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DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - I was researching exactly that this morning. So, let me make the devil's advocate argument as I understand it, and why the NGO and DC elite class are fighting to hard to keep the current system.
One-way free trade functions economically in the same way open borders do. Yes, both hollow out the domestic working class: manufacturing jobs vanish just as illegal immigration erodes wages and job availability. But in return, cheap goods and services flood in, lowering consumer prices.
These lower prices become the mechanism by which a different kind of economy is built, one optimized for high-level abstraction. Think: professional services, finance, tech, and elite-tier automated manufacturing. The bet is that the U.S. can climb the value chain while letting lower-tier production happen elsewhere.
Tariffs imposed by other countries aren't seen as a threat. In fact, they're framed as "shooting themselves in their foot." Because, these countries are anchoring themselves to low-margin industries, while the U.S. orients toward capital-intensive, post-industrial domains.
This is why globalists aggressively defend the current trade regime. We keep our markets open, even when others don't, because that asymmetry accelerates the shift to a high-abstraction economy.
But the cost is real: it’s a structural wealth transfer from the poor and middle class to the rich, who benefit from global capital flows and the cheap labor and goods that make their post-industrial economy run. It also creates obvious security and defense threats (e.g., our dependency on Taiwan).
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1907908884464914483
DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - Hello Mr. Yang,
This will be short and sweet, because you do a good job of speaking for yourself.
If you were wrong about inflation eventually outweighing the consequences of COVID-19, why should we trust you on tariffs?
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1907952742728859726
Department of Defense @DeptofDefense - NEWS: @US_EUCOM , @USAfricaCommand Leaders Testify on Lethality, Global Deterrence
https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4145268/eucom-africom-leaders-testify-on-lethality-global-deterrence/
https://x.com/DeptofDefense/status/1907765030629544395
Department of Defense @DeptofDefense UPDATE FROM THE FRONTLINES!
@CENTCOM continues its operations against Iran-backed Houthi terrorists, working tirelessly to ensure stability and safety in the region. Our commitment to countering threats and supporting allies remains unwavering.
https://x.com/DeptofDefense/status/1907855624383189365
Department of Government Efficiency @DOGE - Good work by @US_IMLS @Sonderling47 cancelling $25M in wasteful DEI grants for $15M in savings, including:
-$265K for Queens College in New York to research “why BIPOC teens” read Japanese comic books
-$250K to erect “LGBTQ+ historical markers” across Ohio
-$140K for the University of South Carolina to create “safe spaces for LGBTQIA+ individuals” in libraries
-$400K for the University of Tennessee to study “LGBTQ+ library users’ metadata”
-$105K to California Association of Museums to address “systemic racism” in museums
-$6.7M for the California State Library to “enhance equitable library programs”
-$1.5M to Connecticut State Library system to “integrate social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion” into their daily work
https://x.com/DOGE/status/1907811517623324906
Derrick Evans @DerrickEvans4WV - President Trump on DOGE:
"They found something today that is horrible. It is horrible. You will find out very soon. What they found is incredible."
Any ideas as to what they may have found?
https://x.com/DerrickEvans4WV/status/1907931967712301469
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