For years, Mackeys Ferry Sawmill in North Carolina depended on overseas buyers in China and Vietnam after domestic demand for premium hardwood declined. But when President Donald Trump launched his escalating trade war, the mill’s owners say the damage was immediate and ultimately irreversible. By July—just months after Trump declared his “Liberation Day” tariffs—they made the decision to shut the…
  • egerlach@lemmy.caEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Wilson expressed deep regret about parts of his vote. “There are some things I regret about voting for President Trump? Yes, a hundred percent. Trade policy is one of them… I wish it hadn’t have turned out that way.” Even so, he said given the choices on the ballot, he still would have voted for Trump—reflecting a dilemma felt by many in rural America.

    And there you go. “The other stuff” is more important than their own business. I’m willing to forgive a certain amount of being on the wrong side of history once they’ve seen the consequences of their actions, decided that they were wrong, and started the work to repair. But double down? Now you’re saying you actually want this.

    • frazw@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      12 days ago

      It is brain washing. They have been convinced that Democrats are so much worse for so long that they think of they had voted another way, somehow they would be having an even harder time.

      It has become a matter of faith not logic. This is just a test of their faith and it will all come good in the end.

  • ChicoSuave@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 days ago

    There’s something weird about seeing people saying they would vote for Trump again despite this one sliver of action that cost them everything. These folks are mad at something and it’s not specifically red or blue in the conventional sense. It feels like there is social pushback against something we all feel. A pressure put upon each of us.

    It’s not specifically capitalism. It’s how no one has any influence on the output of what happens except the most despicable individuals, like CEOs and politicians. A lot of people are being ignored and it’s making everyone mad enough to vote erratically for whoever speaks the same level of angry as them.

    Fuck institutions. They never listened anyway but now they don’t work with society as the focal point. Money has taken over as the motivation instead of improving things for the next generation.

    • Salamanderwizard@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      13 days ago

      Huh. Well put. Now it’s got me thinking, more folks are becoming cruel because they see those bad folks getting what they want. Monkey see Monkey do, right? It’s hard when you struggle every day just to make it. Only to see someone who has no morals living in security.