But it looks like the Chinese car industry may also not be the success story that it seems. Because it it subsidised by the state. Despite that, it looks like BYD is dumping cars into the market, in Australia at least, to support their share price

You can make a change like this? Wow, I’ll have to look into if my fund can do this

People in the rest of the world will also be affected for at least two reasons:

1. Pension funds throughout the world is invested in US big tech, and if these companies fall in value, so will their pensions.
2. A financial crisis caused by US big tech could cause a US recession which will also damage the economies of the rest of the world.

Every other carmaker will do the same if it works, because there is strong competition in the market for cars. For ethics around workers being replaced by technology, changing the law to protect workers is the only way.

“yet it drives me crazy for no good reason” - you said it bro!

For this camera at this place the risk is not a lot. The problem is that if an authoritarian state has the the whole market for security cameras, then there is no other option for places where security is much more important.

Like corruption, imperialism is a human thing. Not only the US or the West can be seduced by it.

Remigration is the type of hate politics most on the right would not even speak of 10 years ago. Now it is being normalised. This shows how far the right has been manipulated away from what it used to be.

Yes but one of the most authoritarian and anti human rights states holding god knows what powers over just about everyone. Not really any better is it?

Your 2nd paragraph! I don’t think you’ve thought it through.

I don’t like these giant cars either. But if we use “fascist“ for everything that is harmful the word end up losing its meaning and power because fascism and giant cars are not in the same ball park of harm.