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2018-05-04 00:58:59 UTC  

I dont see how we are winning in florida but not ohio smh

2018-05-04 00:59:05 UTC  

I know the florida guy is the governor but cmonm

2018-05-04 00:59:13 UTC  

negros in cincinatti

2018-05-04 01:01:53 UTC  

ohio republican candidate looks like kramer from seinfeld

2018-05-04 01:01:57 UTC  

change my mind

2018-05-04 01:02:23 UTC  

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2018-05-04 01:19:17 UTC  

@Solipsistic Vinarchy I thought that was Missouri upside down for a second

2018-05-04 01:19:27 UTC  

I didn't think they were that dumb enough to confuse Missouri with Arkansas

2018-05-04 03:47:25 UTC  

GOOD

2018-05-04 14:38:48 UTC  

What are some good anti-free trade arguements? Specifically to counter that it's "better for the economy"?

2018-05-04 15:07:35 UTC  

Define what you mean by free trade, domestic or international

2018-05-04 15:20:27 UTC  

International

2018-05-04 15:27:44 UTC  

Banning the import of low quality or harmful goods is a good thing, protecting domestic industry is a good thing, we don't care about whether foreign industry wants to tap into our markets, the USA is self sufficient in most respects, those getting rich from American consumption should be American, control over cultural influences on the nation is paramount for security and societal harmony, I could go on and on

2018-05-04 22:27:56 UTC  

All candidates running in my state are running on a Pro-Trump agenda platform

2018-05-04 22:27:59 UTC  

😎

2018-05-04 23:00:28 UTC  

the first thing I like to say against free trade is that there is no free trade

2018-05-04 23:00:50 UTC  

calling our current trade situations with any non-developed country "free trade" is a fucking joke

2018-05-04 23:01:36 UTC  

all of the East Asian countries subsidize the hell out of their own industries, all of those countries also have strict protectionist policies, and China especially is known for violating intellectual property so they don't even have to conduct their own R&D

2018-05-04 23:03:30 UTC  

"For example, free trade is always touted as a benefit with zero downsides to a country's health. In microeconomics 101, you may learn about how two partners who specialize in their comparative advantages, i.e., their most efficient use of resources, and then engage in trade will be better off than trying to produce a little bit of every good. In macroeconomics 101, you may even learn a more detailed explanation about the balance of payments, the surface level truth that all trade deficits will be repaid by an influx of capital investment. You may even be taught a narrative that globalization has lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty in the developing world. The presentation of introductory economics gives the illusion that neoliberal policies benefit all and harm nobody.

If you examine these claims, however, you will find that they're fraught with unanswered questions and deliberate misrepresentations. For example: 1) in practice there are very few instances of free trade thanks to barriers imposed by foreign nations and sponsored by corporations; 2) "comparative advantage" is an unquantifiable concept that has nothing to do with how competitive an industry is; 3) your country may be unable to specialize in its comparative advantage if competitor nations ignore "comparative advantage" and subsidize their industries; 4) the balance of payments doesn't solve the problem of globalization, since becoming an importer nation thanks to offshoring means that wealth is taken away from workers in the form of lost income and redistributed to the wealthy in the form of foreign investment in bonds, stocks, real estate, etc.

Now you might realize why almost every successful upstart industrial nation, from the USA to the PROC, ignores neoliberal economies until they're on top. "

2018-05-04 23:07:07 UTC  

Alexander Hamilton, Friedrich List, Deng Xiaopeng, almost every East and Southeast Asian powerhouse, etc., ignored key tenets of "classical" and what is now known as "neoliberal" economics in order to allow their respective developing countries to attain economic supremacy

2018-05-05 19:39:02 UTC  

now this is what i was looking fro

2018-05-05 19:39:11 UTC  

thanks linnaeus

2018-05-05 21:04:43 UTC  

@Autistotle how was meeting Mr. 🅱eterson

2018-05-05 23:29:25 UTC  

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2018-05-06 00:26:41 UTC  
2018-05-06 00:30:12 UTC  

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2018-05-06 02:45:50 UTC  

i didnt know paul nehlen was running in california

2018-05-06 02:46:36 UTC  

what a chad

2018-05-06 02:46:55 UTC  

Nehlen has no chill, talk about optics

2018-05-06 02:54:15 UTC  

he has no chance of winning but he is funny as fuck

2018-05-06 02:55:23 UTC  

a republican has no chance of winning in cali anyway so might aswell have some fun

2018-05-06 02:58:11 UTC  

I remember waking up one day and Nehlen was full on autting out about the JQ and shit and it’s like ya dude you’re not entirely wrong but jeez way to go from somewhat mainstream to no stream

2018-05-06 03:00:14 UTC  

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2018-05-06 03:00:14 UTC  

S

2018-05-06 03:00:19 UTC  

F

2018-05-06 03:00:39 UTC  

if you havent bought a israel flag to piss on dont call yourself a patriot

2018-05-06 03:04:06 UTC  

I’m stuck in this terrible position where it’s like - do you trash Israel in front of your Jewish friends but they will inevitably spin it around and ask “well do you prefer the Palestinians”? No! Neither fuck off with your sand nonsense