Comment by lysace
8 days ago
There is no logic to it. It's just the US going insane and Americans nodding along.
https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/04/02/no-vat-isnt-a-tariff-but...
https://iccwbo.org/news-publications/news/are-value-added-ta...
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/31/as-trump-reciprocal-tariffs-...
etc, etc.
The only reasonable reply as a consumer and/or cloud-service purchaser: Economic wide-scale boycott of the US.
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I am not from the US but calling out a specific race, besides a specific gender, seems really messed up. You know, just swapping the races you don't like doesn't make you not a racist. Can't you guys get past the "race" issue, please?
> calling out a specific race, besides a specific gender, seems really messed up
One of the bright notes of the last few elections has been the racial depolarisation of politics in America.
That said, we’re not in the endgame. You can still predict partisan (and subpartisan) affiliation by race plus one or two factors. Which is why we poll on that basis. In this case, there is one demographic that provides MAGA economic policies with oxygen. It falls along a specific race, gender and education axis—I don’t think it’s inappropriate to comment on that.
> just swapping the races you don't like doesn't make you not a racist
Sure. I don’t see how pointing out what a specific demographic did (qualified with a partisan lens) is derogatory.
They're supported by every person who isn't taking action to stop it.
Should we be going to the capital with guns or...?
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Half the voting population voted for Trump. Twice. You can't really paint it as a fringe minority.
Oh, I’m not letting them off the hook. I’m just saying that these policies are broadly unpopular outside a specific slice of the Republican Party. That’s relevant to lawmakers wondering about their job security in 2026.
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My elderly next door neighbor told me she voted for Trump because she thought that's what her (now passed away) husband would have wanted.