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ta9000today at 2:22 AM1 replyview on HN

Yeah and it’s going to bankrupt VW/Stellantis. Surprised Europeans just don’t seem to give a damn about that.


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ben_wtoday at 9:54 AM

Quite a few do care about the potential for job losses. On the other hand, a lot of people want cheap cars.

This dichotomy has always been in place for a huge range of specifics, both for imports and technology that makes workers less relevant. The "we want cheap stuff" argument is the one that has done best historically, though the track record of handling this badly also led to the invention of actual literal communism.