germany and outsources the rest.