• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    We also can’t understate the amount of lobbying that American “manufacturers” do even when their vehicles are assembled outside of America.

    Corporate profits count for GDP, so cheap foreign cars that are good for consumers makes “the economy” look bad. Because it’s all about how the wealthiest are doing, not how an average American is doing.