▲ | GardenLetter27 a day ago | |||||||
This is why I hate tariffs and extreme regulations so much. My Xiaomi vacuum cleaner is the best I've ever owned, but I can't purchase their electric car, and even if I could - it'd cost an extra 40% or so just on the tariffs. We need a free market with open competition. The best guarantor of rights is having the option to walk away and choose a different provider - in employment, and in services / retail purchases, etc. | ||||||||
▲ | toomuchtodo a day ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
Would you be willing to share a link to that vacuum cleaner? I would like to leave Dyson behind forever. | ||||||||
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▲ | throwacct a day ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
"Free market with open competition" works when countries play fair. China doesn't play fair. What you propose is to decimate the car industry (your example) and be dependent on foreign actors. Extrapolate that to every industry, and now you have a shell of a country. Late-stage capitalism is equally bad as a "free-for-all" market. |