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It depends on how it’s done. If the Chinese government is directly subsidizing the cheap cars then it’s a problem.

Kind of like the US subsidizing farmers and then dumping the cheap corn on other countries such that their local farmers go out of business.

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echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
That’s capitalism. You don’t get to complain because someone else gets a better deal.

China will always be able to produce cheaper products because the cost of living is lower there. But that is hardly a major revelation.

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- Nobsi@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  You forgot the uyghurs and slave labour…
  Convenient.
  
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  - Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Well the US has 1.2 million prisoners who get paid on average 86 cents a day. So effectively slave labor. That they aren’t directly building cars doesn’t matter because money is fungible. Every dollar saved not paying prisoners is more money elsewhere in the economy.
    
    www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2017/04/10/wages/
    
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    nymwit@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Ugh I can’t believe I’m wading into a “who’s worse” thing on the internet, but here we go! Are the imprisoned Uyghurs all convicted criminals? Not that it makes it ok that the US prisoners are effectively slave labor but they did do something to get there (yeah yeah unfair justice system sure but I want to believe most are there for a legit reason). Maybe the Uyghurs broke the law of “don’t be a Uyghur” and the US prisoners all jaywalked. I don’t know. Even if we can say one is worse, everybody sucks. Why did I say something here? I feel gross now. I have to go take a shower. Look what you’ve made me do! It looks like I’ve defended effective slave labor and somehow endorsed the US’ incarceration system!
    
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  - echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Yes I did, I mentioned human rights abusers, it’s right there in the comment that I made, I can still see it.
    
    So what’s a good idea to actually read the comments before getting angry about them.
    
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    Nobsi@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    
    That’s capitalism. You don’t get to complain because someone else gets a better deal.
    
    China will always be able to produce cheaper products because the cost of living is lower there. But that is hardly a major revelation.
    
    Where?
    
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buzz86us@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
they have dropped subsidies, and the companies making terrible product, and those with unsustainable business models are collapsing… Weltmeister, Lepin… all defunct.

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