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witcherchaos

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    Comment #19618475

    Most of Chinese electric cars are badly built electric golf carts, around $1000, that is driven around traffic with disregard for traffic rules, that is driven by people with month…

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    Comment #19557368

    Or looking at it another way, you can stress out for a company for 8 year (in case of segment), or or you can join the company as a c-level exec at year 6 for the same amount of eq…

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    Comment #19557142

    Series D (with 3 seed rounds) and 4 founders....what does the equity shares for each founder look like? 3% maybe?

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    Comment #19524338

    You forgot that Chinese economy crashed heavily last year and this year. In addition, Chinese government really stepped up the blocking of money transfer out of the country

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    Comment #19501513

    I am curious, why not japan or South Korea? Or even Taiwan, which google is now opening offices there?

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    Comment #19432009

    > All education in India happens in English That is incorrect. In urban areas in India, schools teach in English but in rural areas it's in Hindi. In urban areas, only if it's a bi…

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    Comment #19431846

    > When it comes to computer science skills, U.S. students approaching graduation have a significant advantage over their peers in China, India, and Russia. There are a few explanat…

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    Comment #19416455

    The current administration, the one you called Idiocracy, stood up against dictatorship China and exposed the bubble mirage that was the Chinese economy. The Chinese economy is now…

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    Comment #19416399

    There's plenty of Trump supporters in silicon valley. We may be democrats previously, but we really like what Trump did against China, even though the large corporations (who owns …

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    Comment #19354414

    I am American who has lived in tokyo, Los Angeles, Seoul, Singapore, New York, Paris, and San Francisco. I can tell you you are wrong. Too long to go into it.

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    Comment #19354224

    Counterpoints > It’s no longer the best place in the world to start a startup. The place with most active investors with the largest investments? The place with the biggest pool of…

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    Comment #19325446

    Yeah its a shame. Most multinationals have already diversified out of China (usually less than 30% of capacity is left in China now). It’s the middle sized and small sized business…

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    Comment #19325407

    Why is US pretending to be friend with an enemy that is out to steal anything in US that isn’t locked down? Least of which, an enemy that is a dictatorship that has oppressed relig…

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    Comment #19283838

    Dongfeng motors dropped 17%. BAIC motors dropped 11%. Great Wall motors dropped 40% alone in November.

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    Comment #19282593

    Incorrect 1.) made in 2025 was announced in 2015. Crash happened last year in a sudden fashion across all luxury goods 2.) brand loyalty doesn’t work like an immediate switch easil…

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    Comment #19282528

    Incorrect. There was a recent study done on tariffs effects. The study found negligible effects on consumer good prices. Turns out most tariff costs were eaten by manufacturers in …

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    Comment #19282043

    Louis Vuitton is a French company. Also, Burberry, am English company, had 8% drop in sales

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    Comment #19281194

    US wage is growing though. Money is flowing into US at an unprecedented rate due to: a.) Fed raising interest rates to a normal level. Government bonds are now earning close to som…

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    Comment #19267442

    It fits the narrative of US doing better than everyone else, thus money is flowing in. There was a study done (can't find the link atm) regarding the impact of the tariffs on US co…

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    Comment #19267328

    It makes sense that US wage is growing if you look at the macroeconomic environment. Money is flowing into US at an unprecedented rate due to: a.) Fed raising interest rates to a n…