I'm an imaginative guy and even I'm running out of ways of imagining why people support this orange cretin. The only thing I can surmise is that they love how he's destroying everything "the dems" built and/or "the dems" care about. It's all about "sticking it to them dems" and nothing more. Hell, some of them have essentially said as much in some comment sections online.
Furthermore, I think most Trumpers are too damn stupid to understand the economic implications of this shutdown. They must think we get very little from Mexico or something. Some of them have even said: "So, what? We'll just manufacture more stuff here in the US like we should!". THAT is the one that gets me the most. These buffoons don't even seem to realize two key problems with that mentality: 1. We're NOT manufacturing those things here and 2. The cost would be prohibitive, which is why we're outsourcing. It's also why the prices are as low as they are in stores. Prices would skyrocket without that trade stream.
It's our own country's fault. We pigeon-holed ourselves with all this outsourcing and now we're at a point where we're so reliant that, if we were to pull out so suddenly, we'd collapse economically. His supporters don't get that, though. They think this can all be changed with a flick of a switch.
Furthermore, Trumpers have displayed their ignorance on this subject by saying things like: "I don't care if I have to pay more--I just want more American-produced products". Idiots. They say that now because they're not living through the nightmare (yet) that would ensue if Orange Julius Caesar were to pull the plug on Mexican trade.
My GOD, they're fcking stupid. It's almost incomprehensible how stupid Trumpers can be.
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6 years ago
These buffoons don't even seem to realize two key problems with that mentality: 1. We're NOT manufacturing those things here and 2. The cost would be prohibitive, which is why we're outsourcing. It's also why the prices are as low as they are in stores. Prices would skyrocket without that trade stream.
well , tbh , people should be able to make their own shit, the only problrm is we/they/whoever arnt right now so it would be a bumpy change over period.
" 1. We're NOT manufacturing those things here" - yes , well maybe you should.
" 2. The cost would be prohibitive, which is why we're outsourcing.. "
I read that as "If we wernt exploiting the third world , and basically making them our slaves , we would have to pay a fair price for our shit."
I'm not getting at the USA here , that applies to all western countries.
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dteam6 (5073)
6 years ago
*Sigh*
Seems like I always to spell everything out for people. My POINT is that it is FOOLISH to just shut down a massive trade resource without being prepared. Yes, we SHOULD be manufacturing here...but we aren't. It make NO rational sense to just destroy a trade pact without a viable backup. Would you quit a job without equitable backup or another job lined up? Same reasoning here.
It frightens me how so many people aren't grasping this rudimentary concept.
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6 years ago
"My POINT is that it is FOOLISH to just shut down a massive trade resource without being prepared"
yes , no argument there
Its possibly about to happen to us in the UK as we crash out of the European Union without a trade arrangement , if something isnt sorted in the next 10 days!
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