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Trump is why America can't have nice things
Americans are why Americans can't have nice things.
The root cause is a profound anti-intellectual bent.
Fascist bents, I'd say.
Knowing the definition of “fascist” is too intellectual for 90% of America.
his obssesion with tariffs is one of his identities.
Tariffs and underage girls
Ya know, I just had a $100 part shipped to me from the US to French Polynesia through a broker I paid. Package is delivered by DHL and customs sits on it for 10 days. Then they charge me a "tax" equal to 100% and they included the shipping price I paid in the calculation.
If it's okay for other countries to charge this BS, the US should be able to as well.
Oh, and don't even think about over staying your visa in FP!
Things have gotten so bad that we're having to find tiny island clusters in the South Pacific to compare the US to in order to make their import logistics seem reasonable.
I don't even disagree that there's plenty of other countries that make importing a pain, but the free market was supposed to be the US's whole thing. Like, the US can't even America properly any more.
That's because other countries have the systems in place to handle the additional charges, but the US suddenly demands money for a package but doesn't have the systems in place to handle anything for this. No paperwork, no procedures, no amounts list, no account number. At this point all other countries are just waiting for the US to gets it shit sorted out so they can actually pay.
And will you continue to do that for the next item? No. And if you can't find a local supplier, you'll stop doing that business. It hurts the economy. And this is what will happen in the U.S.
Nazi Germany gassed people in death camps. Therefore everyone should do the same thing.
(Please tell me how this logic is any different than yours?)
My dude, this is technically correct but a bad metaphor; there's a lot of important differences between death camps and postal bans that make the comparison absurd.