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Trump's Proposed Tariffs Will Hit Gamers Hard
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I love how Trump fans and big brain swing voters are trying to justify their vote for tariffs by making it about slavery and jobs. They never cared about slavery before. And it will not just affect gaming - it’s probably going to wreck all tech, appliances, reliable vehicles, everything on Amazon, SHEIN trash, etc.
FYI: Tax cuts for the rich + tariffs = it’s a fucking sales tax.
Manufacturers will not build factories in the US to avoid tariffs. They will downsize and hoard wealth for 4 years until a corporate-friendly Democrat is elected to undo just barely enough of the damage to avoid riots.
This is just a grift to shift more of the tax burden to the working class. Trump fans will gobble it up anyway.
I want off this ride.
Big enough manufacturers will keep producing the individual components in China, then ship to a nearby country that’s not under tariffs to finish the assembly and ship from there.
So it’ll create jobs, alright. They’ll just be overseas.
As for the slavery… If you think you can get a slavemaster to ease up on his workers by forcing him to cut costs, you gotta go back to Econ 101.
Ding, ding! Yup, that's just what it's going to happen and under Trump's proposal, will still be hit by a blanket tariff.
Also even if they do move manufacturing to the US, we don't have the amount of raw materials so that would have to be imported under those same tariffs and prices would go up because labor is more expensive and we don't have that manufacturing expertise, that's not the US's competitive advantage.
Case in point:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/tsmc-delays-us-chip-fab-opening-says-us-talent-is-insufficient/
I mean seriously, America keeps playing itself.
The wonders of arbitrage.
Nobody represents us, so we should represent ourselves: https://runforsomething.net/
shoots @Fester@lemm.ee in the head with a gun
What? Is that not what he meant at the end??? Jeez....shoulda told me! This is America. We solve simple problems with guns.
cat outside is crying
pulls out gun
uses gun to shoot the dialpad on the phone
Yes, hello? Hi, there's a stray cat outside. Can you send someone to collect and bring her to a non-kill shelter? Ok, thanks. Bye.
...........what did you THINK I was going to do with the gun?
Aw hell. These two kids are going to have a foot race. Now I COULD signal the start of this race with a whistle, but I think we all know where this is going......
reaches for the gun
On your mark.....
Get set.....
shoots Jimmy in the knee
blows whistle GO!!!!
C'mon Billy! Run! I Nancy Kerrigan'd him! You have the advantage! I put money on this race!!!! DON'T FUCK ME OVER BILLY!!! NO, DON'T TEND TO JIMMY!!! WHY ARE YOU CRYING??? HE'S THE ONE WHO GOT SHOT!!!! RUUUUUUUUUUN!!!!!!