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Randahl Fink
Randahl Fink
@randahl@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Putin showed us how investments in production facilities in a dictatorship can be lost over night, if a war breaks out.

So did we learn anything?

Let us check the recent headlines:

Headline: In China, for China:
Volkswagen Completes
Technology and Innovation Center in
Hefei
Headline: In China, for China: Volkswagen Completes Technology and Innovation Center in Hefei
Headline: In China, for China: Volkswagen Completes Technology and Innovation Center in Hefei
Headline: Volkswagen begins operating first wholly owned battery pack plant in China - local govt
Headline: Volkswagen begins operating first wholly owned battery pack plant in China - local govt
Headline: Volkswagen begins operating first wholly owned battery pack plant in China - local govt
Headline: Volkswagen invests $700 million in Chinese EV maker Xpeng to boost sluggish sales
Headline: Volkswagen invests $700 million in Chinese EV maker Xpeng to boost sluggish sales
Headline: Volkswagen invests $700 million in Chinese EV maker Xpeng to boost sluggish sales
Headline: Volkswagen is closing its first factory in Germany in its 88-year history
Headline: Volkswagen is closing its first factory in Germany in its 88-year history
Headline: Volkswagen is closing its first factory in Germany in its 88-year history
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FurballsNHairballs
FurballsNHairballs
@ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@randahl
Yeah apparently that question was too hard

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Mad Alex
Mad Alex
@madalex@fosstodon.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@randahl Well, the full name is People's Republic of China , and I'm guessing what Volkswagen literally means.

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Aerofreak | USA WTF?
Aerofreak | USA WTF?
@aerofreak@hessen.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@randahl

And yet they are happy to accept subsidies from the German government.

#vw #lobbyism

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Viking Chieftain
Viking Chieftain
@VikingChieftain@krigskunst.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@randahl

Two years from now...

We didn't know the CCP was going to invade Taiwan, resulting in sanctions that would cause them to expropriate all foreign investments in the country. How could we have foreseen that?
– VW CEO

If you own VW shares... Now is the time to sell them.

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Wordmark
Wordmark
@wordmark@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@randahl #vw #shareholder everything for profit self destructive #corrupt #ceo value

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Martin
Martin
@martintheg@aus.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@randahl 👨‍⚖️

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