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Fear of cheap Chinese EVs spurs automaker dash for affordable cars (www.reuters.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Manufacturing and union membership took such massive hits in the US over that period of time. It was win-win for the corporations who greatly expanded profit margins, and the Chinese government, who were happy to use their citizens as sweatshop labor to get ahead. You lived through the propaganda at the time and decided to accept it as the truth.