Comment on Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD's triple

simplejack@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• kameecoding@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I am not sure you can say BYD supports a dictator per se, more like it exists in a state capitalist country where you exist at the behest of the dictator.

  Elon actively pushed and spent money to get trump elected.

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  • ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Well played sir, well played.

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• boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Pooh bear is actually starting to look less oppressive in comparison these last 7 months tbh

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  • simplejack@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    To be fair, the CCP has already done a lot of armed crackdowns and disappearing. They’re in the phase where people are too scared to resist.

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    • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Also quite true. They no longer need to use the threat of violence because of the implication

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      • ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        The worrying part is that they kinda seem to be implementing good policies for (at least some of) their people.

        There’s a lot of disturbing stuff, and probably a whole lot more that we don’t even know about, but social security, education, healthcare - my impression is that they’re going the right way, while the US looks eager to go back to the Dark ages.

        Just with STEM degrees, they’re producing almost 5x more graduates than the US, and they’ve surpassed the number of doctorates a long time ago too.

        The current world balance won’t hold one more generation.

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    • Ferrous@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They’re in the phase where people are too scared to resist

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      • dude@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Over 90% of Chinese agree that “democracy is important”? Was this survey conducted in Taiwan and signed as “China” complying with “one China policy”?

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      • humanspiral@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        If a country is not a divisive hellscape of anger, it must be because they are too afraid to answer surveys honestly. If fear motivated answers then “democracy is impotant” might score low if “there wasn’t a genuine feeling that people are heard in China”.

        Look at the massive gap in west between democracy is important and the 40% of people too distracted to understand that their governments don’t serve them. Think hard of what a nightmarish dystopia that is for a second, and then realize that part of that divisiveness is politicians telling you (and you repeating their propaganda as absolute) we need a path to war against China that will make it all better.

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  • yucandu@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Trump is definitely headed in China’s direction, but MSNBC is still allowed to exist.

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• myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This is what I hate. One is owned by a fuck cunt. The other is owned by china. Neither one are actually good options if you are not buying one because of their beliefs

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  • Patch@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Other options exist; you don’t have to buy either. Volkswagen Group, Audi, Renault, BMW, Fiat etc all make EVs in Europe. Hyundai & Kia also both make excellent EVs.

    Buying a Tesla is a choice these days. Nobody trips and falls into Tesla ownership. And although those cheap Chinese manufacturers look mighty tempting, they’re not the only alternative out there.

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    • declaredreprimand@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Though, you don’t want to buy German either if you want to support “good”. VW, Audi, BMW, all German car mafia.

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      • derpgon@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        On a side note, Audi and VW are both under the same owner.

        Why are German cars a bad choice? I’d rather buy German than get another Citroen tbh.

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