The trade wars have begun:

[TheTexan]

Why do you hate freedom?

Why do you love globalism?

 

[Matt Collins]

Why do you love globalism?

If you mean free trade, then it makes everyone wealthier. If you mean global governance, then I obviously don't.

 

[CaptUSA]

If you mean free trade, then it makes everyone wealthier. If you mean global governance, then I obviously don't.

It's really simple...

Trade globally; govern locally.

Somehow, those who decry "globalism" have a hard time understanding there's a difference.

 

[TheTexan]

It's really simple...

Trade globally; govern locally.

Somehow, those who decry "globalism" have a hard time understanding there's a difference.

The problem happens when the trade creates dependencies that impact your ability to govern locally.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Free and open trade is a good thing. NAFTA and other agreements aren't free trade.

Free and open trade doesn't exist and will never exist.
And it would be bad if it did, it would facilitate globalism and the destruction of the middle class in favor of oligarchs.

 

[Swordsmyth]

tariffs will just spike the food prices in US.
No different from Biden's polices

All the same scaremongering happened in Trump's last term, and none of it came true.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Some people must just love the Income tax, there's no other explanation for their rabid reaction to tariffs.

 

[WarriorLiberty]

All the same scaremongering happened in Trump's last term, and none of it came true.

You do remember the GPUs of Video Cards did also rise because of the traffis right?

Unless you want some people to buy a GPU costing 3k or 700USD or 874 Cad...

 

[Swordsmyth]

You do remember the GPUs of Video Cards did also rise because of the traffis right?

Unless you want some people to buy a GPU costing 3k or 700USD or 874 Cad...

Funny, I never ate a CPU, how do they taste?

I buy food all the time, I very rarely need to buy a CPU.

Even CPU prices will come down in the long run.

 

[CCTelander]

Some people must just love the Income tax, there's no other explanation for their rabid reaction to tariffs.

Some people must just love being poked in the left eye, there’s no other explanation for their rabid reaction to being poked in the right eye.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Some people must just love being poked in the left eye, there’s no other explanation for their rabid reaction to being poked in the right eye.

LOL

Tariffs are at worst a mild bump from the guy next to you in line, even if we ignore the good effects they have.

You are just proving my point again.

 

[CCTelander]

LOL

Tariffs are at worst a mild bump from the guy next to you in line, even if we ignore the good effects they have.

You are just proving my point again.

Yawn. You need new writers. Your stuff is getting old and predictable.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Yawn. You need new writers. Your stuff is getting old and predictable.

The truth is old and predictable, that is true.

 

[CCTelander]

The truth is old and predictable, that is true.

Ooga booga. Tariffs good.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Ooga booga. Tariffs good.

You're learning.

 

[nobody's_hero]

You do remember the GPUs of Video Cards did also rise because of the traffis right?

Unless you want some people to buy a GPU costing 3k or 700USD or 874 Cad...

More to do with bitcoin mining, IIRC. People burning up perfectly good cards for 40 cents/day. It was a stupid craze. I had to wait nearly a year to get a new graphics card because there were simply none to be found, and I wasn't going to pay what the scalpers were asking. The demand was there, even with tariffs. The supply wasn't.

(I guess if you got into mining early enough, you made decent money but that's kind of the case with all things bitcoin. It's the latecomers who end up holding the bag. [if it walks, swims, and quacks like a ponzi scheme. . . then it must be a . . . ])

 

[WarriorLiberty]

More to do with bitcoin mining, IIRC. People burning up perfectly good cards for 40 cents/day. It was a stupid craze. I had to wait nearly a year to get a new graphics card because there were simply none to be found, and I wasn't going to pay what the scalpers were asking. The demand was there, even with tariffs. The supply wasn't.

(I guess if you got into mining early enough, you made decent money but that's kind of the case with all things bitcoin. It's the latecomers who end up holding the bag. [if it walks, swims, and quacks like a ponzi scheme. . . then it must be a . . . ])

It wasn't just the data mining.
A 25% will be worse for the consumer
2018
Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods to affect some AMD and Nvidia gaming graphics cards

 

[CCTelander]

You're learning.

Sadly, you are not.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Sadly, you are not.

On the contrary, I have learned, I used to be a minimal tariff guy, but education and experience have taught me the wisdom of aggressive protectionism.

 

[WarriorLiberty]

LOL

Tariffs are at worst a mild bump from the guy next to you in line, even if we ignore the good effects they have.

You are just proving my point again.

If you think Biden polices were bad then these Tariffs polices would be just as bad.


The Tariffs last time didnt just impact the prices on GPUs.. It didnt help the American economy in the way Trump thought it would.