• mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Yet you still see people grumbling about how restrictions on chinese EV imports are just “American/Western Imperialism”, since people apparently don’t understand how valueable domestic production is

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      3 months ago

      It’s because the USA floods countries with cheap goods all the time and then cries foul when someone else does it. It’s pure hypocrisy.

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        3 months ago

        What cheap goods does the US produce and flood other countries with? Even in the US, most of our products are made in China.

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          3 months ago

          Well, Facebook, google spring to mind. They are both cheap for the consumer and undermine local competition. Digital goods can be dumped too.

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          3 months ago

          US Agricultural goods are heavily subsidized and, thanks to NAFTA, flooded Mexico’s markets and destroyed farmers’ livelihoods.