Comments by "Omer عمر" (@Omer1996E.C) on "Asianometry" channel.

Also add that South Korea had 3 advantages 1, it was a US ally, so, as you've said, there actually were some Ivy league korean graduates working with the south korean military. 2, it was a US ally, so, the US didn't use as much intelligence agents as they had in enemy countries like in Cuba, so secretly making a military project was easier 3, it was a US ally, so, South Korea isn't treated like Egypt, for example, because if Egypt became too strong, it might be an existential threat to Israel, so the US have alot of incentives to punish Egypt if it developed its own military industry. But S.K IS the ally to be protected in the first place, just like Israel, and so the US have low incentives to punish S.K or fear it. South Korea is a different story that can't be replicated in many countries like Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, for example, who also have higher military spendings and capabilities, but mainly bought from the US
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@Garrus Vakarian actually, Northern syria is partly controlled by the us military
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What about the jobs? For maybe 5 to 10 years, Taiwanese would be employed, but when Americans get the necessary skills, it will cause other us companies to be able to make highly advanced micro chips, and tsmc would lose its monopoly, Taiwanese would lose jobs, China might be able to replicate it, Taiwan would eventually fall
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@earthcomedy I'm not thinking about China, but Taiwan itself. If Taiwan lost it's monopoly, there will be no strong incentive for the US to protect Taiwan, like they are strongly doing now. Taiwan is not Europe Even if we talked about China, the opening of TSMC in the United States might be a silent advantage or a blessing in disguise to China, especially since it is easier to American lobbies to export it to China via another Asian or African country
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@keomi6228 first of all, the ivy league example was one. There are surely other universities from around the western world. And these are only 3 points I pointed out, and there are surely other points too. Nevertheless, your additional points don't invalidate mine. So thank you for mentioning them And those universities i mentioned them because the US doesn't allow these students, particularly if they where among the best of it, to go to countries like russia or iran, for example, anf there are alot of articles that were released that they are not even allowed to go to much weaker countries like Ethiopia and Nigeria. So, the argument is not about "Ive League," but about the US alliance. And why are you saying "you didn't state the fact...?" Who said that I'm mentioning all the points, advantages, disadvantages, etc... I'm just stating 3 points that I'd like to point out. So, thank you again for the additional points. And Finally, I recognise the fact that any country can develop its own arms industry, albiet much slowly of costly if they're not a US ally, but it's very much possible, and it mostly needs determination and honesty, which Egypt governments lacked since the 19th century. These are very corrupt countries (governments).
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@thesenate8477 indeed, and I already know that, that's why I said "S.K had 3 advantages," because not everyone can be a US ally, or not everyone wants to be for some good reasons. I didn't say that turkey was inferior in military tech, but that the US doesn't easily allow for its brightest students to go to Turkey, like it would for sk or Israel, for example
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Well, it's just a matter of time until US companies are able to make these highly advanced micro chips, and China might even be able to catch up with American companies, and then, Taiwan would be irrelevant, in addition to Taiwanese people losing their profitable jobs and global monopoly
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@andrewfrancis3591 yes, it might. But we should know that china isn't seeking a monopoly, but a capability, so that it would still be able to produce advanced technologies, either for economic (trade) purposes, or for militaristic purposes. Otherwise, China will always be stuck in the microchip crisis, which controlled by the US, as well as being paralyzed from making advanced weaponry. I don't think that China's target is monopolization
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@thesenate8477 these are exceptions you mentioned. The US government does actively and forcefully monitor and somehow control those who excell in its educational/intellectual institutions and systems. Those exceptions you mentioned were most likely aided by the states to not intrigue or make the US notice them, or these professionals weren't with dangerous or critical educational experiences, or maybe even not from among the outstanding students it had. Idk what made you think the US doesn't monitor those after all the knowledge we have on the US intelligence services. And I'd already replied that there are other examples of good universities, and Ivy league was just an example I gave.
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@Megalomaniakaal first, I don't mean those microchips that aren't used for the sophisticated military equipments, but that highly advanced ones. And the us lacks the necessary skilled workers and technologies to make it independently by itself, but once this tsmc monopoly is over, Taiwanese workers would lose their jobs, or at least get paid less, the company will still make huge profits, but certainly much less, and Taiwan wouldn't be relevant as it is now internationally Second, I didn't say that the US will completely dump Taiwan, especially since Taiwan is an important ally in a strategic geographical position, but there would be less incentives to spend trillions to protect Taiwan, in a potentially bloody war with China
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