Import tariffs are necessary to protect US quality of life. Our minimum wage and other worker protections make us fundamentally noncompetitive with countries that can exploit slave labor (or something close). Without trade protections, either our workers have to work for peanuts, or our economy will eventually tank. Import tariffs (and the related topic of export subsidies) generally protect our comparatively strong social policy.
Secondly, we aren't the only ones suffering. Our trade policies have utterly destroyed the spread of democracy. If you have a smart phone, it was made by a slave. If you drive a foreign car, the people who built it most likely barely make enough money to survive. Our trade policies promote poverty and class stratification around the world.
At a certain point your posts are indistinguishable from paid shills. When you energetically take the side of ruthless capitalists, people are going to wonder why. Getting paid is the only reason why. If you're doing it for free you're a sucker, Apple pays good money for posts like yours.
Why not? We can completely eliminate the right wingers, something Twitter has a good head start on doing. Imagine an America where the debate is not right vs. left, but where the debate is left vs. fat left. Basically San Francisco but nationwide. Think of the amazing positive changes that would occur.
An angry bicyclist who is highly intolerant of others? And seething with fascism just below the surface? Well I never! If there had only been some clue!
You neither addressed nor refuted any of my arguments or citations. You just used that favorite tool of the Left - whataboutism.
Whataboutism is a propaganda technique first used by the Soviet Union, in its dealings with the Western world.[1] When Cold War criticisms were levelled at the Soviet Union, the response would be "What about..." followed by the naming of an event in the Western world.[2][3] It represents a case of tu quoque (appeal to hypocrisy),[4] a logical fallacy that attempts to discredit the opponent's position by asserting the opponent's failure to act consistently in accordance with that position, without directly refuting or disproving the opponent's initial argument.
Mishandling secret documents is a grave offense, even if nobody broke into the server. Spoiler alert: foreign intelligence agencies were all over it. It was a windows server computer and the program was **Microsoft remote desktop**. No shell requirement to get into her shit. It was that **easy**.
The only reason the Clintons were not frog marched in cuffs for numerous felonies over the years was the swamp and the fact that the elites in both parties have been covering for each other for decades. Ask any active duty military. If they had done what Hillary did with her email server and classified emails, they would be in jail. Just like Reality Winner. Nearly all politicians are crooked, but to try to claim that the Clintons are not outright mobsters is laughable to anyone who has been paying attention. Hell, Bill Clinton straight up raped several women and got away with it.
2016 was the watershed year when the mainstream media finally dropped the mask and came out as full-throated political partisans. They openly supported the most corrupt candidate for President in American history. Their treatment of Trump was unprecedented in its hostility. The media live in an echo chamber where they think that they are loved and adored by the population. They believe they are the final authority on truth and that we, their grateful audience, should believe everything they tell us.
The crimes of the little people are always enthusiastically prosecuted. It's the big people who get away scot free. Reality Winner is in prison while Hillary Clinton is still at large. The same crime, but the laws only apply to the little people.
Jesus, businesses fail all the time. Has nothing to do with idiots. But there's people out there who just thrive on shitting on others and calling them names.
The Left has done a great job stirring up hate without any help from "those dirty foreigners". Did you hear just the other day they mobbed and vandalized a journalist's house while his terrified wife cowered in the pantry? How does this unite us? As for conspiracy theories, you mean the one about how the Democrats rigged the primaries to keep Bernie out? Or the one about how they Democrats ordered the media to cover Trump? And the media obeyed? Those conspiracy theories?
After you have money, other things become important. Status, especially relative status. The ability to harm others with impunity. Being above the law. Many others. Here I think Larry was just trying to demonstrate his high status. Oracle is so big it doesn't need Amazon. The customer is not always right. A big trend these days is firing your customers when they get out of line, the same as you would an employee.
Considering the USA's track record of attacking neutral countries - how many illegal undeclared wars are going out right now? - and China's record of not having any wars since...well the founding of the PRC? Even before then they didn't invade foreign countries. They got royally screwed by the West though. Why are we saying a world under Chinese leadership would be a worse place? The USA is the biggest warmonger and murderer, hands down.
Yeah, because most of the people in prison are white. Gimme a break. This is the rich making us fight with one another. Cletus and Jamal have much more in common with each other than they do the rich. They have the same goals and values. You fanning the flames of race hate just helps to keep is divided.
To obtain more market share? To eliminate a competitor? To allow the executives to be employed for another year? Come on, man, think. Don't just assume everyone but you is a moron.
Since when do the people have any control of Britain? The one time they've tried to change things and voted for Brexit, their rulers were outraged and are attempting to nullify the result. Who in Britain wanted to be overrun by foreigners? They have no control and it's disingenuous to suggest the cameras are their fault.
And if there were no tax breaks, those buildings wouldn't be there in the first place. You prefer bare land? Sheesh, I swear you people can't see past the end of your nose.
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Import tariffs are necessary to protect US quality of life. Our minimum wage and other worker protections make us fundamentally noncompetitive with countries that can exploit slave labor (or something close). Without trade protections, either our workers have to work for peanuts, or our economy will eventually tank. Import tariffs (and the related topic of export subsidies) generally protect our comparatively strong social policy.
Secondly, we aren't the only ones suffering. Our trade policies have utterly destroyed the spread of democracy. If you have a smart phone, it was made by a slave. If you drive a foreign car, the people who built it most likely barely make enough money to survive. Our trade policies promote poverty and class stratification around the world.
At a certain point your posts are indistinguishable from paid shills. When you energetically take the side of ruthless capitalists, people are going to wonder why. Getting paid is the only reason why. If you're doing it for free you're a sucker, Apple pays good money for posts like yours.
Why not? We can completely eliminate the right wingers, something Twitter has a good head start on doing. Imagine an America where the debate is not right vs. left, but where the debate is left vs. fat left. Basically San Francisco but nationwide. Think of the amazing positive changes that would occur.
An angry bicyclist who is highly intolerant of others? And seething with fascism just below the surface? Well I never! If there had only been some clue!
So you obey the law whenever you feel like it? Who are you, Hillary Clinton?
You neither addressed nor refuted any of my arguments or citations. You just used that favorite tool of the Left - whataboutism.
Whataboutism is a propaganda technique first used by the Soviet Union, in its dealings with the Western world.[1] When Cold War criticisms were levelled at the Soviet Union, the response would be "What about..." followed by the naming of an event in the Western world.[2][3] It represents a case of tu quoque (appeal to hypocrisy),[4] a logical fallacy that attempts to discredit the opponent's position by asserting the opponent's failure to act consistently in accordance with that position, without directly refuting or disproving the opponent's initial argument.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
Glenn Thrush, the former senior staff writer at Politico who was outed when a WikiLeaks dump revealed that he ran an article by Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta prior to publishing. He wrote "please don't tell anyone" and "I'm such a hack". His punishment? After the election he was hired as a political correspondent for The New York Times.
Wikileaks detailing how the Democrats are coordinating with the media.
Liberal media listed and named.
This journalist specifically targets the clerk with a verbal tirade that includes multiple remarks about the employee's appearance, her social class and ability to do her job. She made fun of the female clerk's education job, weight and teeth, says she's better than the clerk because she's on TV.
Mishandling secret documents is a grave offense, even if nobody broke into the server. Spoiler alert: foreign intelligence agencies were all over it. It was a windows server computer and the program was **Microsoft remote desktop**. No shell requirement to get into her shit. It was that **easy**.
The only reason the Clintons were not frog marched in cuffs for numerous felonies over the years was the swamp and the fact that the elites in both parties have been covering for each other for decades. Ask any active duty military. If they had done what Hillary did with her email server and classified emails, they would be in jail. Just like Reality Winner. Nearly all politicians are crooked, but to try to claim that the Clintons are not outright mobsters is laughable to anyone who has been paying attention. Hell, Bill Clinton straight up raped several women and got away with it.
2016 was the watershed year when the mainstream media finally dropped the mask and came out as full-throated political partisans. They openly supported the most corrupt candidate for President in American history. Their treatment of Trump was unprecedented in its hostility. The media live in an echo chamber where they think that they are loved and adored by the population. They believe they are the final authority on truth and that we, their grateful audience, should believe everything they tell us.
"The Times completely missed the story, and misled its readers in the process." Source: New York Times.
Wikileaks detailing how the Democrats are coordinating with the media. Organization after organization, CNN, McClatchy, Time, WSJ, the list goes on and on. How do any of these people still have jobs after being exposed like this?
Look at all these respected journalists express surprise, dismay, and a total lack of understanding that Hillary lost. They even admit it: "I genuinely do not understand America."
CBS's John Dickerson: Donald Trump Didn't Ruin the Press's Reputation, We Did That Ourselves
The crimes of the little people are always enthusiastically prosecuted. It's the big people who get away scot free. Reality Winner is in prison while Hillary Clinton is still at large. The same crime, but the laws only apply to the little people.
Jesus, businesses fail all the time. Has nothing to do with idiots. But there's people out there who just thrive on shitting on others and calling them names.
Ever seen a CPU upgrade? Eh, I'm wasting my breath arguing with Apple funded AstroTurf posters.
The Left has done a great job stirring up hate without any help from "those dirty foreigners". Did you hear just the other day they mobbed and vandalized a journalist's house while his terrified wife cowered in the pantry? How does this unite us? As for conspiracy theories, you mean the one about how the Democrats rigged the primaries to keep Bernie out? Or the one about how they Democrats ordered the media to cover Trump? And the media obeyed? Those conspiracy theories?
People have different objectives all the time. That doesn't make them idiots. For someone ignorant of the industry to judge like that is idiocy.
After you have money, other things become important. Status, especially relative status. The ability to harm others with impunity. Being above the law. Many others. Here I think Larry was just trying to demonstrate his high status. Oracle is so big it doesn't need Amazon. The customer is not always right. A big trend these days is firing your customers when they get out of line, the same as you would an employee.
Depends on if you think the Right to Repair is important.
So have we missed May "oops"-ing her way to screwing up negotiations, thus paving the way for a nullifcation?
The little people voted. The people spoke. The rulers are outraged and trying to overturn their decison. It's a revolt of the elites.
Considering the USA's track record of attacking neutral countries - how many illegal undeclared wars are going out right now? - and China's record of not having any wars since...well the founding of the PRC? Even before then they didn't invade foreign countries. They got royally screwed by the West though. Why are we saying a world under Chinese leadership would be a worse place? The USA is the biggest warmonger and murderer, hands down.
Men don't get raped by gay bosses, gimme a break. Sounds like someone's a homophobic misogynist.
Stop calling people idiots because they have different ideas from you.
Yeah, because most of the people in prison are white. Gimme a break. This is the rich making us fight with one another. Cletus and Jamal have much more in common with each other than they do the rich. They have the same goals and values. You fanning the flames of race hate just helps to keep is divided.
To obtain more market share? To eliminate a competitor? To allow the executives to be employed for another year? Come on, man, think. Don't just assume everyone but you is a moron.
Since when do the people have any control of Britain? The one time they've tried to change things and voted for Brexit, their rulers were outraged and are attempting to nullify the result. Who in Britain wanted to be overrun by foreigners? They have no control and it's disingenuous to suggest the cameras are their fault.
And if there were no tax breaks, those buildings wouldn't be there in the first place. You prefer bare land? Sheesh, I swear you people can't see past the end of your nose.
Are you a male feminist? You won't get laid that way, you know. It doesn't work.