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US-China trade truce leaves military-use rare earth issue unresolved, sources say (www.reuters.com)

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[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

they aren't even able to grasp the logical contradictions in their argument

Because it's not a logical contradiction. When one side is "The Good Guys™" and the other side "The Bad Guys™", of course "The Good Guys™" have a right to get everything they need to make weapons and "The Bad Guys™" don't. Trying to deny "The Good Guys™" their weapons just proves that you are a "Bad Guy™" and justifies why you should not be getting weapons. It's a logical argument so long as you axiomatically accept the premise that one side is ontologically Good and the other Evil.

[–] trashxeos@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 days ago

I do accept the premise but I don't see how keeping AI from the good guys or giving rare earth to the bad guys helps anyone 😂