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With China buying farmland and mines everywhere, not to mention launching spy balloons, there are plenty of potential flashpoints for war. Taiwan, though, is the simplest to address. Acknowledge that we can only delay or deter China invading Taiwan, and build our own semiconductors. As we invented the semiconductor and still design most of them, our building them requires only cutting taxes, spending, and red tape. Unfortunately, while simple, we have not demonstrated the will to free ourselves of these self-imposed fetters. Fortunately, it is what we ought to do for our own happiness.