• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    Still fucked Americans can’t buy BYD, because they’re so cheap American companies (that don’t really make anything in America) can’t compete.

    It’s not a “free market” if the wealthiest can get an entire company banned so they don’t have to compete.

    All we’re doing is propping up rich assholes like Musk whose cars are absolute shit.

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          12 days ago

          My Dell laptop battery is a BYD! Surprised when I saw the name. So that’s… Something.

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            12 days ago

            American “manufacturers” are fine with foreign parts they buy from China and get assembled into a product in Mexico.

            It’s just all those companies aren’t actually contributing anything, they just increase the overhead which is why they can’t compete against a Chinese company even when they’re assembling in America like BYD.

            But CEOs and shareholders are the ones that can donate millions to politicians, so both parties prioritize corporate profits over people.