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Re:BYD's bet on EVs is paying off as drivers ditch gas amid ... by dessimus on Friday March 20, 2026 @04:07PM (#47459928)
>The US is a huge economy with a massive military infrastructure.

Yeah, because famously neither Rome nor Spain nor England had massive military infrastructures for their times.

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Re:BYD's bet on EVs is paying off as drivers ditch gas amid ... by fernie on Friday March 20, 2026 @07:21PM (#47462173)
The fall of Rome took like 400 years...
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Re:BYD's bet on EVs is paying off as drivers ditch gas amid ... by michaelteter on Saturday March 21, 2026 @01:32AM (#47464256)
Life moves much faster now.
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Re:BYD's bet on EVs is paying off as drivers ditch gas amid ... by tremon on Saturday March 21, 2026 @08:01PM (#47472887)
...and breaks things.
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Re:BYD's bet on EVs is paying off as drivers ditch gas amid ... by bryanlarsen on Sunday March 22, 2026 @01:54PM (#47480184)
Well over 1000 years of you consider the Byzantine Empire to be Roman, and I think you should.
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