Markets Shoot WAY Back Up - But Only Because Trump Delays China Sanctio
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The DJIA was kinda hovering a little bit plus or
minus - no disaster but no joy either - UNTIL
the policy announcement was made. Then it went
up almost 3000 points.
Admittedly, we're too entangled with China to
get into a big macho dick-measuring contest
with them. Xi doesn't want to lose face, and
neither does Trump - so they were both just
wavin' their dicks at each other while a lot
of other stuff was kinda falling apart.
Go ahead, put a 500% tariff on China and Xi
will impose a 501% one on the USA an hour
later ... nothing gained. China is big
enough to get away with that tactic - for
awhile anyway.
Any REAL deal will have to be more subtle,
more quiet, more nuanced. We WILL need lots
of China Junk for a long time yet - and
China needs the US money spent on that - for
a long time yet. Trump has a strong personality
but he cannot bend this economic reality to
his will. China and the USA are *addicted* to
each other. Rehab is gonna TAKE AWHILE.
Sure, we CAN build/run more factories in the
USA - but the regulatory/legal/price burdens
make it kinda difficult in some cases. We can
also diversify our SOURCES for the junk ... not
be SO dependent on China alone.
IMHO, don't be so afraid of INDIA as a big
second source.
Finally, the new USA factories ... the only way
to beat the expense is if they're almost entirely
AUTOMATED. There are NOT gonna be thousands of
Regular Joe's in there turning wrenches and
pounding on stuff with hammers - all 'bots
instead. The bots will be made in factories full
of bots, the chips and shit for them will be
made by bots .... get the picture ???
Bots don't strike. Bots don't unionize. Bots
don't need health insurance or maternity leave
or sex-change operations. Bots don't have sick
kids. Bots don't talk back. Bots don't hire
lawyers. Bots don't overflow toilets or sneak off
for a beer. Bots don't need a pension plan. Bots
don't need OSHA. There are no gay or tranny bots.
These new factories are gonna be just big windowless
metal boxes with barely a human ever in sight, soon
NO humans in sight. Those who used to worry about
this WERE right - just a bit premature.
But time's up.
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