The actual quote with context

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• JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What quote? Who was saying it without context? Why does the context make it better? These are all important questions.

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• shartworx@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Thanks. Now that I know the context, nothing changes.

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• PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Why use that rhetoric in the first place?

  The fact that bloodbaths and automobiles are unlikely to be together (either in a sentence or in real life) strongly suggests a very totalizing and aggressive view of issue that affects everything.

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  • jimbolauski@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Be careful you can get a cramp from reaching that far.

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    • PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Can you explain how it’s a reach?

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• ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  No idea what you’re giving context to, but I find the quote interesting. A core principle of capitalism is competition. Competition is what breeds ingenuity, advancement, and lower costs. Imposing tariffs to keep competition out should have the opposite effect. Say you’re the CEO of Ford, and you just heard your main competition has raised their prices by 100%. What would you do? You’d also raise your prices by 100% and reap massive profits.

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  • Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Except that Dodge, Chevy, and Tesla all exist. Plus anyone who manufacturers here, like Toyota.

    This is just keeping American factories open.

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  • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That makes zero sense. The other car companies would keep their prices the same and ford would go out of business.

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