The Wall Street Journal argued that "someone should sue" the Trump administration over the massive tariffs it has imposed on Mexico and Canada.
      • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
        34·
        28 天前

        Regulation isn’t extreme, it’s setting basic rules everyone has to play by.

        Capitalist propaganda making us think basic rules and regulations are extreme is absolutely extremist rhetoric tho.

      • Rooskie91@discuss.online
        17·
        28 天前

        What the hell are you talking about? They’ve been trying (and succeeding) to deregulate the stock market since the 1960’s. You’ve likely only experienced a deregulated market, so how do you even know what a regulated market it like? Also, we only had the barest minimum regulations to begin with…

        • kbotc@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          28 天前

          Regulatory capture would be my obvious. When businesses use the regulatory body that is supposed to regulate them to destroy any competition by making it so onerous to follow the regulations that unless you set up your business before the regulations were put into place, you can’t hope to enter the market, and then abuse consumers and the environment.

  • nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
    56·
    28 天前

    Congress can revoke his “emergency” powers to do this whenever they want. They won’t though, because most Americans are so out of touch that they don’t know that. The final destination of “I don’t do politics” being the dominant view.

      • nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
        8·
        28 天前

        Being able to disengage from politics and even to consider that disengagement a virtue all the while living a prosperous and mostly safe life is a privilege that Americans have enjoyed. But the result of them steadfastly refusing to even think about who they want at the wheel has finally led to an utter lunatic driving. Theyre still sleepwalking, hoping the don’t need to engage. The shortest path out of this is acute economic pain.

      • stringere@sh.itjust.works
        6·
        28 天前

        My response to that is always the same:
        “Oh, you don’t do/like politics? I get it.
        But do you know who does? Your bank, your landlord, your boss, cops, judges, pretty much anyone with any amount of control over your life.”

    • Tower@lemm.eeEnglish
      10·
      28 天前

      Which has been the point. Politics touches virtually every aspect of life, so getting people to hate politics and disengage makes it that much easier for those with power to fuck everyone over.

  • heavyboots@lemmy.mlEnglish
    27·
    28 天前

    Aren’t these the same rat bastards that assisted him into office by trying to provide “both sides” coverage up until about a month before the election?

    • pdxfed@lemmy.world
      1·
      28 天前

      That and the “businesses want certainty” narrative so they know they’ll get some tax cuts…while blowing up their economy, society, government, currency and hegemony.

      Truly a golden goose moment that Kindergarteners know that those greedy corporate fucks will have to learn, again. The only problem is we have to suffer through their greed for it.