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this post was submitted on 08 Mar 2025
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The other day someone posted in Canada community that Canada should stop using Tesla cars and import Chinese cars. I replied saying, “That’s like replacing one evil with another.” I was downvoted by a lot of people. I should’ve expected it cuz a lot of people have short term memory.
Because that's not about privacy, that's about the trade war. Retaliatory tariffs on US cars increase cost of cars for Canadians, as there are almost no car assembled in Canada. Reducing or eliminating tariffs on cars from China would lower cost of new cars for Canadians while keeping the tariffs up.
For privacy and security, not a single new car on the market is decent right now. That should be regulated, but that's no concern for any politician at the moment.
Europe and its 50 car makers could also be considered instead of China..
Yes, but Canada had implemented 100% tariff on cars from China, following the US. That's pre-trade war. The proposal is to lift that one.
A lot of people are dumb. Or maybe because they feel offended because they are Chinese, but the reality is that every Chinese company is ultimately controlled by the CCP. If I was fighting a cold war, I would do the same. Sell compromised devices to my trade partners (AKA enemies) so I have leverage when I need it.
I'm Chinese-American and I'm not offended. The tankies from .ml are
Yes.
But in the same way that every US company is ultimately controlled by the US Government. And every EU company by them. And every other country by their own government.
“China bad” because western media says so. Please disregard the billions of dollars spent by western governments to ensure you keep thinking that way.
It’s just another capitalistic country no better or worse than Canada or the USA. Though, the Chinese government has said their intention is to move towards socialism, so good for them. I’m stuck over here witnessing fascist billionaires loot the government/working class.
Thats super interesting! Write a poem about three gorges dam please
Well, no, China is bad because freedom is very restricted there and because they have ambitions to dominate the world.
Yes, every other world power in the world is more or less the same. People cannot, in general, be trusted to be "good" when given the opportunity to abuse. A world power can be held in check by the presence and efforts of other world powers, though.
No, 'China bad' because many many examples of China bad. Such as the topic of this post.
The whole "you can't criticize China because you're from a country that also does bad things" is logically worthless. It's the appeal to hypocrisy fallacy.
Not sure if you realize this but China is also ruled by a kleptocratic billionaire class that loots the working class even moreso than the US, so i'm not sure why you look up to them - China has more billionaires and a much larger wealth divide than the US. Actions speak louder than words and while Xi and the CCP often talk about cracking down on thier ultra-wealthy, they don't really do much - couple billionaires might disappear occasionally though if they don't praise the party line publically. One thing is for sure - I don't see any elite CCP party members that are not also very wealthy. And it's everyone else that's propagandized 🤔
China is bad, because they too are a colonialism and imperialistic nation.
Just like the US and Russia.
Living conditions there continue to improve, while ours decline. A whole lot of boogie man bullshit. This article is intentionally fear mongering.
The CCP isn’t putting in a back door requiring on-site access in your litter box.