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ADMNtek
I Mean its not entirely wrong, German bureaucracy and regulations don't make it easy.
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swedeonamoose
We (the EU) are competing with a massive single economy where the state has 0 problems dumping cash into industry to outcompete other countries, this has been a thing for a loooong time now.
DutchBoeremeisie
I got downvoted recently for standing up for EU sellers, while to comment essentially claiming that EU sellers are just buying from China and seller with a 300% mark up got upvoted.
Elkku
maybe so, but we are quite certainly shooting ourselves in the foot to help speed things along.. bad policies, out sourcing, not supporting local industry etc..
LordBrandonTheBold
China has 0 compunctions about pollution and the rights and property of its citizens.
Skuggen
It's a good thing none of the large western countries are like that!
LordBrandonTheBold
To be fair, they usually do their worst acts in the territory of client states.
NotThatPrivate
although they have fully embraced green energy and are the worlds leading producers of solar power.
swedeonamoose
While still also being the worlds biggest polluter by a huge margin
LordBrandonTheBold
Sure, they are also building state of the art rail systems.
They are doing a lot of good things but, they are able to execute them with this speed and efficiency because the state is supreme over the individual. Private property and citizens rights are not nearly as robust as in the US and Europe.
ADMNtek
Unfortunately, China is full of scammers, and they don't just scam foreigners. I saw a video about this recently, how China's building industry is full of so-called Tofu-Dreg Projects. entire apartment blocks collapse because they cut too many corners.
LordBrandonTheBold
Authoritarian states usually have a problem with corruption. Look at Russia and any dictatorship on the map.
As the American presidency becomes more imperial, we have seen more and more corruption in the U.S.