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I think that is a slippery slope race to the bottom of morals/ideals. Pretty soon you have "China doesn't let people say bad things about their leader, neither
by grecy 3y ago
I think that is a slippery slope race to the bottom of morals/ideals.
Pretty soon you have "China doesn't let people say bad things about their leader, neither should we"
and
"China uses force to take things from other countries, why shouldn't we"
Your ideals and morals should be strong enough they don't change based on a bad actor.
- TulliusCicero 3y agoRidiculous comparison when we're literally talking about trade with that country. Reciprocal free trade is the principle.
- kyleamazza 3y agoI think you totally missed the argument: it's not about copying anything China does, it's about reciprocating restrictions that they place on your country. If China places a tariff on US imported goods, then the US places a tariff on Chinese goods. This is and has been the case even for non-adversary countries, and is bread-and-butter foreign policy
- grecy 3y ago> it's not about copying anything China does, it's about reciprocating restrictions Your justification is literally "They're doing it to us, so we should do it to them". Apply that logic to everything China does. Do you want to behave like them? Wait a few years and it will be about reciprocating other things China does.
- kyleamazza 3y agoReciprocating tariffs has been a thing for hundreds of years before the US even existed. The justification isn't "they're doing it, so let's just copy them", it's "they're inflicting economic impact on us by reducing the profit of our exports to them, we'll put pressure on them to stop that by reducing the amount that we import for them". It's not simple "but he hit me first" logic: it's macroeconomics with an actual strategy in mind. Reciprocating =/= literal copying.