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So ignorant...

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Ideologically speaking, in a vacuum, assuming tariffs are a perfect sphere and that there is no friction, I think tariffs are bad.

But... ⤵️

The US is capable of making so many things in-house.

The inability to do so is a security risk. Especially for chips for military weapons...

Also competing countries like Japan in the 80s and 90s tech and car boom and China today give their public companies a leg up. Taking advantage of the "global" free trade policy of the US... All so people can buy cheap shit from Wal-Mart...

So while you're celebrating all the cheap non-tariffed goods you got, you also ain't got one of those, what's it called,,? Jobs...

People here ain't never left America and suddenly became tariff experts in 1 month.

I moved to Indonesia 10 years ago and guess what, most cars that people buy are domestically produced. Even if the brand is foreign.

Why?

Because there's a 100% luxury tax on imported cars.

Why?

CUZ THEY ARE A MANUFACTURING POWERHOUSE THAT CAN MAKE THE DAMN FORD OR HONDA OR TOYOTA locally, and so guess what, they do!

I've been to an import grocery store and saw a $0.35 coke next to a $3 Dr pepper.

Why?

Cuz Coke done moved a damn factory to Indonesia and made soda in-house.

Come on people this ain't rocket science... People aren't gonna die if they can't buy imported shit anymore...

Market's adjust.

Owner_of_donky 9mo ago

1. I am not from the states and I am just commenting.

2. I didn't express myself right. It is fair enough for things that can be manufactured in the us (or any other country for that matter) but when you can't find the stuff you're looking for locally at all you have to resort to other countries. I have always been opponent of tarrifs because cars ain't the only important stuff. You cannot buy good drones anywhere outside of china, you cannot buy good batteries anywhere outsuide of china, you cannot buy good solar panels outside of china, you cannot buy many other things outside of china.

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Expatriotic 9mo ago

No worries, this was just my rant after watching the space get filled with so many opinions and hot takes. Everyone has become an expert it seems... I chose the word ignorant on purpose. Rather than dumb... People seem to want to comment on something they've never really seen. The US has never had a robust system of tariffs...