BEIJING :China, the world's top processor of rare earths, banned the export of technology to extract and separate the critical materials on Thursday, the country's latest step to protect its dominance over several strategic metals.Rare earths are a group of 17 metals used to make magnets that turn power into
  • u_tamtam@programming.dev
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    11 months ago

    Because every single thing must revolve around America, only one thing can be bad at a time, and if I'm not with you I must be against you.

    • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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      11 months ago

      , only one thing can be bad at a time,

      Oh, were we talking about something being bad? I thought we were just having a non-politically tinted discussion about science and technology

    • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      and if I'm not with you I must be against you.

      Neutrality is support of the status quo, there are no parties that neither support nor oppose it.

    • duderium [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      I mean, it’s the most powerful empire ever to exist, one built on ongoing slavery and genocide. It’s difficult to find global problems that don’t lead back to the amerikkkan ruling class.

        • duderium [he/him]
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          11 months ago

          I forgot, it’s only mature intelligent high-IQ adults who lick the boot of slavery and genocide.

          • u_tamtam@programming.dev
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            11 months ago

            I mean, from here I see only one person feeling obliged to bring up:

            • America

            • Imperialism

            • Slavery

            • Genocide

            • IQ

            • boot licking

            in a thread that has absolutely nothing to do with this, and this person isn't me. So do yourself a favour and go babble with people who care.