I Went To China And Drove A Dozen Electric Cars. Western Automakers Are Cookedinsideevs.comexternal-link Dessalines ( @dessalines@lemmy.ml ) Electric Vehicles including hybrids and plug-ins@lemmy.ml • 6 months ago message-square5fedilinkarrow-up149
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minus-square __init__ ( @__init__@programming.dev ) linkfedilink28•6 months ago Why the hell didn’t we subsidize our EV-building and clean energy industries like China did? Big oil?
minus-square davel [he/him] ( @davel@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish19•6 months agoSure, but in a more general sense, capitalists. The bourgeois Founding Fathers created a government for themselves, and the bourgeoisie have kept it. “Bourgeois Democracy”: What Do Marxists Mean by That Term?
minus-square Dessalines ( @dessalines@lemmy.ml ) OPlinkfedilink13•6 months agoYep. Capitalists in the US stand above its political system, and the oil and US auto industries oppose green energy. It’s not just at the national level, but at the local one too. Petro-profits even dictate how US cities are laid out.
Big oil?
Sure, but in a more general sense, capitalists. The bourgeois Founding Fathers created a government for themselves, and the bourgeoisie have kept it. “Bourgeois Democracy”: What Do Marxists Mean by That Term?
Yep. Capitalists in the US stand above its political system, and the oil and US auto industries oppose green energy.
It’s not just at the national level, but at the local one too. Petro-profits even dictate how US cities are laid out.
Good ole egulatory capture