Comment on Tesla's European car sales nosedive for fifth month as customers switch to Chinese EVs

• 14th_cylon@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  unless you for some reason like leftist dictator who would like to rule the world more than the right one, there isn’t really practical difference in this

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  • AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    China would love so much to rule the world, that’s why it hasn’t entered any war in the past 40+ years, and that’s why all countries in the global south are happy to enter the comparably advantageous economic deals and infrastructure investments that China offers in comparison with the magnificent western democracies.

    How many countries has China bombed in the past 40 years? Let’s now make a list for the USA, see who wins!

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    • 14th_cylon@lemm.ee ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      China would love so much to rule the world, that’s why it hasn’t entered any war in the past 40+ years

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hundred-Year_Marathon

      the global south are happy to enter the comparably advantageous economic deals

      are they happy? and are the deals advantageous? can you back up your claims? 😂

      As for “dictator”, look at the approval rates of Xi in China

      oh yes, the approval rating of a dictator in a dictatorship is very valid metric 😂. (hint hint: they are irrelevant even if they were not fixed. any kind of approval rating bears zero relevance to whether the country is a totalitarian state or not, or whether the country is a threat to its neighbours or not).

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      • AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hundred-Year_Marathon

        So, no wars, got it. Just overtaking the US through soft power and economic prowess, lmao.

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    • Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I agree until the last part. Democracies have more freedoms allowing for more accurate polling. There is also less fear of consequences for being open. Countries should be able to defend themselves, 5% is a step toward peace. The cold war never became hot because of the investment in defence.

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      • AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        The cold war never became hot

        Tell that to the millions of people the west murdered through bombing of Korea, Vietnam or Laos, the millions more murdered though US support of military dictators such as Suharto or Pinochet, or the millions who died through the de-stabilization of their countries such as Mosaddeq’s Iran, Guatemala or the outright invasion of Iraq. Ask those people what they think of the west’s military expenses over the past century.

        Democracies have more freedoms allowing for more accurate polling. There is also less fear of consequences for being open

        Literally two days ago Mamdani won the mayoral elections against all polls, polls in the west are heavily manipulated. And literally last week a man was denied entry in the country due to having a picture of bald Vance. I happen to be Spanish, and in our super-democratic state we have literal political prisoners who had to free the country such as Carles Puigdemont due to political persecution and risking their lives in jail. The west is NOT more democratic than China at this point, and the trend is towards openness in China and towards fascism in the west.

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