BYD employs over 110,000 engineers. Let that sink in. Here’s just how ridiculous our politics are. The world…

BYD employs over 110,000 engineers. Let that sink in. Here’s just how ridiculous our politics are. The world desperately needs enormous numbers of affordable electric vehicles. The Chinese have a glut of them. You’d think that’s problem solved. 1/2

But it’s a perfect example of what ‘the economy’ really is. Because in economic politics, this is portrayed as a threat. The economy’s role is to protect the existing status quo. Existing car makers and fossil fuel interests, and the status hierarchies they make rich. /end