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Suspension of the de minimis administrative exemption for imports $800 or less

161 points · 154 comments · burnt-resistor

  1. mcmcmc · · focus · HN ↗
    It truly boggles the mind how Trump managed to sell tariffs as anything other than a tax on American consumers
    1. toomuchtodo · · focus · HN ↗

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      1. underlipton · · focus · HN ↗
        Oh, FFS. You're conflating capability with inclination. Trump supporters are not unintelligent; they have made a choice (conscious or not) to indulge their fears and hubris over making an informed decision. "They believe whatever they feel is truth and vote their vibes accordingly," is correct, but they act this way not because they're incapable of thinking critically, but because they allow a milieu of entitlement, fear, righteous indignation, and misplaced hope to drive them towards easy answers. "Why?" is complex, but it's still unacceptable, regardless.

        I have a problem with "Trump voters are idiots" because it lets them off the hook. They need to be held accountable, helped where their grievances are real, and pushed to reconcile their feelings with the facts.

        1. toomuchtodo · · focus · HN ↗
          > but they act this way not because they're incapable of thinking critically, but because they allow a milieu of entitlement, fear, righteous indignation, and misplaced hope to drive them towards easy answers

          My brother in Christ, re read the sentence you wrote. That is quite literally the inability to critically think.

          1. csoups14 · · focus · HN ↗
            An inability to think critically is not the same thing as a lack of critical thinking in a specific context. Would you agree that you think critically in some contexts and make emotion-driven decisions in others? I know I do, as much as I try to apply critical thinking universally.
            1. toomuchtodo · · focus · HN ↗
              No. I make almost every decision from a place of hyper rational logic and reason, partly from my professional experience in risk management, and partly because I take pharmaceuticals that have a side effect of quelling any emotional response. I cannot make an emotional decision because I don’t feel emotion driven. It’s delightful if I’m being honest.

              Certainly, I understand why the emotion drive humans do emotion driven things. I do not.

              1. pirates · · focus · HN ↗
                you might think you do this, that you have 100% control over your logic and feelings, but everyone knows that it isn’t true.
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