President Donald Trump on Wednesday acknowledged that his tariffs could result in fewer and costlier products in the United States, saying American kids might “have two dolls instead of 30 dolls,” but he insisted China will suffer more from his trade war.
Even if this were true, a policy that hurts everyone isn’t sucessful just because someone else suffers more than you.
It is for Republicans
It wouldn’t even be a pyrrhic victory. It would just be mutual suffering.
When your worldview is completely transactional, and you believe that literally everything is zero-sum, then you do view that as successful.
But everybody suffering isn’t zero-sum. It’s net negative.
No, see, you start with the assumption that everything is zero-sum, then you look at the other guy to see suffering and conclude that you must therefore be winning.
If your whole policy is to own the libs, it kind of is.
It’s called a Russian victory.
Isn’t this the whole ideology of the US. Always kick downwards?
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Consumers in both countries, as it always is with tariffs.
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Hmm, good point. US consumers it is, then.
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Its extremely arrogant to expect china to stop production, just because USA stops trading with them
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can you elaborate on what you mean with this?