• nutsack@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    My God the Chinese are at it again beating the United States at capitalism

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      11 months ago

      It’s not on, it really isn’t, the Chinese shouldn’t be allowed to engage in the free market. They’re supposed to be the enemy.

      They should be sanctioned so that Western car makers can continue to put out vehicles for ludicrous prices, the way God intends.

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        I get your sarcasm, but Chinese products are life savers in 3rd world countries like mine. My brother bought a Chinese pickup truck for $3500 brand new. American trucks are at least 10 times that. People there work a whole month for $500 - $900. No one can and will never afford that shit. Same goes for other products like cellphones, computers… Etc. an iPhone there costs $1200 - $1400 and a Chinese one costs $300 max and it does the job no problem. People in those countries love China.

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              11 months ago

              Yes, I asked “which countries”, not “what kind of countries”?

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                11 months ago

                Iraq is where I’m originally from, and Chinese products are ubiquitous there. They even built schools and hospitals there. Sorry for misunderstanding at first.

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                  11 months ago

                  Lord. The irony. Could have had a little US in Iraq after us essentially living there forever. Now it’s Chinatown

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                    11 months ago

                    Yup. US could have taken all the contracts and became the good guy, but nope, they burnt it down to the ground and left.