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My immediate assumption was that Tesla lies and probably has more offshore content than most of their competitors.
by Suppafly 1y ago
My immediate assumption was that Tesla lies and probably has more offshore content than most of their competitors.
- kurthr 1y agoExactly, corruption is legal. Only your competitors will be fined.
- decremental 1y ago[dead]
- matttproud 1y agoGive the U.S. ten years and "clientelism" will have become a household word.
- parthdesai 1y agoI thought "lobbying" is already a household word :)
- varjag 1y agoI don't think lobbying implies your rep having a bedroom in White House.
- DrillShopper 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Bedroom_for_contributors_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Bedroom_for_contributo...
- duggan 1y agoAnd perhaps "state capture", which is a term I first heard from South Africans. Edit: incidentally, only mentioning SA as academics there developed the theory around it, to the best of my knowledge.
- SideburnsOfDoom 1y agoYep. 3 Months ago: > The implicit justification for valuing Tesla now is not "we sell good cars", it is state capture. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43023325 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43023325 Indeed I also heard it in context of South Africa. But Wikipedia also has other, earlier examples too.
- matt-attack 1y agoHow is it corruption? Any automaker could have chosen to build their factories here. Tesla did. Others chose not to. Shouldn’t they be lauded for that? Apple builds phones in China, but Teslas are built in Oakland. I just find it pretty cool.
- wisty 1y agoI'd just assume they picked whatever definitions they needed to make Tesla exempt.
- ozozozd 1y agoThis is the way.
- thefounder 1y agoMaybe it is just a coincidence
- mlindner 1y agoThat's a strange assumption to make. Most other auto OEMs are basically just final assembly plants with parts shipped in from everywhere. Tesla makes way more parts farther down their supply chain directly in their own factories. Ford, GM and the rest for example aren't designing and populating their own circuit boards.
- Suppafly 1y ago>Tesla makes way more parts farther down their supply chain directly in their own factories. Sure but all of the inputs and components to those parts come from other countries. I suppose it depends on how you define terms.
- porphyra 1y agoInteresting assumption, but unfortunately it is a wrong assumption.
- vorpalhex 1y agoSounds like a poor assumption on an audited fact.