Oh I'm not concerned about the safety and quality aspect. GM, Ford et al have put out plenty of unsafe shitboxes in the past. I'm talking about the fact the outside companies are flat out not allowed to operate in China without forming a partnership with a Chinese company. It's a simple rule that fuckd things up royally once all the ramifications of that play out.

Canada's political scene is more complex than that, owing to the fact that there's one or two more (depending on where you live) semi-viable parties to vote for. Not all ridings have the Conservatives and Liberals in the first/second place polling positions.

For me, first and foremost is the fact that Chinese companies don't have to operate by the same rules here as North American companies have to operate by in China. Until that's fixed, I have no interest in letting them into our market. And that's before we get into issues like some of the more valid arguments for a limited amount of protectionism.

Post economic system

I'm not even sure what this would mean. Are you talking about everyone having a replicator and no one trades goods and services anymore? An "economic system" is just the umbrella term for whatever method people use to exchange goods and services.

Huh. Maybe if there weren't profit sucking leeches built into the entire healthcare system, prices wouldn't be so high and Medicare wouldn't be at risk of becoming insolvent.

World wars don't start until the superpowers are in direct conflict. That's what defines a "World War". There are always multiple conflicts going on around the globe.

Not really. In most jurisdictions, only gambling type sweepstakes (ie a random draw) are governed that tightly. Fan voted things like this are more or less unregulated. Plus, you have to read (and understand) the legalese ~~fingerprint~~ fine print to determine legal responsibilities. I'd be surprised if there weren't language in there a that absolves them of almost all legal responsibility.

Also, there's nothing in there that seems to be anywhere near an actual legal problem.

Many motorcycles (not bicycles, those are irrelevant to the comparison) already have more torque off the line than the available traction can handle, so that benefit from electric motors is less critical. The wear is a concern because motorcycles are already more sensitive to tire wear than cars, and simply switching to a harder compound to account for the extra weight has other ramifications that are far less severe in electric cars.

It kind of blows my mind that forced arbitration is legal at all.

I do industrial automation for a living, and I just want to point out that automating things that exist purely in the digital domain is far easier than automating things like ship breaking.