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>I find it mildly amusing that there are so many people claiming that it's 100% on one side or other, when it's trivially easy to see why that can't be GUARANTE
by vasco 1y ago
>I find it mildly amusing that there are so many people claiming that it's 100% on one side or other, when it's trivially easy to see why that can't be GUARANTEED TO BE the case.
To be fair most people on one side think they know better than Adam Smith and the people on the other side usually never opened a book, so it's a tough bargain.
- mlrtime 1y agoOne way 100% to get people to see your viewpoint is to insult them. Which side are you talking about?
- vasco 1y agoIf you read carefully you'll notice I did both sides.
- jibal 1y agoI noticed that what you wrote was neither true nor fair.
- vasco 1y agoThat's like, your opinion, man.
- exe34 1y agoI assume you have citations you are holding off on for dramatic effect?
- vasco 1y agoPeople can just say things, it's not all a big plot.
- exe34 1y agoWell yes, I too can pull stuff out of my ass, but I wouldn't usually then call people talking about reality "but that's like your opinion man".
- vasco 1y agoWould it have been better if I had asked for sources instead? How backed up was the talking about reality? What you agree with is reality and what you don't is out of people's ass when everyone was just sharing opinions!
- exe34 1y agoIt's pretty clear who pays the tariffs. the buyer pays the manufacturer. the manufacturer ships the product. the product gets held in customs until the buyer pays the tariff.
- exe34 1y agoI assume the left know more than Adam Smith, given his ideas have been tried for few hundred years, while the right can't read
- corimaith 1y agoThe underlying motivations regarding trade imbalances are Keynes' works. If you go back to Bretton Woods you'd find actually alot more support.
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