[quote=KSMountain][quote=KSMountain][quote=Arraya]We don’t NEED money to cast an arm or make a computer – these are technical processes.[/quote]
A new chip plant costs about $2 Billion. Takes many years to build, has a lot of real estate, power, and specialized gas needs. You need a fully intact supply chain, financial system, and legal infrastructure to make a microchip.
Hope you don’t spill coffee on your computer…[/quote]
Make that $5B.
You know what it takes to make a computer? Capital. And capitalists. Sorry.[/quote]
Again, the purely subjective price point has nothing to do with the physical resources and- labor/knowledge in building a chip plant. Now, it is supposed to represent the aggregate “value” of those things measured in our currency de jour, but, it is not those things. It’s a concept.
