Oh man, haven’t seen hardboiled in decades. Gonna add that to my list.

“Volksfagen” and “bm-vay”

EVs have no central planning in China?

You have a good point.

I am doubting myself on this after your comment. I don’t know much about the domestic purchase volume but if EVs in China.

Hmm, Chinese are a target for EVs, but the production capacity clearly exceeds Chinese civilian purchasing power.

I am refering to the massive drop in real estate value that happen as over the last 2 years. Real estate is a primary wealth vehicle for urban Chinese.

Which “this”. Kalas saying the the EU will never agree to annexation may have low impact, but it isn’t capitulation.

You’re absolutely correct on the US topic, but one comment on the Chinese side: China does suffer from an excess of export focused production. Their excess of production capacity is artificial (created by Goverent investment) and has resulted in the need for continued Government cash injections.

The Chinese government investment injection has resulted in significant leads in at least two international markets (EV, and solar panels perhaps batteries by volume.) The cost has been a parge amount for waste and loss of public money (there were a lot of of losses in their recent tech/chip investment for example.)

These losses came at a hard time when the general popilation was suffering from significant equity loss, mainly real estate. There is an argument to make that trying to spur the domestic market would be better than investing in overcapacity.

I am relieved to read this.

I can’t strictly identify with your beliefs, but the “this country versus that country” conversations are driving me nuts; as though any government is ideal, or free from corruption.

Sorry, I thought my sarcasm was clear.

I doubt that the actual state stats for police crime in all of China is 0. I was trying to suggest that I don’t trust any state known for extreme control of information to properly report such a state.

Free press doesn’t refer to the business model for the press organizations. Free press means that press organizations are not prevented from reporting topics, like the government. Yes, there are plenty of garbage oligarchic press organizations in countries like the US, England, Europe etc, but they have also many truely useful organizations such as community press, school press (university) and expert groups (like scientific organizations)

State press in authoritarian countries function the same as capitalist press in capitalist countries, because the capitalists control the state in the capitalist parts of the world.

What is important is that censorship from the state/money doesn’t limit the press from informing the population - because transparency is how you fight corruption and incompetence, regardless of the nature of the state.

F u man… It’s 2AM and I just finished cleaning my kitchen. Ech, I forgot the sink, brb.

This.

50% of the economy in the US is controlled by the “Whenever the fuck I want” class.

According to the Government statistics, there were no killings by police in China yet in 2025… Totally believable.

My friend, there are both corrupt and bad police everywhere, and it is worse where there is no free press because they can get away with it more.

Black fly in wine. Never heard that before, where does it come from?

Cowards. Unwilling to follow their duty as congress to impeach them.

American police are just more expensive siveto pay off than Chinese police.

Maybe both.

That was yesterday. It doubled since then IIRC