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[โ€“] Carl@hexbear.net 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In the 80s knock off electronics came from Taiwan, now it's a high tech hub.

Exact same process played out in both South Korea and Japan. There's a joke in Back to the Future that references this, where 50s Doc says "of course it broke, it's made in Japan!" and 80s Marty responds "What are you talking about? All the best stuff is made in Japan."

Perhaps there's a reason that this economic process was able to play out in the strategically important American puppet states but not to the same degree in any of the other capitalist countries in the region soviet-hmm