• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    the USA will import nothing in the next few years.

    I don’t think its going to take very long for tariffs to bite American consumers. A month ago I bought a $1000 technology item that is manufactured in China. I see that same item’s price has raised to $1200 in the last week or so. This was an item ordered from online, so its possible they didn’t have a large inventory onshore in the USA.

    There are bricks and mortar retailers that have weeks or months of inventory warehoused in the USA just as part of their normal supply chain. However without replenishment, popular items will sell out and simply not be stocked again because the tariff affected margins will price out consumers for many of those goods. I’d say if these tariffs stay as they are (or get worse) our retailers are going to have lots of empty shelves in 3 months.

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      6 days ago

      We saw what happened with toilet paper in 2020 and said “wouldn’t it be great if everything could be like this? At least we wouldn’t have a black lady as President!”.

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            6 days ago

            America is sexist.

            The south is so unimaginably and violently racist it almost makes their insane sexism seem petty in comparison.

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              6 days ago

              It’s the other way round IMO. It’s incredibly racist but the misogyny is even more. I have lived and traveled in US and the racism exists outside of major cities but misogyny is universal. Even in liberal cities you can be sexist in the open, in the hiring practices etc.

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      6 days ago

      Can you link the item I just wanna see it for myself so I can show idiot trumpers proof