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[–] hansolo@lemm.ee 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The lunacy of something as banal as a trade war with a genuinely autocratic regime. They will be told to tighten their belts against the US, and will happily do it. It pales in comparison to what people were told to do, and did during COVID.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Other countries had no issue making people stay home because they actually closed down businesses and paid people to stay in their homes.