• ilmagico@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      While that might be true, it doesn’t look like The Verge was sponsored by any specific ebike company to write this article, since they never mention any specific brand.

      Edit: actually after scrolling down enough, they did interview people from some ebike company. Still doesn’t look (too) sponsored

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    I think US consumers will manage. As non-American I find it strange that so few Americans seem to recognize that trade isn’t going to magically make the world a peaceful united place.

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      6 months ago

      It’s all free market until they can no longer compete. Then it’s time to get down and play dirty.

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      The point is that, when trade has the potential to make the world a peaceful united place, capital and its state will violently intervene to extract a “profit” instead.

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    I’m glad they put the real headline in the URL so I don’t have to click the bait. I hate the Internet now. It’s like they want us to stay exclusively on the big platforms