Volkswagen is trying to implement a comprehensive cost-cutting programme with up to 100,000 job losses, double the amount previously planned, by 2030 and the potential contraction or closure of several plants.

  • acargitz@lemmy.ca
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    15 days ago

    That’s only a “fair” argument to make if one assumes that orthodox neoliberal policies such as the EU’s ban on state aid are somehow the universal ethical norm. Will, they aren’t.

    If we made neoliberalism our dogma and the Chinese are outcompeting us maybe our dogma is fucking wrong.

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      15 days ago

      There’s a reason I explicitly mentioned state aid as an option. So it’s a fair argument because currently they are disadvantaged. Advocating for equivalent state aid wild be on the table