> Its funny how little US citizens know about this

Is it really? It sounds like you're implying it's some kind of woeful ignorance, but I say it's perfectly reasonable:

1. Each US state is already in a open-borders zero-tariff framework with all other states, which covers a very large portion of what people purchase.

2. Until recently, most individual consumers didn't need to think about tariffs on international goods, since most purchases were <$800 and covered by the de minimis rule. (Which AFAICT was in place for ~80 years.)

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15155 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> AFAICT was in place for ~80 years

Sure, but it wasn't $800 for 80 years: the $800 change happened in 2016... the threshold was $200 from 2016-1994, starting at $1 (and tapering up) in 1938.

	▲	Terr_ 21 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		So it looks like there are 4 distinct spans in the past [0] where a nominal value kept getting decayed by inflation. To put them here with inflation-adjusted 2025 dollars in parens: * 1938 to 1977: $1 ($22 -> $5.43) * 1978 to 1992: $5 ($25 -> $11.50) * 1993 to 2014: $200 ($446 -> $272) * 2015 to 2025: $800 ($1087 -> $800) * 2026 to ????: $0 ($0 -> $0) The point I'd like to make from this is that Americans under 50 weren't adults-with-money in time to ever encounter those older more-restrictive spans. If you're under 28, the highest-exemption is the only situation they've ever known until now. [0] https://www.brookings.edu/articles/small-parcels-big-problem...

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chrneu 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's funny cuz it's another sign of american privilege which the rest of the world finds hilariously ignorant.

i'm an american and find it really funny how americans can't seem to navigate a system the rest of the world does regularly. This is a great example of how stupid americans can be without realizing it, lol.

The rest of the world laughs at us while we act like we're superior. it's funny as hell dude.

american pride/ego is hilariously stupid.