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Samizdata, derived from Samizdat /n. - a system of clandestine publication of banned literature in the USSR [Russ.,= self-publishing house]

Samizdata quote of the day

“Switching transport to electric in a short timescale will inevitably mean buying Chinese. Are we really about to force ourselves to become even more reliant on a totalitarian regime that stamps out freedom in Hong Kong, commits genocide against the Uighurs, threatens war on Taiwan and refuses to be transparent about how a pandemic began near its leading virus laboratory?”

Matt Ridley.

6 comments to Samizdata quote of the day

  • Steven R

    The West is more than willing to support what China does because “out of sight, out of mind” is a thing.

  • Stonyground

    Switching transport to electric is thought to be a good idea by ignorant people who are under the delusion that it will save the planet from imaginary problems.

  • Rossini

    Australia fears a war with China within 5 years…..but yet the economy is dependant on its raw material exports.
    Meanwhile it imports thousands of solar panels….let alone electric cars

  • Paul Marks.

    The madness of current Western policy – both the energy-and-transport policy, and the dependence on the People’s Republic of China, is difficult to overstate.

    The international Western establishment are either fools or traitors – or both.

  • Jacob

    Can a fool be a traitor too?