• eicker@lemmy.worldOP
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    13 hours ago

    Turns out you can’t tariff your way into an entire supply chain. AI hoovers up the memory, PC margins collapse, and suddenly the factories everyone spent years moving out of China are the cheapest lifeboat. The invisible hand of the market seems to have missed the geopolitical strategy memo.

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      8 hours ago

      The tariffs were only done to geopolitically isolate America and steal hundreds of billions from global retirement accounts.

      It all makes sense when you realise that the goal of the fascists in the heritage foundation, and all conservatives who support this, is to destroy democracy and implement dictatorship.

      • voxthefox@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        2 hours ago

        I always assumed it was used as a scapegoat to allow corporations to increase prices while blaming the source country (or us gov) then when the next admin comes in and wipes them out, prices stay high and the grift is ready for another round.

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        7 hours ago

        Trumps goal is revenge for forcing him to kill Epstein in order to get away with everything, which is why he does such dumb shit as “let covid run rampant” and “destroy all safety nets” and “rig elections with the help of oligarchs”