[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.