Professorozone @ Professorozone @lemmy.world

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A tariff is a tax on the country imposing the tariff. The only way it actually hurts the country that the tariff is placed against, is if people stop buying the foreign products. But in the case of a tax on steel or aluminum, that would require people to avoid all products made with foreign steel/aluminum. This is nearly impossible. So it only hurts Australians in this case.

Plus that's not how capitalism works. A real example from Trump's first term was a tariff imposed on washing machines. The tariff made foreign washing machines more expensive than domestic ones. So far, so good. What did American companies do? Raised the price of domestic washing machines to match that of foreign ones in a greedy grab for profits. This meant the incentive to buy American washing machines was nullified. You know what people also buy when they buy a washer in the US? They buy a dryer. So the price of dryers went up as well, even though there was no tariff on those. So in the end all that happened was Americans wound up spending more for washers and dryers. Why would a country want to do that to its own people?

You're screwed no matter what you do. As right wing as Australia has become, I can't believe I'm saying this, but good job Australia.

There are other ways to retaliate. China doesn't mess around. They outright banned certain companies from operating there and denied sales of certain needed elements to the US.

Finally! Someone who gets it.

Should rename it to EDA( Environmental Destruction Agency).

Or Environmental Freedom Force for short.

Grabbing a scanner at the door makes more sense otherwise they would have to be made waterproof since people take and leave their carts outside.

I worked for a company that did a demo using RFID tags. Every item had one and you just walk through a scanner when you're done shopping and it rings everything up instantly.

Every day I watch the news or look at Lemmy or talk to a friend and I hear some horrible new way of creating a distopia I had never considered. It's depressing.

Why the hell did they put a picture of AOC on it? Makes it look like she was the one.

And how do I know there's an anti-cheat?

I'm not sure. I haven't drowned yet. I'll let you know.

Good God man. I just want to play games.

True definition of enshitification.

So that we don't cheat the game?

How can I know? Should I avoid those games?

Thank you for the reply.

Thank you for the explanation. It's kind of what I envisioned. I guess it doesn't apply to me mostly since I haven't played a PvP since rage quitting Overwatch a few years ago. Now I just play cooperative games with a buddy in the UK.

Or does it apply to me?

I'm embarrassed to confess, but I also don't wear a life jacket when I swim. Hell, most of the time I prefer to leave the swim suit behind.

Man I hate to ask this, but what exactly is anti-cheat? I'm guessing it's not self-explanatory or it is but comes with some sort of baggage.

Yeah. I guess I always knew at some level, not that I gave it much thought in the past, that there was a chance fascism could take hold in America. But what surprises me is how friggin stupid they are. How can anyone listen to Trump talk for more than 5 minutes without their bullshit alarm going off.

Well said.

I love the way Trump says it's going to hurt a lot before it gets better.

Why?

LOL. Kind of like clown shoes.

Oh wow, didn't expect and answer. Thanks.