• jaxxed@lemmy.ml
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    5 hours ago

    It is capitalist perspective, but not propaganda.

    If there is meant to be capitalist competition then the competitors should not be massively funded by the government. China massively funds their electric car industry, principally because they own them.

    That said, US carmakers get Government bailouts all the time.

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      30 minutes ago

      Right but it’s the specific use of the phrase “manipulating prices.”

      Manipulating has a negative connotation, it’s a buzzword used often in capitalist propaganda. They’re not manipulating prices, they’re subsidizing the industry so that their people can reap the benefits of their taxes in a tangible way. The same way Americans subsidize farmers, and their EV industry. We just don’t subsidize it as much.