Sir, I lived through 2+ years of COVID, so no need to lecture me on the fragility of supply chains, how a virus can cause disruptions or any of this other stuff. I fully understand that. But tell me why in the world Main Street America would give a damn what China does in the South China Sea? I'll go a step further... even with Taiwan and its chip making and manufacturing, why would we care if China decides to annex/capture Taiwan? Again, that is a self-inflicted problem. We never should have outsourced our chip manufacturing. The time, energy and expense that the military is using to counter China over Taiwan, that effort could be redirected towards this country building up its own domestic chip production. Instead of thinking that a military action is needed to resolve an economic problem, why not just do what is practical? Does everything have to revolve around war?
How old are you? There was a stat I heard about last year that at one time in America, like maybe in the 1950s or 1960s, 70-80% of all American household electronics and appliances were made by GE and here in America. If we can mobilize a Manhattan Project to build a bomb, or NASA to be those damn Ruskies in the Space Race, then there is no reason why we cannot mobilize and rebuild our economy how it was 2 generations ago.
