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they're posting the part people read, what's the big deal
Headlines are often misleading and shouldn't be trusted on their own. Headlines are often not even written by the article writer. Headlines are often chosen by editors. Sometimes the editors get the headline completely wrong.
I have a few questions about the headline. What does "participating in the modern economy" mean? What does "modern economy" mean? Who is "former white house advisor"? What is the intention of the person saying this?
The quote is sourced from a guy named Dean Woodley Ball, a techbro who was a policy advisor on an AI bill for Trump earlier this year. The article is about a tweet written by this particular techbro. In another tweet, Dean compares DOGE to The Manhattan Project. It seems like "participating in the modern economy" in the context of the tweet is hyperbolic. At the end of the tweet, he begs countries to find sources of rare earth besides China.
Thirty-year-old techbro, who Trump payed to say that AI is good, tweets that China is going to control the world's economy.
What is actually happening is that China is requiring that companies which export rare earth products from China to have a license. The article doesn't even say this, but China's intention behind this program is to prevent rare earth products being used in weapons/military. Basically, if a company is wanting to make weapons, China doesn't want to give them rare earth products.
"In the context of turmoil and frequent military conflicts in the world, China has taken note of the important uses of medium and heavy rare earths and related items in the military field. China, as a responsible major country, employs export controls on related items according to the law, in order to better defend world peace and regional stability, and to fulfill non-proliferation and other international obligations."
https://english.mofcom.gov.cn/News/SpokesmansRemarks/art/2025/art_c202dcc0433d476db52b1e7f7fe53926.html
So the real reason why the White House is mad is because China is trying to reduce military/weapons production.
oh idk I guess i'm built different because I get all that from the headline