So the rest of the world has the option of relying on China instead? How is that better?

mandolingual 37 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

A small third party at the junction of two giants is infinitely more powerful than a small third party obliged to be the client of one.

	▲	graemep 27 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Sometimes, yes. In the case of bankings systems combined with payment systems you could end up reliant on both. If the US sanctions you only people using a Chinese OS to make payments through a Chinese payment system will be unaffected and vice-versa. Either will be able to take your economy down.

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toomuchtodo 43 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

It’s a valid question. More options are better. China, Europe, etc. A component of my work has been securing these types of value movement rails, so I am familiar with the level of effort required to stand them up and operate them. Resiliency through diversity. You’re just moving messages (which represent value movement) around a message bus, fundamentally.

Very similar to how “the Internet treats censorship as a defect and routes around it.” —- John Gilmore

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Gilmore