r/ABoringDystopia • u/bzmaker • 1d ago

Ronald Reagan on Tariffs. Thoughts?

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u/Dapoopers 1d ago

I hate it when the devil makes a solid point.

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u/kurotech 1d ago

More like the devil put the policy in place to allow for the torture of everyone then said if you do torture everyone your bad but I won't stop you

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u/Tinder4Boomers 1d ago

My thoughts are: fuck Ronald Reagan. May he rot in hell for all eternity

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u/DrStrangererer 1d ago

Ronald (6) Wilson (6) Reagan (6) 666

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u/cocoon_eclosion_moth 1d ago

Donald (6) Jonald (6) Drumpf (6) 666

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u/Wiitard 1d ago

Devastating moment when someone you despise says one thing you agree with.

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u/JackTheKing 1d ago

That's what happens when a bigger evil arises. It gets easier to unite the assholes.

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u/indica_bones 1d ago

I never thought I’d see the day when I agreed with Reagan.

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u/Competition-Dapper 1d ago

Even his presidential hero gets it…someone make him rewatch Ferris Bueller please

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u/PartisanGerm 1d ago

He's right for the wrong reasons. Competition does NOT breed ingenuity and invention. Not everything gets treated like NASA in the space race, or sports teams, or whatever.

The market gets balanced by cost vs. perceived value. So cutting costs (exploitation and corner cutting) works just as much to a corporate mind as making something better, except making something better is somehow riskier.

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u/DeLoreanAirlines 1d ago

Fuck Reagan with a rusty spoon

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u/Miyagisans 1d ago

My thoughts are fuck Reagan who did not give a single fu** about American jobs. He just wanted to keep manufacturing costs low for his buddies so they could maximize profits. Ironically, if there was a time when tariffs could have effectively encouraged manufacturing/production to return to the US, it would have been at that time, before global supply chains became so entrenched. Now, it is a losing battle.

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u/Tiny-Wheel5561 1d ago

Seeing MAGA calling neoliberal talking points AI is quite the sight.

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u/CoolTomatoh 1d ago

Does the word Duh mean anything?

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u/Tweed_Kills 1d ago

This is like how Ayn Rand was pro choice, or how Reagan had amnesties for illegal immigrants, or how the Bible says it's easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. The right wing fully ignores that shit.

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u/finch5 1d ago

How about this guys teenage hairline, eh?

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u/Werdproblems 1d ago

As an American Liberal I love Ronald Reagan and hate Donald Trump. I'd have a beer with Obama and Jimmy Carter is in Heaven. The Bushes tried their best despite being a little goofy, and Bill Clinton is the most normal. However, I hold deep double standards about all their children

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u/theghostofmrmxyzptlk 1d ago

Why do you love Ronald Reagan?

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u/showmustgo 1d ago

Too on the nose