▲ 63 ▼ How the West Lost to China in the EV Race (www.youtube.com) submitted 3 months ago by Nyssa@slrpnk.net to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (2 children) Slave labor driven by a capitalist dictatorship. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 4 points 3 months ago (1 child) Agree. Slave labor driven by a capitalist dictatorship is what makes you keep focusing in ICE cars so you can keep your oil friends happy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Serinus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) Why do you feel it so necessary to defend China and deflect. It's well established that BYD uses slave labor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) I'm not defending China. I'm attacking the US. "A capitalist dictatorship that uses slave labor" is... the definition of the US right now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* I suppose we do buy a lot of Chinese products. Not BYD though. Ironically, it's probably less true than ever thanks to that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Serinus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago In the first minute, "It has nothing to do with cheap labor." Yeah, okay. At least you blast out the lies immediately so we know where you stand. Every time they open a factory outside of China they're found to be using slave labor. But I'm sure it's different within China. Okay, buddy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 4 points 3 months ago (1 child) Agree. Slave labor driven by a capitalist dictatorship is what makes you keep focusing in ICE cars so you can keep your oil friends happy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Serinus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) Why do you feel it so necessary to defend China and deflect. It's well established that BYD uses slave labor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) I'm not defending China. I'm attacking the US. "A capitalist dictatorship that uses slave labor" is... the definition of the US right now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* I suppose we do buy a lot of Chinese products. Not BYD though. Ironically, it's probably less true than ever thanks to that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) Why do you feel it so necessary to defend China and deflect. It's well established that BYD uses slave labor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) I'm not defending China. I'm attacking the US. "A capitalist dictatorship that uses slave labor" is... the definition of the US right now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* I suppose we do buy a lot of Chinese products. Not BYD though. Ironically, it's probably less true than ever thanks to that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) I'm not defending China. I'm attacking the US. "A capitalist dictatorship that uses slave labor" is... the definition of the US right now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* I suppose we do buy a lot of Chinese products. Not BYD though. Ironically, it's probably less true than ever thanks to that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* I suppose we do buy a lot of Chinese products. Not BYD though. Ironically, it's probably less true than ever thanks to that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago In the first minute, "It has nothing to do with cheap labor." Yeah, okay. At least you blast out the lies immediately so we know where you stand. Every time they open a factory outside of China they're found to be using slave labor. But I'm sure it's different within China. Okay, buddy. permalink fedilink source parent