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PaperclipPerfector  3mo ago (text post)   2355 thread views

Small-Scale Question Sunday for December 15, 2024

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Ok, I understand this reasoning behind the tariffs, but I don't understand how that justifies the massive price increases that will inevitably result from them, which won't be just on the price of knockoff legos and polyester dresses but also everything else because everyone will need more money to buy fewer and fewer goods as the supply will shrink, people won't be switching to domestic goods (especially not right away) they will just switch to no goods at all, leading to a decline in the quality of life with inflation at the same time, and I don't think there's enough American patriotism or anti-Chinese sentiment to go around to keep the economy afloat without seeing blood in the streets

I don't think there's enough American patriotism or anti-Chinese sentiment to go around to keep the economy afloat without seeing blood in the streets

This is also my prediction. The only thing MAGA Americans love more than America is consooming large amounts of low quality goods. Conservatives aren't patriotic or nationalistic enough yet to stomach a reduction in their consumption of cheap plastic crap and electronic gizmos in order to benefit their fellow Americans.

The only thing MAGA Americans love more than America is consooming large amounts of low quality goods.

My precise take. Drive through any poor southeastern county and every front lawn outside a trailer is strewn with Chinesium. That's all that's available at Dollar General and Walmart, and it's all they care to afford.

Well the problem is that it isn't just cheap plastic crap that's going to get more expensive... All the food you eat in the US relies on Chinese produced knives and forks and cutting boards, the farmers in america harvesting the food rely on Chinese produced shirts and jeans. And so on. When the Chinese inevitably impose counter tariffs the food they used to import from the US will stop being bought disrupting the agriculture industry, the knock on effects will be on everyone not just people you're characterizing as brainless consoomers

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