• MrSilkworm@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Fear of cheap Chinese EVs spurs automaker dash for affordable cars

    fear of competition spurs automakers to make competitive products. FTFY

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          11 months ago

          What you did was typical pro-CCP misdirection

          Idk, I didn’t feel like they were pushing an agenda, can’t say the same about you.

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            Idk, I didn’t feel like they were pushing an agenda

            The conflation of “Asians” being always applied to China is a common CCP propaganda tactic. There are many Asian countries, like Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, etc. These places are known for good quality products. They are all Asian. So yes, pushing the racism angle on commentary of products coming from a country not known for quality is an agenda. And to be clear, I didn’t say “China doesn’t make quality products”, I said it’s not known for quality. Which is different from say bad quality outright.

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              The mere use of the words “cheap Chinese” in the title here is meant to inspire racism though. It’s intentional too. Our government encourages and spreads it to encourage Americans to view themselves as better or more valuable than Chinese people. It works.

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          China is just the new Japan. And on copyright, the US was big on intellectual piracy for decades and even had government department dedicated to stealing intellectual property from the British Empire.

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            Your cheque from the CCP is in the mail

            Edit: I welcome the downvotes from the wumao

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              11 months ago

              That’s right, everyone that disagrees with you is a paid Chinese shill; you see very well adjusted.

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                  11 months ago

                  The downvote bots are out in force.

                  Yup. Once you go down the rabbit hole of what kind of CCP propaganda gets pushed constantly, it’s eye watering. I’ve been to China at its peak (2011), and I have multiple Chinese family members born and raised in China. The propaganda is no joke. It’s subtle and everywhere. You say “I think Chinese EVs aren’t safe”, then you’ll start getting accused of attacking “Asians”, which is a classic technique to push the argument from “manufacturing practices” right over to racism.

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                    11 months ago

                    I’ve never seen anyone get accused of attacking Asians for such a thing but I’ve seen “Chinese propaganda” to dismiss comments often.

                    I think the main discussion right now is that western car companies are stalling the transition out of greed and getting the government to help them by banning the competition. This seems like oil company meddling to me.

                    Your hate boner is causing you to completely miss the picture. For all this talk about propaganda, you are literally spewing out oil industry talking points.

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                  11 months ago

                  Idk what whataboutism you’re referring to, this comment chain started with someone referencing yellow peril and someone else getting triggered about it.

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        11 months ago

        Unregulated capitalism loves slavery, we just like to pretend it’s not there because it’s in a country with people who speak a different language (mostly).