Politicians in the US are deathly afraid that Americans might ever see a Chinese EV.

This is just priceless.

Free market economy. Capitalism and the mass propaganda about being superior in everything has come to this level of fearful protectionism.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/06/michigan-politicians-want-to-ban-chinese-badged-cars-from-even-visiting-the-us

#EV #ElectricCars #China #US #USpol #Protectionism #Capitalism #Fear #Idiocracy

@faab64 like when USSR wouldn’t allow exposure to “western decadence”
@peterbrown @faab64 The US has always had many similarities to the USSR that were never present in Western European countries, or at least not to the same degree.

@peterbrown
The level of protectionism in western countries and US specially is amazing.

Free market is only when it benefits the interests of western companies, but a healthy competition, when they lack ability to compete is something they can't handle.

The level of progress China has shown when it comes to electric cars, scooters, busses and other useful vehicles is astonishing.

In the mean time western companies are only interested in luxury, sport and useless vehicles for the wealthy.