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America not only doesn't have the means, because of the tariffs it can no longer get the means. Manufacturing requires a lot of heavy industrial equipment that - surprise, surprise - isn't made in the US.
But to say that Trump's goal is to move production back to the US is almost giving him too much credit. He doesn't really have a clear idea of what his goal is. Depending on the moment it changes, and the various goals he suggests are all contradictory; each one can only happen without the others. He says he's imposing tariffs to move manufacturing home, but that only works if the tariffs are set to last a long time. But he also says he's making deals, and that only works if the tariffs will be removed as part of the conclusion of the deal. And he says that the tariffs will replace taxes, but that only works if the tariffs are permanent, and imports remain at their current levels rather than manufacturing moving back to the US. For any one of those claims to be true, the other two can't be.
There is no plan here. He just likes the idea of tariffs, because he has only ever understood the world through the lens of power; of dominating or being dominated. Tariffs feel big and muscular, like throwing punches but with money. That's why he wants them. The rest is just excuses. It's really all about his crippling insecurity, and the entire American right being in his thrall.
Audiobookshelf for audiobooks, calibre-web for ebooks. Don't try to get it to get one thing that does both well, you're better off with two solutions that are both better at their respective thing.
Listen, we said it was a training ship, but we never said we trained them well...
Please give this game a try, it really is a lot of fun. They've come up with some really uniwue gameplay that feels unlike anything else out there, and their understanding of the setting is spot on.
Also because cars create a huge number of negative externalities that impose additional costs on society as a whole. Pollution, climate damage, accidents, wear and tear on roads and other infrastructure, increased public transit costs because transit has to contend with traffic, etc. As someone who does drive, I absolutely should be made to pay for those costs.
They don't know. I've talked to Albertans about this, and when you actually ask them what they're mad about, they struggle to answer. They've grown up being taught that everyone else in Canada is fucking over their province, to the point where the actual specifics don't even matter. It's just an article of faith.
So, from what I've read, and you're welcome to correct me if I'm wrong on any of the facts here, your DAO operates using a governance token that can be traded on crypto markets.
If that's the case, those are just grey-market voting shares. All you've done is create a corporation and sell shares, while avoiding all of the legal protections that would be afforded to your shareholders if you actually went through the process of creating a corporation and holding an IPO.
So, based on those facts as I understand them, I guess I'd say I have two problems.
- Voting power decided by buying power is about the most undemocratic system possible short of autocracy.
- Obfuscating the purpose and structure of your organization to either intentionally or unwittingly dodge regulations that would protect your shareholders is not a great look.
Honestly, I'm the idiot here for not immediately assuming this was somehow about attacking trans people.
God I hope they do. It'll be hilarious to watch how quickly all the incels turn on Trump. Not to mention all the married Conservatives who hate their wives.
I got mine from Structube (family owned Canadian business from Montreal), and I've had absolutely no complaints. It's nothing special, but it does the job nicely. Three programmable heights, holds my triple monitor setup without complaints and its smooth enough that I can raise and lower it with a cup of coffee on the desk and not spill.
The "breakthrough" being that in return for Trump scaling back the new US tariffs, China has agreed to scale back their new tariffs.
So America started a fight, realised they couldn't win, and then started begging for a return to status quo. And they're hailing this climb down as a breakthrough.