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Explain why any of that is the US's problem or necessitates a response from the US at all.
Morally, we made a commitment to preserve democracy and we keep our word.
Geopolitically, microchips.
Morally… 🤣
"The West" is essentially the group of nations attempting to abide by a moral code. It is not always, or maybe even often, successful, but there is a vast gulf between their morality-based approach and what China, Russia, DPRK, and other fascist/semi-fascist nations are doing.
Nah the west pulls plenty of shady, awful crap but that's just a reason for the west (and everybody else) to try to be better - it shouldn't be used as an excuse for other countries doing evil shit.
It's amazing anyone can believe they are well informed and unironically say this bullshit
Huh, when did you make such a commitment? Sometime in between of toppling democratic governments, installing dictators around the world and invading sovereign nations?
Well the moral argument is obviously false on its face.
But the microchips argument is also bizarre. Taiwan isn't the only country that makes microchips. In fact the US has been spending large amounts of money to stand up domestic chip manufacturing. And China is also the leading global supplier of plenty of other commodities. Why is it that only matters for microchips?
The well-being of the world should be everyone's problem. It's just that with the largest economy and comparative power in the world, the US has a greater responsibility than most. Queue the Spiderman quote.
This role of "world police" has not paid off for the US for the last 50+ years we've been doing it.
Idk their economy definitely has benefitted from stuff like international shipping (which their "world police" have been essential in protecting) it's just that they allow their oligarchs to seize most of the profits. Their government definitely didn't take up the role out of the good of their hearts!
I don't think international shipping was under much threat from Iraq or Afghanistan.