"We have to work with our European allies to deny China the most advanced technology so that they can't catch up in critical areas like semiconductors."
The our tech and financial industries are a big part of that, along with the fact that the defense industry does everything it can to discourage smart, innovative people from working there.
If you're a smart kid, even if you're a rah rah Patriot, why on Earth would you go work for some defense company designing ships and planes and fancy new bombs and radar? Everything moves at a glacial pace, the pay is crap, and you can make $250k designing fart apps or trading algorithms instead somewhere else.
The our tech and financial industries are a big part of that, along with the fact that the defense industry does everything it can to discourage smart, innovative people from working there.
If you're a smart kid, even if you're a rah rah Patriot, why on Earth would you go work for some defense company designing ships and planes and fancy new bombs and radar? Everything moves at a glacial pace, the pay is crap, and you can make $250k designing fart apps or trading algorithms instead somewhere else.