• archomrade [he/him]@midwest.social
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      8 months ago

      Commence downvotes butthurt tankies.

      I’m honestly confused about who the tankies are supposed to be at this point. Downvotes for what?

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        8 months ago

        Yeah the “tankies” classification has always been a bit of a mystery to me too.

        What I’ve noticed very prominently though, if you comment on a thread from hexbear or lemmy.ml and seek to discuss any form of nuance which is not absolute support for China, you just get downvoted to oblivion.

        I don’t really know who Tankies are or what they’re really about but I do know they just mash the downvote button en-masse if they identify you as not having complete support for their world view.

        My own personal dead horse that I like to beat is that you can block those instances to avoid those threads but users from there still influence votes in threads on other servers.

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      8 months ago

      It costs more to own because it loses value more quickly… You mean, like all EVs? Or were you talking about the car losing half of its value the minute it drives off the lot?

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        8 months ago

        It’s a problem with targeting this market segment.

        Suppose you want a new car, and can choose between 3 options:

        • a new, reliable Japanese branded car for 100 dollaridoos
        • a new, Chinese no-name for 60 dollaridoos
        • a 5 year old, reliable Japanese branded car for 60 dollaridoos

        The people that buy the Chinese car are heavily motivated by two things: they’re price sensitive, but they want a “new” car.

        Therefore, no one wants to buy a second hand Chinese car.