[shiroiuma]

>It's a whole lot easier to out-compete somebody when you know the government will backstop you even if you misstep.

You mean like how the US government constantly bails out and props up the American car companies?

[bsder]

> You mean like how the US government constantly bails out and props up the American car companies?

Um, yes? Did I stutter? Do you have bad reading comprehension? Are you using an AI?

Precisely what part of "we have been here before--back in the 1970s with Japan producing better cars" did you miss?

[shiroiuma]

What part of "don't be snarky" or "don't be curmudgeonly" from the guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html) did you miss? Do you always have to be an asshole? And you comment completely missed the great bailout of the Obama administration which came decades later.