• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    E: holy shit, the Lemmy tankies are real

    Yes they are, but in this case you are just wrong. I guarantee you I’m not a tankie, but I think it’s pretty clear that USA has absolutely also subsidized electric cars, especially Tesla that has been generously subsidized in multiple ways, also subsidizing their charging network.
    On top of that, USA has prevented a lot of outside competition with tariffs.

    All in all i am personally sick and tired of Americans always pointing fingers at the Chinese for doing the exact same thing Americans are doing.

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      1 day ago

      Nope you are just wrong and intentionally spreading false equivalencies and making strawman arguments.

      Let’s put aside for a moment the fact that I only spoke negatively about the US (the discussion was about Europe), and instead focus on the fact that the US has subsidized electric vehicles from around the world to the tune of $1B in an effort to promote the sales of clean vehicles. China has subsidized to the tune of $230B for domestic vehicles only.