Trump takes aim at EV industry during speech to Michigan Republicans (thehill.com)

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A sad reminder that the MAGA wing of the Republican party continues to be against most anything that can actually help turn around climate change.

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[-] TooTallSol@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

EV proponents...I mean fanbois are still in love with China and the slave/child labor in the Congo. Nothing says "I love EVs" like genocide, concentration camps, totalitarian regimes, and slave labor of the worst kind.

[-] alyaza@beehaw.org 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Nothing says “I love EVs” like genocide, concentration camps, totalitarian regimes, and slave labor of the worst kind.

as opposed to most other production in a capitalist system, which apparently doesn't involve these things...? like, i hope you're a socialist if you're saying this because otherwise this is a toothless (and probably xenophobic!) critique.

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