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Both right wing economists like Friedman and Mises, and left wing, understand initiating tariff wars against friendly neighbors is economically illiterate. No
by ty6853 2y ago
Both right wing economists like Friedman and Mises, and left wing, understand initiating tariff wars against friendly neighbors is economically illiterate. No persons of educated thinking have anything fundamental to add.
There is nothing to discuss. What we are witnessing is, to be crass, an exercise of pure idiocy.
- MichaelZuo 2y agoBased on what logic…? There’s not a widely agreed upon definition of intelligence last time I checked. So it seems impossible for “idiocy” to be any better defined. There’s not even such an agreement that all human adults are even sentient in the first place, or what the critical threshold is.
- johnnyanmac 2y ago>Based on what logic That trump's narrative of what tariffs are is a lie and that these do not in fact help the economy. They can help, but not the way trump is using the tools. >There’s not a widely agreed upon definition of intelligence last time I checked. >Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- MichaelZuo 2y agoHow does this relate to the prior claim? It’s clearly possible for people to have ulterior goals and motives… so assessments based on outward usages, of anything, seem irrelevant to determining intelligence, or the lack of it.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoThis is my first reply to you, AFAIK. So I'm not sure what the thoughts are of the claim up the chain. I'm not interested in this tangent here that you keep trying to veer on. Point it many economists know this trade war is not good for the economy. The history of this is as recent as Trump 45.
- MichaelZuo 2y agoThis doesn’t make sense. Of course I know you are a different user, otherwise I would have reiterated the unanswered question directly.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoI'm not a mind reader and my question was never focused on that part of the conversation. I have no opinion on the aforementionedtamgent. What are you asking me about (since you won't engage in the original conversation)
- MichaelZuo 2y agoThis makes even less sense…
- beveldropshadow 2y agoYou really got him good..?