• Steve@communick.news
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    3 days ago

    Not all subsidies are the same. US car subsidies are only about making the companies as happy and profitable as possible.

    China doesn’t care about profits. Their subsides are explicitly about making the vehicles super cheep to undercut everyone else. Two entirely different motivations and results.

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        2 days ago

        To gain global leverage on other nations. They’re looking to replace the US as THE next dominant nation in the world. They want power.

        You seem to want me to say money. No. Money is nothing but a number in a spreadsheet to a nation with its own fiat currency. They don’t care about money. China isn’t a capitalist nation in the way we know it. They recognize that money is inherently meaningless. Resources are what matter. Control of resources is Real power.

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          Dude…. That’s literally what the U.S. is doing with their subsidies. Why the fuck do you think we sell fords in China, where they don’t care about trucks at all. That extension of power is literally exactly what the U.S. has done for a century, hence all the issues we’re seeing right now.

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            2 days ago

            Then why do fancy Fords cost $80k and not $40k or less?
            If the government is guaranteeing them money per-vehicle built, why aren’t there massive lots flooded with a millions of unsold Fords? That’s what’s happening in China.