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Like the parent I have a hard time processing the narrative that environmentalism is an existential issue except when we need cheap Asian goods to undercut Amer
by oceanplexian 2y ago
Like the parent I have a hard time processing the narrative that environmentalism is an existential issue except when we need cheap Asian goods to undercut American workers.
I guess it’s a dead horse though since clearly this kind of cognitive dissonance has handed all branches of US government to those advocating for tariffs and the same populist sentiment is well on its way in the EU.
- TylerE 2y agoI don't see how doubling the price of a product that will STILL be cheaper does anything except drive inflation.
- oceanplexian 2y agoI have family in the furniture industry. Most of these goods imported from overseas are only 10-20% than American made with the side effect of trashing the environment in the race to the bottom. 20 years ago it was all made in the USA. Building a coffee table is not like building a chip fab.
- triceratops 2y agoPeople will buy less of it. This is literally the degrowth approach for climate change mitigation put into practice.