• Sheppa@aussie.zone
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    16 hours ago

    Because cool China is so totally innovative unlike the boring west! We gotta hype them up, no one else ever does cool stuff only China brand is cool.

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      9 hours ago

      They have been trying to murder the US and EU auto industry and dumping biblical shittons of money into battery technology. the EU and the US aren’t trying to compete.

      Its still an advancement for all mankind, even if my countries leadership wont let me have one.

      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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        5 hours ago

        They have been trying to murder the US and EU auto industry and dumping biblical shittons of money into battery technology. the EU and the US aren’t trying to compete.

        China invests in R&D, Trump slashed scientific research.

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      11 hours ago

      Actually it’s the other way around.

      The internet is all about “China Bad” so calling it China Battery is a way to depreciate this obviously positive discovery.

      • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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        5 hours ago

        Is this “china always bad” internet in the room with us right now? Do you deny the positive sentiment in this very thread you’re posting in right now?

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        10 hours ago

        “Should we just not talk about this awesome new tech?”

        “No, let’s put China in front of this totally awesome thing so people will think it’s bad while we hype it up as such a great invention in the article. Oh and don’t mention working conditions, state subsidies, mineral extraction, or any of the usual anti-China talking points, that might make them think it’s not bad”

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          10 hours ago

          I’m sorry you live with so much gratuitous hatred in your heart and I pray you can recover some day.

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            9 hours ago

            How is pointing out the flaw in your logic “gratuitous hatred”? It doesn’t make any sense that the rationale for calling it “China’s battery” is to make it sound bad, when the article is clearly extolling the virtues of the battery.

            Or is it the part where the other commenter brought attention to the working conditions in China? Because that’s not motivated by hatred, but rather class solidarity. How badly do you have to hate Chinese people to believe Chinese workers don’t deserve better conditions? What about ethnic minorities in China who are having their cultural heritage stripped away from them?

            Is it because the government officials aren’t white, so you believe they can do no wrong? So you’ll just call any legitimate criticism of them racist? That’s like Israel calling anti-zionism anti-semitic. There’s nothing sinophobic about legitimate criticisms of the PRC.

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              Nice argument you’re having with yourself there, buddy. Seems like you have quite a lot to pour out.

              I don’t have any affinity for China, but I also don’t like the gratuitous hate they get all over the internet, nor the reduction of Chinese people’s experience to work drones (what you’re doing).

              I had hoped that Lemmy wasn’t gonna be like that, but alas.

            • village604@adultswim.fan
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              8 hours ago

              People who support China don’t seem to comprehend that shitty countries aren’t a zero sum game.

              You can shit on China’s government while also shitting on the US government.

              • marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today
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                No one says it’s a zero sum but you people always assume it’s a shitty government without any real information to back that up besides NED-written or sponsored articles.

                Like if you admit the US sucks, why believe their propaganda?