r/wallstreetbets • u/MikeMikeGaming AI bubble survivor • Jan 28 '25

News Trump To Tariff Chips Made In Taiwan, Targeting TSMC

https://au.pcmag.com/computers-electronics/109466/trump-to-tariff-chips-made-in-taiwan-targeting-tsmc

Why don't we kick Nvidia while it's down am I rite?

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u/stingraycharles Jan 28 '25

I remember this thread that went viral on some Chinese forum, a decade or so ago. Some guy showed off a bit of money, and everyone started one-up’ing each other, showing off millions of dollars.

The thread ended with someone replying with an official arrest order for OP.

Moral of the story: power is the end goal once you have enough money.

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u/PerformerOk7669 Jan 28 '25

It really sucks. Most humans don’t have this defect, and yet they suffer at whims of those who do. I wish there was just something in place that disallowed power hungry folks from ever attaining power.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

They’re voted in by hordes of people “without” the defect

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u/BigDaddyZuccc Jan 28 '25

Well that's the fun part. By grinding and mangling our psyches from a young age, those with the defect are left with the perfect vessels to cram sympathy for themselves into. They'll fight their peers for them, spread their ideologies like plagues, and obviously put them in power every chance they get.

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u/Rico_Rebelde Jan 29 '25

Thats actually not true, most humans do have this flaw in our nature to some degree. That's why scapegoating minorities and poor people is so effective at distracting from material issues that actually effect people.