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> Lobbying for exemptions Tariffs right now exist to as a way to favor particular businesses and choose winners and losers. Authoritarians reward loyalty and
by hayst4ck 2y ago
> Lobbying for exemptions
Tariffs right now exist to as a way to favor particular businesses and choose winners and losers.
Authoritarians reward loyalty and punish dissent. Under authoritarian regimes law is not a limit but a tool or a means.
These tariff's exist to cause chaos which causes wealth centralization, but they also exist to reward loyal businesses and allow them to out compete any of their ethical competitors who might stand against the authoritarian.
- m463 2y agoWouldn't US-based businesses be the ethical competitors? I think of schiit inc which works hard to make everything in the US, or the apple mac pro made in texas https://www.schiit.com https://www.schiit.com
- itishappy 2y agoThe implication is that some US companies receive preferential treatment on political grounds vs other US companies, not vs external ones: > A 2024 study found companies that made substantial investments in connections to Republicans before and during the first Trump administration were more likely to secure tariff exemptions, while the reverse was true of those who contributed to Democrats.