Paul Graham
globalspectator.bsky.social
Paul Graham
@globalspectator.bsky.social
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iii) Regime more determined than ever to acquire nuclear capability
iv) Regime learns to be more secretive and non-cooperative with international community
June 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
2) There are reports that at least some was ferreted away before the recent attacks. God knows where it will end up, but it's not a good situation at all. This is all thanks to the reckless actions of Mr orange hair and his Israeli overlord. The world is far less safe.
June 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
2) It would be democratically unwise to vote for a party whose leader does not have the courage to face the scrutiny of tough questioning, and who is prepared to embrace the dysfunction and decay of American politics in echoing toxic grievance filled rhetoric.
May 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
2) ...and deliver speeches that resonate with that community group, just a few weeks ahead of an election.
March 19, 2025 at 6:31 AM
2) ...—turn up to significant community cultural events and deliver a speech that resonates with that community group, just a few weeks ahead of an election.
March 19, 2025 at 6:27 AM
2) Biden and the Dems—perhaps the "dishonest media" thrown in too—will be cursed and blamed for the end of civilisation.
March 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
2) ...embracing a hostile aggressor like an old chum works, and invading or violating the territorial sovereignty of another country with enough perseverance also works.
March 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
5) ...that has little room for dissent and likewise supports Putin.

Certainly, we consume many products from China, not just EV's. But EV's are a product where there are alternative choices.

finance.yahoo.com/news/byd-fou...
BYD founder Wang Chuanfu, fresh from his meeting with Xi Jinping, claims Chinese EVs are 3 to 5 years ahead of the competition
“Behind each of our technologies is the hard work of 110,000 engineers,” Wang said.
finance.yahoo.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
4) It would be therefore hypocritical to lambast Tesla for its fascist leaning CEO, without also at least doling out criticism for Chinese EV manufacturers who benefit from and, in a not insignificant way, contribute to empowering an authoritarian regime...
BYD founder Wang Chuanfu, fresh from his meeting with Xi Jinping, claims Chinese EVs are 3 to 5 years ahead of the competition
“Behind each of our technologies is the hard work of 110,000 engineers,” Wang said.
finance.yahoo.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
3) But Chinese EV's are also the product of an authoritarian state with totalitarian leanings that now has a "no limits" relationship with Putin's destructive regime, and Chinese EV's contribute to empowering this relationship in a not insignificant way.
BYD founder Wang Chuanfu, fresh from his meeting with Xi Jinping, claims Chinese EVs are 3 to 5 years ahead of the competition
“Behind each of our technologies is the hard work of 110,000 engineers,” Wang said.
finance.yahoo.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
2) Understandably, there has been a backlash against Tesla in recent times due to Musk's radical right authoritarian political alignment and virtual hijacking of US power and democracy.
BYD founder Wang Chuanfu, fresh from his meeting with Xi Jinping, claims Chinese EVs are 3 to 5 years ahead of the competition
“Behind each of our technologies is the hard work of 110,000 engineers,” Wang said.
finance.yahoo.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM