• The Gotion factory highlights the challenges Chinese companies face in the U.S., particularly during a climate of deep political polarization, nationalism, and growing suspicion toward China.
  • A grassroots “No Go” movement, fueled by fears of communism and environmental concerns, successfully stalled the project in Michigan, leading to the ouster of local officials who supported the factory.
  • The Gotion case shows the disconnect between national economic goals and local concerns, especially in communities wary of globalization and foreign investment.
  • Alphane Moon
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    691 day ago

    “fears of communism”

    There is an abstract beauty to this level of confident ignorance.

    • @[email protected]
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      2924 hours ago

      The word long lost its real meaning. Someone should make a logic flow of how Americans label things and people between Communism nazi and antisemitism

      • @orclev
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        4323 hours ago

        In my experience dealing with my deeply Republican parents it’s something like:

        • Chinese/China -> Communism
        • Socialism/Socialist -> Communism
        • Government Program -> Communism
        • Anything that helps people who aren’t rich -> Communism and/or Woke
        • Anything the Democrats do -> Communism and/or Woke
        • Any company that does something that isn’t the most evil/amoral thing it could possibly have done (rarely happens) -> Communism and/or Woke
    • @[email protected]
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      21 hours ago

      To be fair, we have not seen one succesful example of communism. They all either quickly turn into authoritarism with little sprinkles of communism, or are not communism at all

      • Alphane Moon
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        1321 hours ago

        I was referring to the locals thinking a Chinese company had something to do with communism.

    • @nodiratime
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      422 hours ago

      How much do you wanna bet that the “environmental concerns” were concern trolling too, as with most nimbys?