Michigan politicians want to ban Chinese-badged cars from even visiting the US

The latest bill would ban day trips from Canada or Mexico in Chinese cars.

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[Dr Gitlin]

News flash for all these politicians. Very likely that the connecting parts of US made cars are made in China. Going to ban those circuit boards like you did the China made routers? Doesn't really matter much security wise where most of the vehicle is made. Just the parts that phone home.

Under the conditions of those commerce department rules, I very much doubt that's true now. If you know of Chinese connected components in Fords etc, please share that info.

 

[Dr Gitlin]

A day trip from Mexico to Michigan would be one hell of a drive...

A day trip from Tijiuana to San Diego, on the other hand...

Turns out there's a lot of military infrastructure in San Diego.

 

[Dr Gitlin]

How people on 20 hr/week, $10/hr gig jobs are going to be able to afford Detroit's output is also questionable.

The exact same way these people always buy cars: by buying used.

There is no unalienable right to afford a new car in America, even though a lot of people somehow think there is? Three quarters of car buyers buy used.

 

[Dr Gitlin]

My comment was a broad commentary on the US v. China "capitalist vs. communist" debate. I know there's far more nuance.

That said, their social welfare programs and general cultural attitude toward collective betterment are vastly more humane than the get-sick-and-die-broke attitude in the United States that's, for some disgusting reason, a point of pride for an enormous number of people.

Shame about what they do to you if you want democracy, eh?

 

[Dr Gitlin]

More like Dems are co-opting - not countering. Biden admin was pretty anti-Chinese as well.

Once again, as the story explains, these protectionist moves from Democrats predate Trump taking office a second time. They're not co-opting anything, this is one of the few bipartisan issues left.

 

[Dr Gitlin]

Shoot you in the street when helping a fellow protestor? Or when driving away in your car? Damn, sorry, that was just here, this year, in Minneapolis. In a country that's already supposedly a democracy.

Sure. The difference being that we can (and will) vote those fuckers out. Good luck doing that in China.