Tesla Model Y has again topped the list of most American-made cars, but the electric automaker has lost its clean...
  • ShepherdPie
    141·
    6 months ago

    How’s this nationalism? It’s about keeping money within the United States. Just “buy local” on a bigger scale. US parts means US manufacturing jobs which are few and far between these days.

    • rdyoung@lemmy.world
      102·
      6 months ago

      And it’s better for the environment to be shipped from a nearby state instead of half way around the world or even from parts of Mexico.

      • Dr. Dabbles@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        Rail is heavily used for shipping vehicles from manufacturers that put out large numbers, making it pretty economical and environmentally sensible to ship from Canada, Mexico, and many US states.

          • Dr. Dabbles@lemmy.worldEnglish
            22·
            6 months ago

            But you said “or even parts of Mexico”. Large numbers of components in a Tesla come from outside the US, including from Asia. Not a lot of brands are mass shipping vehicles from Asia to North America, instead they build them here. And source parts from suppliers that build factories nearby.

            • rdyoung@lemmy.world
              15·
              6 months ago

              Congratulations. You just won a place on my block list. For what you say? Being a pedantic, argumentative, dorkus.

              I’m sure you are capable of figuring out what I meant but instead chose to argue over verbiage.

    • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.alOP
      43·
      6 months ago

      I’m unable to understand how it’s not nationalism. It’s literally a league table of the most national made vehicles. If you want to argue whether it’s pointless or not, that can be up for debate. But things designed to make you feel national pride are nationalism.

      And just to drive it home. Pun intended. Here’s the first two definitions from the American Heritage Dictionary

      • Devotion, especially excessive or undiscriminating devotion, to the interests or culture of a particular nation-state.
      • The belief that nations will benefit from acting independently rather than collectively, emphasizing national rather than international goals.
      • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        51·
        6 months ago

        Nationalism yes, but “Pointless nationalism”? They left off a key word in that.

        from rdyoung’s comment

        it’s better for the environment to

        Pointlessly shipping material from one side of the world to the other, then back isn’t good for the environment. It may be good for the economy, but a few nations economy isn’t the whole picture.

        • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.alOP
          21·
          6 months ago

          I don’t dispute the benefit of producing cars on home soil, wherever that home soil is. My snideness was in regards to the PR aspect of it. I can pretty much guarantee, that at no point did anyone at any of these companies make a decision with this league table in mind. It just seems to be, “America, fuck yeah!” for the sake of it.

          • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            41·
            6 months ago

            I think it’s more of a “we don’t want covid supply chains V2” with a bonus of “why not benefit Americans too?” Plus are you really buying an “American” car if it’s made in Malaysia?

            • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.alOP
              2·
              6 months ago

              I hear you, but does it benefit Americans when the reality is that cars produced on American soil are more expensive.

                  • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                    21·
                    6 months ago

                    For the same car? And with or without exploitative labor practices?

                    The only reason they make cars in places like China or Malaysia is because they can pay them almost nothing, and treat them like slaves.