• the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    Hard agree, as an American. Honda and Toyota destroy our local companies in pretty much every regard other than maybe regulation dodging.

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      12 days ago

      Can you even call our local companies “local”, they’re all assembled and built in mexico anyways.

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        12 days ago

        Now that you mention it, I wouldn’t be surprised if Japanese companies manufacture more cars in the US than US-based companies.

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        12 days ago

        My brother works for one of those “local” companies and was still calling it local even though he had half a dozen plants in Mexico he was responsible for tooling up