For Thanksgiving dinner we went to the neighbors’ house and they had some older folks over that they used to work for. The old man was the smiliest guy and laughed at everything.

Topic turned to cars because neighbors just bought a hybrid and were loving it. Then my neighbor guy mentioned that China’s EVs are supposed to be the best in the world and far cheaper, and I agreed that is what I’ve heard as well.

The overall completely mild-mannered old man almost lost his shit. He got red in the face and muttered something about China’s cars probably just fall right apart on the road as you drive them, and those poor poor factory workers are probably dying to make that possible.

I told him that’s a silly thing to say and that China is far more advanced in manufacturing than anyone else in the world. I told him they even have factories that are fully automated and run in the dark. He turned to me and mocked me and laughed right in my face.

It was really something to see. They left about 2 minutes after that when the old man decided he’d had enough of sitting with these commie lovers.