Really? I think a pretty healthy portion of the land above the 30th parallel until the Arctic circle looks something like this
One could argue that China’s governmental subsidizing of the industry just shows the commitment they have to be a leader and dominant player in the future of transportation worldwide.
Does the American government have such aspirations? Does the American Auto industry have the vision and goal to adapt to a disrupted market?
In my opinion the arguments surrounding this topic come down to which country is going to work harder to play a leading role in the future.
China is making their bet, and the quality of Chinese EVs is increasing extremely rapidly. If they can so easily dominate the American Auto Market that tells us that the Americans have been sleeping at the wheel and need to make some tough choices about spending. We can curtail the onslaught through duties and various taxes and regulations but not indefinitely.
Beacon of reality in this post, not sure why you’re downvoted
I’m not even sure I oppose this timeline
Whatever the guy with the biggest and/or most guns says they are
Yeah, it doesn’t matter what he says. He’ll decide later based on the direction the wind is blowing.
Hahaha if true it would be some poetic justice, but unfortunately these dweebs are already hanging out there half the time and loving the oligarch lifestyle, so unless that’s taken away they will die happy
Wish the media would just start to ignore these, but instead they have to be there in case he says something incredibly FUBAR in which case they’ll make a lot of money by sharing the news first.
See this giantic dildo? Ima just gonna set it right over there. FYI.
Coming from an entrepreneurial background, I tend to lean towards the advantages of allowing high economic growth incentives for the people who invent or improve on things in the world. I think this is the best incentive structure ever conceived for promoting advancements.
But more and more I realize that as a society we need stronger antitrust controls to keep the behemoths from becoming modern day fiefdoms.
If a company corners a market, it should be pushed into divesting so that it doesn’t become a black hole and vacuum up everything around it, which inevitably leads to bad outcomes.
This kind of a policy could serve to reboot the investors so they have to go back and invest in something new or competitive again, rather than horde it.
Tribalism
It looks like Joe pulled a fairly crafty move here.
He held on long as possible, skated through the primaries as incumbents typically do, let Donnie burn up his warchest and tire himself out on all of his old guy quips.
Then with this switcheroo, Biden singlehandedly decided the next nominee and launched her off with more momentum than nearly any candidate ever gets.
Joe rides off into the sunset with his aviators and Kamala comes out kicking ass and chewing bubble gum on her first day with an extra $100m and poor Donnie hasn’t a clue what hit him (again).
Some double entendre there. Love it.
Thanka for this comment, I wasn’t aware there are so many other options
Civics, politics, and world history classes. Is nobody taking these anymore? Sheesh.
He gets a pass because we already know it will happen. No surprises at all. The bar is very very low. I guess his ‘genius’ is that he’s got enough cash to both set the bar low and then manage to still function marginally.
The media reporting on that would be boring.
With everyone else, the bar is still slightly higher.
I see this often. That tells me I’ve done enough scrolling and it’s time to get back to work.
I usually browse /all and top 6 hours
And this, kids, is why nobody can say sorry for anything. It will be used against you in court.
Bangkok AP —
Thai police have arrested the driver of a bus carrying young students and teachers that caught fire and killed 23 in suburban Bangkok, as families arrived in the capital Wednesday to help identify their loved ones.
The bus carrying six teachers and 39 students in elementary and junior high school was traveling from Uthai Thani province, about 300 kilometers (186 miles) north of Bangkok, for a school trip in Ayutthaya and Nonthaburi provinces Tuesday.
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