US Politics on Sidechat | When I speak to my parents abt tariffs historically not bringing jobs back to the US, why am I met with “well, we’ll see.” Like we already saw?? Why do u need to repeat history to realize that this shit doesn’t work

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When I speak to my parents abt tariffs historically not bringing jobs back to the US, why am I met with “well, we’ll see.” Like we already saw?? Why do u need to repeat history to realize that this shit doesn’t work

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Anonymous 4w

I heard the EXACT same shit when talking about intervention in Venezuela. It’s their default response when they know they’re wrong via historical precedent, but don’t want to acknowledge it because the metaphorical shit hasn’t hit the fan blades yet

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Anonymous 4w

Tariffs and trade barriers work for safeguarding domestic industry so it can develop, it worked for China

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Anonymous

#2 4w

The way Trump is doing it is dumb and pointless, but that doesn’t invalidate the entire toolset

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Anonymous

#1 4w

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