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  • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldtosolarpunk memes@slrpnk.netNo tariffs...
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    1 day ago

    I feel like this could easily devolve into a circular debate. I see you as on the side of “technically correct”, while I’m looking at it from an “all roads lead to Rome” aspect.

    Regardless, the end result is the same: people like me and you are the ones who are paying higher prices.







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    2 days ago

    99% of the time you’re not the one doing the importing anyway so you don’t actually pay the tariff but the company you’re buying from will, and will almost certainly increase the price to make up for the higher cost to supply.

    This is a contradiction. Yes, the end consumer may not be directly be responsible for paying the tariffs, but we’re still paying it when a company passes on the costs to us.



  • This. I’ve been feeling shitty this past week, and there was a woman at the grocery store who made sure to tell me to have a wonderful rest of my day, simply because I moved a shopping cart out of her way (she was in one of those motorized carts I assume because she probably has a hard time walking). It was like a light switch on my mood.

    That is to say, we need more people like that lady, who genuinely want people to have a good day and unknowingly make people feel better for just being nice.