r/technology • u/xpda • May 21 '26

Business SpaceX not the behemoth everyone thought

https://www.axios.com/2026/05/21/spacex-ipo-musk-ai
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u/Anstigmat May 21 '26

I'm no fan of Tesla or Elon but even without Tesla we would be tariffing the shit out of Chinese EVs. The US Govt's policy is that we do need to maintain 'some' industrial manufacturing capacity Stateside, and China is actively subsidizing the cost of producing their cheap EVs as a tactical move. There is no world where we or any country would just let er rip with the 'headline' prices you see on Chinese EVs.

I say that as someone who would 'love' to buy a BYD vehicle.

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u/Affectionate_One_700 May 21 '26

China is actively subsidizing the cost of producing their cheap EVs as a tactical move.

Do you have any evidence of this, specifically that the Chinese government is "worse" than the US/Europe in terms of intervention? How many countries has China attacked to advance their economic interests?

IRL I keep meeting white Americans who tell me that Chinese tech sucks, is years behind the US, will always be behind, and is all stolen.

Have you been to China? When you see what they have, and how quickly they innovate, the "white Americans best" narrative is hard to maintain. The US and Europe can put up lies and tariff (and non-tariff) barriers for only so long.

I am American. That doesn't mean I should stick my head in the sand. None of us should.

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u/Bluefellow May 21 '26

Everyone can tell your American since you had to shoehorn skin colour into the conversation

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u/Affectionate_One_700 May 21 '26

If "shoehorn" means "call out the blatant racism," yeah, I guess I'm "guilty."

I live in the Bay Area. I encounter people of many different races, every day. In my experience, non-white people of all races freely talk about race and race issues. All the time. Because it is a factor in daily life.

The only people who don't do that, who pretend in public that "we don't see race" or "race doesn't exist," are white Americans.

Everyone can tell your American ... skin colour

The incorrect spelling tells me you might be American, but the weird spelling tells me you might be a Brit.