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Canada slashes 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs to 6%

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Post by soco »

teemur wrote: post #485
mywittyname wrote: post #344

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The two-party system is fine. We have to be honest about the fact that parliamentary systems can give massive power to a tiny fraction of the population when that small party becomes the deciding vote. The problems with the USA political system are: electoral college, senate being 2 votes per state, and the supreme court being 7 people for life. But nothing can be done about the last two now. Especially now that the…

> The two-party system is fine. Is it? Many western countries are having more or less prominent populist right wing movements, and the two countries I can think of where that movement has gotten its hand in power on really significant issues during the last decade or so are UK and US. Both strongly two party systems at the time of the "interesting" developments. And I do not think a two party system is typical, I am…

What every argument here against two-party systems is missing, is that it entrenches the vision "us vs them". You will always have that one enemy tribe, because your party will always point fingers to the other party. While in multiple, you are obliged to nuance, to talk about certain aspects, and suddenly you start talking politics, not parties. Not tribes.

Re: Canada slashes 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs to 6%

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Post by pepa65 »

echelon wrote: post #230
throw0101d wrote: post #156

A Canadian satire site has the headline "Canada chooses lawful evil over chaotic evil": * https://thebeaverton.com/2026/01/canada-chooses-lawful-evil-... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alignment_(Dungeons_%26_Dragon... Edit: A comment in /r/canada: > TBF I would much rather work for Lex Luthor than The Joker if I had to choose one.

I'm really into geopolitics, and it's clear to see what's happening from the US side. America still wants to play hegemon, but since Bretton Woods 2.0 didn't happen, they're going to lock up the entire North and South American continents from Chinese and Russian influence. And it'll be fierce. The next salvo is going to be US statehood for Alberta and Saskatchewan. There is already partisan support within those provi…

I think it's not majorly the DoD's push though (they aren't all that powerful, they are grifters), there are stronger geo-financial interests behind this.

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tomhow wrote: post #585
NewUser76312 wrote: post #218

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Re: Canada slashes 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs to 6%

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Post by lenerdenator »

fritzorino wrote: post #470
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> Trump doesn't care about values at all, he cares about money more than anyone else does. That's exactly what I'm saying. He's going to use this sort of deal as an example to Canadians that when it all comes down to it, they're no better than he is. He's going to say that you're perfectly fine talking trade deals with authoritarians who are literally abducting Chinese nationals on Canadian soil and doing God-knows-w…

Sorry but Canadians are better than Trump :)

And Americans were too. Give it time.

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Post by Aloisius »

shagie wrote: post #544
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Patents (what protects inventions) have nothing to do with copyright.

I think the suggestion is more around people like Lowell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Cabot_Lowell > Despite political independence, the United States remained dependent on imports for manufactured goods. The conflicts between the European Powers and the Embargo of 1807 severely disrupted trade between the United States, Great Britain, France and Asia. Lowell reached the conclusion that to be truly indepen…

I'm not sure these are the best examples.

Neither case would be considered patent infringement as the original inventions were too old to be protected by patents even had the British filed for patent protection in the US.

Moreover, Lowell made substantial improvements which would have been considered a new invention anyway - which is the whole point of the patent system.

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Post by gdilla »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #629
gdilla wrote: post #625

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sure dude. they can earn a living. they won't be in a debt spiral like most people here who have no advantages.

> life isn't easy in china, necessarily, but there's a better, accessible path to become middle class. You set the bar in your original comment, I didn’t raise it. > they won't be in a debt spiral like most people here who have no advantages. Ant tribe life is debt free, but it isn’t really living by our standards. At least we can say it’s better than living on the streets even if such housing isn’t allowed in the we…

sure? we're stuck with incel red pilled men who are nazi curious cuz they can't catch a break. great outcomes.

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NewUser76312 wrote: post #633
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Please don't make sweeping claims about what HN “is”. The HN is a large group of people with a range of views that maps to a normal distribution on most topics, with a slight skew to left-libertarianism. It's common for people to notice "too much" of what they dislike on HN, and then to think the site is dominated by that thing. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

"I've noticed" was my wording - communicating my claim and opinion. I will make claims and opinions on a message forum, thank you very much. Unless you want to pull up a specific moderation rule instructing me otherwise. "Slight skew" is just your claim and opinion. We're both equally entitled to them. I'd be happy to look at actual data: try an anonymous poll on HN for political affiliation sometime. We both know th…

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ImPostingOnHN wrote: post #638
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"I've noticed" was my wording - communicating my claim and opinion. I will make claims and opinions on a message forum, thank you very much. Unless you want to pull up a specific moderation rule instructing me otherwise. "Slight skew" is just your claim and opinion. We're both equally entitled to them. I'd be happy to look at actual data: try an anonymous poll on HN for political affiliation sometime. We both know th…

From the guidelines: - Be kind. Don't be snarky. - Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community. - Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes. - Please don't post shallow dismissals - Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. - Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. - Plea…

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gnabgib wrote: post #639
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