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Supersized American cars shouldn’t be a barrier to Canadians getting some great European options - Why are we banning small cars from being sold in Canada? (www.theglobeandmail.com)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

Chinese vehicles are built with subsidies and sometimes even slave labor to flood the market at artificially low prices.

[-] twopi@lemmy.ca 21 points 6 days ago

When the west does it it's called freedom but when China foes it it'd called artificial tyranny.

[-] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

So is it okay because the West does it too or wdym

[-] twopi@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Very simple concept. If 2+2=4 in China and in the West, then if a thing done in the West is "good" then the same thing being done in China must also be "good". The action, not the actor, should determine if a thing is "good" or "bad". Almost all news sources define "good" and "bad" subjectively (i.e. based on the actor) not objectively (i.e. based on the action and the result).

[-] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 points 22 hours ago

So are both of those things good or bad in your opinion?

[-] twopi@lemmy.ca 1 points 16 hours ago

It doesn't matter what my opinion is I'm arguing for consistency.

[-] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 points 15 hours ago

But you don't know if the person you replied to is being inconsistent

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

American ICE manufacturers received way more subsidies than Chinese EV manufacturers.

[-] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

The tech and production capacity is good, there just needs to be stricter oversight because at this moment there are no other producers of low cost EVs and I don't really care if they're subsidized when the other players on the market are 15 years behind.