causepix

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[–] causepix@lemmy.ml 16 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

America only entered WWII to take a piece of the pie.

It was pretty clear at that point that if the US didn't enter, the USSR would take the win and have the chance to bring more Nazi-occupied territories into their union. Many US corporations were even collaborating with the Nazis, the US made carve outs to prevent factories in Nazi territories being bombed, as we already know the US profits immensely from war, and then after the war they shipped all the Nazi scientists and generals into high places in government. They weren't exactly sworn enemies. Defeating the Nazis was not as high a priority as limiting the influence of the USSR. Their participation was always cynical, which might be why it seemed "counter-productive" at times.

[–] causepix@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago

brother I don't know if you know this but the USSR fell in the 90s...

[–] causepix@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

but they jumped from dead last to top 10 in Consumer Reports' reliability rankings practically overnight! Surely that means something and surely no greater context could have influenced this???

[–] causepix@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Not at all, and I would posit that you would really want to have at the very least some kind of high voltage training.

It might make sense for a niche project vehicle (obviously if you have that kind of money it's yours to do whatever the hell you want with it) but economically you're better off just getting a used EV. They're pretty cheap at the moment.

[–] causepix@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago

Put it as your linkedin banner and see what happens