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qwanzi77

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    Comment #20973915

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_constituency_(Hong_... "Pro-democracy supporters criticise the functional constituency system for giving a minority too much power and infl…

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    Comment #5824521

    I clearly stated "smaller". BYD has a market cap 10% the size of Tesla's current market cap.

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    Comment #5824518

    Many asked. Only few were given those loans. Why not give the money to research universities instead? Wouldn't that be a lot more fair? We could all exploit the research, instead o…

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    Comment #5824477

    So you should only give $500M loans to rich, well-connected, billionaires, right? Wow. There were quite several car manufacturers similar to Tesla's size before their large taxpaye…

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    Comment #5824466

    Honda, Toyota, BMW, Mercedes, or smaller ones like Think, BYD, Tango, or Venturi? I could name many more. Where are their $500M+ loans to build their electric cars?

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    Comment #5824457

    No. And why should it matter? Tesla got the loan. Others didn't. How is that fair?

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    Comment #5824452

    Incumbent manufacturers have to go through dealers. Allowing Tesla to bypass dealers wouldn't be fair to other car manufacturers. "Tesla repay a big federal loan a few weeks ago, m…

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    Comment #5824435

    No, they couldn't. There are several small electric car startups that wouldn't have a chance in the world to get those types of loans.

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    Comment #5824418

    "he seems deeply affected that others are so much against him, especially when they aren't playing fair" How exactly is Tesla playing fair? Did all car manufacturers receive a $500…