Comment on Trump tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer CEO

• thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  That 10-year time horizon is a very good point. And it’s not likely that the tariff would stick around that long since every four years has a changing administration who can do whatever they please in those regards.

  Lol, you guys are hilarious. I keep seeing these comments.

  Fascists don’t allow fair elections.

  The only way the magats are leaving office is mass insurrection / mass protests & strikes or revolution.

  It most certainly won’t happen at the ballot box

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  • yarr@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I hope there is a prediction market on this at some point because I do not think it’s likely that they will be able to block elections. I’d love to put my money where my mouth is.

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    • thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Oh they won’t stop / block the elections initially they’ll hold that first one & just conveniently get 75+% of the vote like every dictator before him.

      I’m happy to put money on it if you can find a market. I’ve been unfortunately right too much, not because I’m smart but because you can literally pull out a history of Nazi rise and map it onto MAGA and the last 10 years. The only hard bit is guessing the timings, not what, just when.

      I’d really like you guys to break out of this and prove me wrong

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      • yarr@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Here you go friend: this is a prediction market on whether the Republicans or Democrats will win the house next year: kalshi.com/markets/controlh/house-winner

        If your prediction is right and there are no more elections this will be easy money for you.

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• yarr@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The thing is, tariffs aren’t new. Manufacturing (or the lack thereof) in the US isn’t new… the only NEW thing appears to be voters that can be led around by the nose and lacking any kind of critical thought altogether. What % of people that voted for tariffs thought that China’d be paying for them? Probably the same folks who thought Mexico was going to build the wall and pay for it. Last time I checked, I don’t think we’ve received any money from Mexico for this.

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