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How a Chinese battery factory sparked a political meltdown in a small Michigan town. (restofworld.org)
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  • The Gotion factory highlights the challenges Chinese companies face in the U.S., particularly during a climate of deep political polarization, nationalism, and growing suspicion toward China.
  • A grassroots “No Go” movement, fueled by fears of communism and environmental concerns, successfully stalled the project in Michigan, leading to the ouster of local officials who supported the factory.
  • The Gotion case shows the disconnect between national economic goals and local concerns, especially in communities wary of globalization and foreign investment.
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[-] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 66 points 3 months ago

"fears of communism"

There is an abstract beauty to this level of confident ignorance.

[-] Dimmer@leminal.space 29 points 3 months ago

The word long lost its real meaning. Someone should make a logic flow of how Americans label things and people between Communism nazi and antisemitism

[-] orclev@lemmy.world 43 points 3 months ago

In my experience dealing with my deeply Republican parents it's something like:

  • Chinese/China -> Communism
  • Socialism/Socialist -> Communism
  • Government Program -> Communism
  • Anything that helps people who aren't rich -> Communism and/or Woke
  • Anything the Democrats do -> Communism and/or Woke
  • Any company that does something that isn't the most evil/amoral thing it could possibly have done (rarely happens) -> Communism and/or Woke
[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

This is perfect

[-] REDACTED@infosec.pub 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

To be fair, we have not seen one succesful example of communism. They all either quickly turn into authoritarism with little sprinkles of communism, or are not communism at all

[-] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

I was referring to the locals thinking a Chinese company had something to do with communism.

[-] nodiratime@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

How much do you wanna bet that the "environmental concerns" were concern trolling too, as with most nimbys?

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