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      Well, the secret is getting batteries as cheaply as possible, how you get there is the magic of capitalism*

      • please ignore the piles of contaminated child bones behind the factory
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      Ironically this has been the secret behind plenty of successes in the west as well. We’re just not willing to do as much because we’ve bought the idea that we can’t afford it. In addition given the relatively small fraction of labor towards the cost of the average vehicle is, building it without slave labor wouldn’t inflate prices by a lot.

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        Western countries industrialized with policies like these and import substitution. They succeeded and promptly pulled the ladder up for everyone else to maintain their systems of exploitation.

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      Definitely not racist to suggest that all cheap Chinese labour is slave labour. Not at all.