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ASML, SYM, STDN, ICE. Or HUMN/KOID, URA/NUKZ

Pretty sure this was always the plan. Thiel isn't an idot.
Use Trump to get across the election line.
Pass as much of Project 2025 as possible while Trump is President.
Let him get impeached after January 20th, 2027. This gives Vance the possibility of being president for 10 years without a constitutional crisis.
Then they'll soften up. End the war in Iran, fuel prices go down a bit, groceries go down a bit. End the crazy tariffs, prices go down a little bit. Have ICE work like they did under Obama, quietly, behind the scenes, get them out of the news cycle.
Push for 2028 Vance win.
People have the memory of goldfish. Racists and misogynists are mad right now. Get rid of Trump, save the farmers with a bailout, get costs down, and they'll be right back in the polling booth pulling the lever for Republicans.

Tall_Trifle_4983 1 point 3 months ago*
They'd be wrong but they bought into the propaganda.
[–]Tall_Trifle_4983[S] 1 point 5 months ago*
That's called "generational blame."
It’s a lot easier to say “Boomers ruined everything” than to sort through decades of complicated facts like: Wall Street taking over the economy, politicians being purchased by billionaire donors, unpredicted technology reshaping the job market, global supply chains, and elections that reward serving corporate money.
It’s especially messy when one political party consistently sided with corporate interests, while the other has tried to defend science, climate policy, and healthcare despite that pressure.
People aren’t wired to think in terms of huge, invisible systems. We make sense of the world through stories about people.
Claiming age groups are heroes, villains, generations are evil because that’s what our brains can actually hold onto.
It was my parents. The so-called Greatest Generation that pre-WWII favored fascism and inspired Hitler and then came back heroes but actually brought Nazis to the US and started the Cold War.
https://www.npr.org/2014/11/05/361427276/how-thousands-of-nazis-were-rewarded-with-life-in-the-u-s
NYT's discusses Article vs OpEd that asks you to discuss both sides:
Students Across the U.S. Are Protesting ICE. Texas Wants to Punish Their Schools. In dozens of states, students have staged walkouts over immigration enforcement. In Texas, they’re doing so despite threats from Gov. Greg Abbott.
Shared Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/us/student-protests-walkouts-ice-texas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MVA.Bu2V.6HtAhokd1g8e&smid=url-share
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691172422/hitlers-american-model

The doctors in medicine and family medicine doctors are some of the most liberal out there. They are the ones who are posting about how ICE is evil while also saying social warfare and taxes should be abolished in other comments

I'm not saying you as a consumer shouldn't want to buy it. I'm just saying it's being priced that way for nefarious reasons.
The reason why China is subsidizing EV to a high extent is because they see this as their moment to seize the auto industry. This was normally a Japanese, European, and U.S.-dominated market.
Before EV's existed, China wasn't a known auto-manufacturing country because ICE vehicles were already perfected and China could not compete against other brands. EV's gave the auto industry a new product which allowed China to seize on it. That's why they allowed Tesla to enter their country without restrictions while normally, they require 50-50 ownership with a partnering Chinese auto manufacturer.
I do agree that vehicle prices in America have been insane. A large part of that is due to how much of a driving culture there is in America where people want the premium options and the more affordable options such as sedans or hatchbacks. Sedans used to be 50% of the market share in the U.S. until a decade ago but now it's hovering around 15%.

You don't even understand what you're talking about. I've been investing in this space for over a decade and I personally have connections to people who work in the EV industry in China as a parts distributer.
I just gave you a reason why the U.S. isn't subsidizing EV's... Because you need Congress approval to get these spending bills passed and because many of these states/cities rely on ICE vehicles for their economy, subsidizing EV's could effectively mean they lose their jobs and votes... Do you understand the differences in how government works in China versus America? Clearly you don't.
People aren't 'demanding' BYD's here, lmao. You also apparent It's just you Tesla haters who want BYD to desperately come here because you're upset that Tesla is the only one dominating EV's in America. You can't stand to see it. Just the fact that you think Tesla is inferior to BYD in every way, you clearly have no clue what you are talking about.
Do you seriously think any sane country would allow a heavily subsidized product to flood their country, destroy their economy, and just accept it as standard? If BYD had to manufacture in the U.S., do you seriously think you'll be able to buy BYD vehicles at the prices you can get them for in China?
What kind of business school did you attend or are you just here to act stupid?