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“people who disagree with me must do it because they are stupid and/or manipulated” It’s true on its surface - most people don’t know about economics, across a
by groundzeros2015 10mo ago
“people who disagree with me must do it because they are stupid and/or manipulated”
It’s true on its surface - most people don’t know about economics, across all political spectrums, and so rely on leaders (which I thought is what liberalism advocates for?).
It’s not a helpful model if you want to understand what’s going on. So then the interesting parts to explore are the reasons they want to believe it, and the reasons given by the educated economists who also support the position
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 10mo agoLet's keep in mind that a tariff is, by definition, a tax that is paid by an importer to their own government for importing some good. > the educated economists who also support the position > the tariffs are something other countries are paying the US I'm quite sure the provided definition of a tariff is accurate. Given that, who are these economists and what are the reasons they give for supporting this belief that the exporters (other countries) pay the tariff?
- groundzeros2015 10mo agoIs your position that nobody educated in economics would ever support a tariff? edit: in the context of giving good economic advice.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 10mo agoMy position is that nobody educated in economics would believe that a tariff is something exporters from other countries pay the government of the importer's country.
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- overfeed 10mo ago> if you want to understand what’s going on Funny how the in-depth analysis of motivations is strictly in one direction, ratcheting the Overton window forever rightward. On one hand we had mountains of articles about "economic anxiety" & "The MAGA next door" in 2016. On the flip side is "Fuck your feelings" and never a "humanizing, fish out of water" longform article about the life of a Democratic Socialist in a small Texas town after Biden 2020.
- groundzeros2015 10mo agoI disagree with your perceptions about media bias. I’m not telling you it’s a moral obligation to understand. It’s in your interest.
- overfeed 10mo ago> It’s in your interest Explain. Hopefully with details on how that tactic was utilized by the most politically effective group in the US in the past 50 years - the Heritage Foundation.