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> world because China wants to invade them and they wanted to give the US a reason to defend them and China a reason not to

Reverse logic much? If wanting the best electronics know how was just enough to get it, every country would have a TSMC like by now

It's the reason why they did it, not the reason why they succeeded.

It's also not entirely irrelevant for why they succeeded.

Existential threat arguably is a much better motivator for making the sacrifices necessary than "wanting".