• nivenkos@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Tariffs make us all poorer in the long run. Did we learn nothing in the 20th century?

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      1 year ago

      Tariffs make us all poorer in the long run. Did we learn nothing in the 20th century?

      A bold statement without any economic or political context. It is Tthngs like that which make the foundation of misinformation and disinformation imo, and, in that case, play into the hands of Chinese disinformation campaigns.

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      1 year ago

      One of the lessons we are learning the hardest way possible is that moving all your industrial base over seas to a country with autocratic tendencies makes you dependent on them, while also removing skill and knoedge from your country resulting in long term risk and damage.

      Capital moves easily, supply lines do not. The 0 covid policy showed that this dependence on only china is dangerous for companies. And since companies are generally risk averse they will start spreading across more countries.