return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoBiden really, really doesn’t want China to flood the US with cheap EVswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square195linkfedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down110
arrow-up189arrow-down1external-linkBiden really, really doesn’t want China to flood the US with cheap EVswww.theverge.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square195linkfedilink
minus-squareAltofaltception@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year agoSomething something free market
minus-squareZorque@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThe free market is propaganda to trick people into thinking capitalism is somehow ethically solvent.
minus-squarefatalError@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoHey, capitalism is only good when it makes the rich richer…
minus-squarepumpkinseedoil@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoChina flooding the market with cheap EVs still makes the rich richer… Just different rich people in a different country.
minus-squareAltofaltception@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoYes, but then the more people can afford to buy EVs. Under the current system you need to be well off to buy one, vs an ICE.
minus-squarefatalError@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoRight… Except the average person, we can’t have that
minus-squaretreadful@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoMight be a valid argument if China didn’t play currency games. Also, the protectionist in me wants American heavy industry to continue to exist.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoImagine believing that China is the only country playing “currency games”. It’s all just imaginary numbers based on printed paper.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI want American heavy industry to be good enough to continue to exist. Otherwise we’re just a house of cards waiting for a stiff wind.
Something something free market
The free market is propaganda to trick people into thinking capitalism is somehow ethically solvent.
Hey, capitalism is only good when it makes the rich richer…
China flooding the market with cheap EVs still makes the rich richer… Just different rich people in a different country.
Yes, but then the more people can afford to buy EVs. Under the current system you need to be well off to buy one, vs an ICE.
Right… Except the average person, we can’t have that
Might be a valid argument if China didn’t play currency games.
Also, the protectionist in me wants American heavy industry to continue to exist.
Imagine believing that China is the only country playing “currency games”.
It’s all just imaginary numbers based on printed paper.
I want American heavy industry to be good enough to continue to exist. Otherwise we’re just a house of cards waiting for a stiff wind.