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by ericmay 2mo ago
Let's set the framing correctly because I think we're starting off on the wrong foot. The US is not in a desperate need of any product from Canada. Nice to have and super important? Yea. Desperate? No. Not by any stretch of the im
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by ericmay 2mo ago
> 90% of new jobs since 2020 went to people not born in America. That's a passive-aggressive invasion. Do you have a source for this claim?
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Yes but since Canada is also initiating new tariffs (they've had existing ones for specific products and industries already) so anything said here applies to Canada as well. For example Canadian tariffs increase prices and their retali
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Sure that's super fair haha. Good call
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by ericmay 2mo ago
> I think you are reading way too much into that "you" in that sentence. Sure that's fair, but on the other hand that's what was written and the framing I think is unfair and inconsistent. Of course, others may go alo
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by ericmay 2mo ago
> And Canada is taxing you back This seems illogical. You can't simultaneously claim that the US is paying higher prices for Canadian goods because of US-imposed tariffs and then turn around and say only that Americans are paying a
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Right, my understanding is that the US along with most developed countries provide agricultural subsidies and/or tariff agricultural products from other countries or provide other formal or informal trade barriers. Makes sense, in a wa
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Thanks - informative comment. It really seems like Canada is in a tough spot economically. They don't have the scale to compete against, say, China or the United States but they want to protect domestic industries against foreign compe
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Got it, so really Canada has historically instituted protectionist policies to protect certain industries and ensure self-sufficiency for items deemed important to national security/national welfare and the result at least in part is c
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by ericmay 2mo ago
They have battery operated ones! Maybe there's still an option for you there.
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by ericmay 2mo ago
> And if you really wanted... buy washable toilet paper towels. https://www.marleysmonsters.com/collections/toilet-unpaper-a ... I'm simultaneously surprised and not surprised that this exists (we buy washable
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Buy a bidet! I thought this was a fun tidbit: "The US accounts for more than 20% of global tissue consumption despite having only 4% of the world’s population. The average American uses 141 rolls of toilet paper per year, making th
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by ericmay 2mo ago
I don’t think that’s an appropriate use of the term ‘cognitive dissonance’, but suffice to say, no, if the US develops the Golden Dome as currently described there is no danger of all major countries also developing the same technology and
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by ericmay 2mo ago
There's nothing to really bite on here - the OP said Elon Musk put us "in this situation" - I'm still looking for a definition or answer on what exactly this situation is. Is it a situation in which Trump is simply presi
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Ok. The OP wrote: > You're being down-voted (and so shall I) but I think you're right. Despite all the animosity towards him, Musk is doing things that are economically meaningful for our nation. In the context of the US buildi
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Please read the thread for context.
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by ericmay 2mo ago
I'm not sure what situation we're in (can someone describe it please?), but did that situation only start the day Trump took office again after being elected by the American people?
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by ericmay 2mo ago
No it won't. Separately other countries don't get to dictate our internal policies or whether we decide to build any sort of missile defense system. If we're going to be nuked over it, then oh well they'll get nuked too.
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Which situation did Elon Musk put us in to? Can you elaborate? When did this situation start? What happened? What did he personally do that put us in the situation?
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by ericmay 2mo ago
> Broader angle › piece also covers AI's growing role on the offensive side of cybersecurity, and the US scaling back international cyber-cooperation efforts through 2025–2026 I was wondering how they would find a way to blame the
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by ericmay 2mo ago
They’re not uncommon but in my experience you tend to find them more in tourist areas with high foot traffic or if there are a lot of homeless people or something along those lines.
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by ericmay 2mo ago
I was just browsing comments and read yours and thought it prudent for others to realize what they were dealing with when it came to flat earth theorists so that they protect their time. I’ve probably at this point already saved dozens of s
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Is the keyword customers though? In other words you’ve got to spend money to use the toilet? In America I can walk in to a restaurant, even a nicer one and ask to use the bathroom and very likely would be shown strait to it. It’s not 100% o
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by ericmay 2mo ago
I’ll do you one better, you shouldn’t even spend any time engaging in a debate with people who believe the earth is flat because they don’t want to change their mind. It doesn’t really matter if the earth is flat or not, for them it’s about
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by ericmay 2mo ago
That’s really interesting. Thanks for sharing. I’m a big fan of clothing and architecture that are appropriate/historic for a given country or area. It’s unfortunate we’ve standardized on 5-over-1s and graphic t-shirts with sweatpants&
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Well, that solidarity I think you are taking for granted and of course a lot of the disagreements don’t quite make global news unlike any time Trump eats a booger someone in the international media is blowing up over it. But the EU was a ve
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by ericmay 2mo ago
> not...really a solid argument for how well they would combine, It makes it easier. As a hypothetical you can imagine a pre-EU European continent for example, empire, colonies, and more. It would be much more difficult to get those coun
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by ericmay 2mo ago
I'm not European (not that this matters anyway) - and the three languages I mentioned were Spanish, English, and Portuguese just because those are the primary languages spoken across the hemisphere. In Europe a lot of people speak Engl
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Add in the function of the senate and the ongoing public perception of it, and as/if the senate is neutered by populist parties (MAGA/DSA) as they intend to also do with the courts, the argument that the states are sovereign (and
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Yes, yes really. No I don't believe there's some color filter south of the border - that's your baggage/perception of Mexico/Central America. > Do you think Mexico looks in the eyes of half the central American c

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