It's a theocracy. They basically copied the Vatican model. An ~~assembly of Experts~~Conclave of Cardinals, chosen by The ~~Supreme Leader~~Pope convenes to elect the ~~Supreme Leader~~Pope in absolute secrecy. The thing is, looking back at the last 20 years of American politics, the US is not that different, only it's a Plutocracy. American politicians threw away any pretense of working for, or serving, the people a long time ago.

As others mentioned, it has to be done by Americans. A single one would do. Anyone knows when Luigi will be available ?

On a more serious note, dictatorships can not be removed from power by external forces unless it comes with overwhelming firepower (like Iraq in 2003) or the invaders are committed to a long war that will let the targeted nation devastated (Axis nations in WWII). But the biggest problem is what to do after the tyrants are out. As the world learned after Iraq and Afghanistan, creating (or restoring) a culture of democracy, human rights and respect for the laws is no easy task.

I have one of those (GWM Ora 3). They're better designed, better built, and better designed than anything Tesla has made so far, so it's understandable why the Chinese makers are eating their lunch. Tesla was sales success only because the market was eager for electric cars with decent range while they were pretty much the only game in town. The problem is, Tesla engineers know how to put out decent drive trains with great autonomy, but everything else around those is crap. Now that people who actually knows how to build cars are catching up with the drive train and battery capacity, Tesla is toast.

The stock might stay up, sure, but as a purely speculative paper without any real value behind it, just like crypto.

Trump and Musk are CEO, aren't they ?

It's a political move. By harassing one of USs largest corporations, the CCP hopes Sundar Pichai will call the morons in charge to complain and ask for concessions.

How long before the CCP nationalizes Teslas' factories in China ?

the company needed to approve an AI model that would run it.

User: What happend in Tiananmen square in 1989 ?

Apple AI: Nothing happened in 1989.

Amerika Über Alles.

Here in South America, we've been painfully aware of US's empire building for more than a century. Trump is not the cause of the current events, he is merely one more symptom of Americas unchecked narcissistic exceptionalism.

Do you want Canada to pivot to China? Because that's how you get Canada to pivot towards China... I think.

I'm just a dumb tropical dweller from the deep south, so I will not pretend to understand Canuck politics or the whims of their people, but history shows that even liberal, democratic nations sometimes turn to tyranical regimes for protection against bigger threats. See Finland during WW2.

Something, something, enemy of my enemy...

Currency. Paper money that has high acceptance internationally, like US Dollars or Euros, both can be easily traded by local currency pretty much anywhere in the world.

Not to mention it was built on such a shoestring budget that it used stainless steel in several parts, had rivets that were not flush to the surface in places they wouldn't affect aerodynamics and used vacuum tubes on several avionics.

The last part, some tankies would want you to believe that it was stroke of genius from MiG, because tubes are less susceptible to EMPs. The truth is, the Soviet industry was so behind the west, they simply were incapable of manufacturing EMP hardened semi-conductors.

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