Even if it were a tax paid by foreign companies, what difference does it make? They would just increase the prices the goods are sold at.

So, lets say, a smartphone that is priced at $1000:

With the 20% tariff in place:

If the Chinese conpanies pay the $200 per device, they just sell each phone at $1200 to the US importer.

If the US importers pay the $200 per device, similarily, they would tack on the $200 (on top of the usual markups), making it $1200 per phone.

There is zero difference, the end consumer always foots the bill.

This is so simple to understand, how are people this stupid

Balloons are aircraft

What’s long covid like?

Because I’m not sure if my symtoms are depression or long covid

Bring duct tape and a few friends.

Article 31 of the UN Declaration of human rights says: If any aircraft passenser should become a Karen, it is the right and duty of other passengers to duct tape them to their seats.

(Okay that doesn’t exist, but should be)

aircraft are still the sfest way to fly

So there are non-aircrafts that can fly? 🤔

Have you criticized a Boeing Executive recently? 👀

Nah.

Reality seems to have a fascism-bootlicking bias. gestures at the election results around the world

Talk to people irl and you’ll soon realize how scary this planet is.

Bruh, they think I’m useless because I have depression, and they are already threatening to leave zero inheritance if I don’t “snap out of it”. Gee thanks mom, wonder where the depression came from.

Also, idk where you got that metric thing from, their only rubric is “useful” or “human trash”. In China where I was from, they literally do not have a law like the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), they treat people that have health conditions horribly. I’d rather use the imperial system if at least it means I’m not treated like shit (even though recent politics is starting to get shitty).

They just say "You won’t need these (referring to inheretance), you can just get disability income.

Like… did they not pay attention to the news? The US government is declaring war on people with mental health issues.

They are literally just going with the government narrative whereever they are. To them, it’s “work hard or else your a burden on society” and “medicine is for the weak” or some bs

No wonder why PRC is like that. Everyone in government thinks like my parents.

Its the same with American conservatism

Conservatives ruin everything and have zero sympathy. (CCP is conservative if we’re being honest, there is zero “socialism” lol)

(sorry for the rant, feeling very suicidal rn)

Fear of ending up in Guantanamo and getting tortured. (I’m American)

You’re a good parent.

Unlike my parents who are just shitty and would feel relieved if I kms right now.

Are we SLAMming quantum computers now?

Fennec is maintained by Mozilla

Great app also maintained by Mozilla

(wait, don’t tell me y’all don’t know lol)

This is the Bad Place

Pot Calling Kettle… etc… 🤣

The smart criminals never get caught…

That’s why you only hear about the dumb ones

I’m the “9” of the 90-9-1 rule (aka: mostly comments)

hope that counts 👀

I’m also pro 2nd Amendment, but I’m not a stupid single issue voter, democracy is more important than guns lol.

Also, when the fuck was trump ever “pro 2nd amendment”

Remember: “Take their guns first, due process later”

Why do right-wingers think this guy is “pro 2nd amendment”? 🤣

Idk man, the universe is an algorithm.

Everything I did, am doing, and will do, are all part of the algorithm. I have no control. Free will is a lie. Even the act of me typing this comment, is not of my free will. The neurons are making me do it. AH FUCK STOOOOP IT YE FUCKING NEURONS, BAD NEURONS…

Everything is fine, I have free will, disregard everything above, that’s the other half of the brain in this body that’s being weird.

THERE IS NO FREE WILL

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

You did not choose Lemmy. Lemmy chose you! Accept your fate. Accept Determinism.

For the US, its not just shipping, but also an import fee on top of that, since the De Minimis rule just got overturned by the trump administration.