Message from @Zephfyre

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2020-02-26 23:53:32 UTC  

Tariffs are incentives/punishments tho

2020-02-26 23:54:03 UTC  

Unless you completely embargo a country, a fractional tax on select goods will barely dent companies.

2020-02-26 23:54:45 UTC  

You dont need to ruin them, only until your domestic industry is competitive

2020-02-26 23:55:21 UTC  

As for barely dent i disagree

2020-02-26 23:55:41 UTC  

I'm not saying it's necessary to destroy these companies, but they can handle a 10% hike. Companies are producing the majority of their product in China.

2020-02-26 23:56:16 UTC  

*Or other Asian countries

2020-02-26 23:56:45 UTC  

They can sell at a loss if they want frankly. Whats important is that our own manufacturing isnt choked out or entirely exported

2020-02-26 23:57:47 UTC  

We need manufacturing in America

2020-02-26 23:57:51 UTC  

Companies are actually moving to South Asia at alarming rates as well, to avoid the political cross-fire between US and China

2020-02-26 23:57:54 UTC  

So we can dominate the rest of the world in a war

2020-02-26 23:57:55 UTC  

And zeph is right.

2020-02-26 23:58:14 UTC  

If a war happens, its us versus everyone and I don't want them having us by the balls

2020-02-26 23:58:36 UTC  

I want to help forward automation to further this goal

2020-02-26 23:58:44 UTC  

I wish there was a voice channel here to discuss. I hate typing on mobile

2020-02-26 23:58:45 UTC  

We need armadas of drones

2020-02-26 23:58:58 UTC  

We should never have to lose another citizen in war ever again

2020-02-27 00:01:37 UTC  

An example of the ideal American market can be seen in the 1950s. The ethics were clearly superior.

2020-02-27 00:02:30 UTC  

Laws can't replace morality and culture of the people

2020-02-27 00:02:50 UTC  

With a good culture, people would be much more hesitant to exploit workers

2020-02-27 00:04:50 UTC  

This is not necessarily true. Morality and culture haven't evolved naturally over the past 50 years. Both have been molded by celebrities or corporations.

2020-02-27 00:05:04 UTC  

Look at south korea

2020-02-27 00:05:20 UTC  

They really don't like firing people even if they perform at low value

2020-02-27 00:05:29 UTC  

Because of supporting their family

2020-02-27 00:05:52 UTC  

It's all about hours

2020-02-27 00:07:52 UTC  

Different countries have different moral standards, so businesses tend to act differently in each country. I can agree on that.

2020-02-27 00:08:39 UTC  

But in the West, it seems that businesses have pushed this ultra-progressive agenda. They've been very successful at liberalizing the population.

2020-02-27 00:09:01 UTC  

That's a multi-faceted problem

2020-02-27 00:09:07 UTC  

That's not only businesses doing that

2020-02-27 00:09:19 UTC  

Yes, it's also celebrities and politicians.

2020-02-27 00:09:25 UTC  

Government pressure, school indoctrination, parents that don't teach their children

2020-02-27 00:09:35 UTC  

We've let them do their thing for decades

2020-02-27 00:09:45 UTC  

Only after seeing the damage do people say, we should do something!

2020-02-27 00:10:30 UTC  

I know it's a fashionable meme, but seriously, I know so many boomers that caused this shit

2020-02-27 00:10:55 UTC  

They had the mindset of: "not my generation, not my problem"

2020-02-27 00:11:06 UTC  

Esp when many were hippies

2020-02-27 00:11:56 UTC  

I partially blame WW2 for the decay of western society

2020-02-27 00:13:34 UTC  

Since the inception of this country, there has only ever been a steady march left. Once the govt takes something on it never gives it back. Now we have a bloated, unaccountable, quasi legislative quasi executive administrative state that it would take a practical civil war or constitutional amendment to pry away.

2020-02-27 00:13:46 UTC  

Celebrity culture is the front-face of cultural decadence.

2020-02-27 00:13:52 UTC  

It doesn't help when the government also controls education

2020-02-27 00:14:04 UTC  

Why are the democrats trash

2020-02-27 00:14:08 UTC  

The government isn't inherently progressive.