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I love how neoliberals were all about markets, free trade, and open borders until China became such a dominant force in the global economy. The 180 that China has made them do is incredible. They were globalists until they realized there were people around the globe who didn't look like them, act like them, or believe like them, and now they're not globalists anymore.
They are propped up with slave labor and other CCP human rights atrocities, and are a huge electronic monitoring security risk is primarily why.
No it's not. The primary reason is US EV makers (namely Tesla) can't compete with companies like BYD on price.
And why are their prices so low?
Because they make their own batteries. They were originally a battery manufacturer, it's still a large part of their business. Their batteries are very good, even Tesla was using BYD batteries in their Model Ys in Europe, until recently. They also have access to China's significant domestic manufacturing infrastructure and relatively cheap labor, and they receive subsidies from the Chinese government.
You skipped the 'slave labor and other CCP human rights atrocities' part when you quoted. 'primarily' refers to all of the above.
The human rights violations are not the primary reason. The idea that the US Federal government gives a rats ass about human rights violations is laughable.
Oh ok
Hard to tell the pigs from the farmers at this point.