r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 20h ago

California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump Tariffs

https://www.newsweek.com/california-newsom-trade-trump-tariffs-2055414
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u/airemy_lin 20h ago

The stepping stones for American balkanization.

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u/[deleted] 19h ago

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u/schwanzweissfoto 19h ago

Step two…

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u/[deleted] 19h ago

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u/PeppermintButthole 18h ago

I think that American culture is far too deeply entrenched in the MAGA mindset that the only way to truly fix it is for this horrible thing to run its course and end up causing whatever devastation it's gonna cause, because I don't think they'll learn otherwise.

However, I do think that [Removed by Reddit] could only be a positive thing.

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u/BirchSlapper 18h ago

You’d need to [Removed by Reddit] a few steps down the line for any real change.

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u/Rough_Bread8329 Canada 18h ago

What better place than here? What better time than now?

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u/hell2pay California 16h ago

All... Hell.. Can't stop us now!

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u/ohnopoopedpants 17h ago

Doesn't need to be by one character. This is a traitor. This is someone trying to destroy the entire west, because Putin has the golden shower video of him

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u/FLU_COUGH_AND_COLD 15h ago

In 2009 the term “grass mud horse” emerged on the Chinese internet. 

The purpose of the term “grass-mud horse” (草泥马, pronounced “cǎo ní mǎ”)  was to circumvent censorship. It’s a homophone for a vulgar phrase. The “grass-mud horse” is depicted as a mythical alpaca-like creature and has become a symbol of resistance against internet censorship in China.

And here we are today  

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u/Ozymandias0023 Nevada 15h ago

To be fair, talking about [Removed by Reddit] wouldn't be a great idea under any administration. At the very least you're asking for a visit from the Female Body Inspectors

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u/pudding7 19h ago

Yup.  

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u/UpperApe 19h ago

Reddit Admins: "Guys please play nice."

Reddit: "What about the nazis on here?"

Reddit Admins: "Guys please play nice with the nazis on here."

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u/yeaheyeah 17h ago

"The nazis just told me to kill myself, have doxxed me, and are closing in on my position "

Admins: no rules have been broken

Reddit: " I don't like nazis"

Admins: [removed by reddit]

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u/njm123niu 18h ago

I got TWO temporary suspensions for saying derogatory things about Nazis, on different subs no less.

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u/Datdarnpupper United Kingdom 18h ago

I've been banned from most of the UK subreddits for calling out extreme right talking points a little too rudley. Its insane how tightly a small group of people on here control the narrative

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u/SimpleAsEndOf 5h ago

It's insane

I'll take an educated guess. Read the mods' comments and you may find most are extremist zionists, full of hasbara propaganda with lies/paranoia/hate/gaslighting/DARVO/doublespeak/projection/Islamophobia/transphobia etc etc.

And these are the exact same arguments used by Nazis/Fascists/Nationalists/MAGA/ supporters of Bolsanaro/Modi/Orban/Meloni/lePen/Trump/Farage/Milie/Netenyahu etc etc.

It hurts when you put there Fascist ideas down.

If you google the Shared Trump Psychosis article by Scientific American, you can attack them Scientifically/through Psychiatry because Fascists have fallen for 3 right wing media ingredients - Lies and Fear and Hate.

Those lead to Delusions and Paranoias and Anger/Violence.

This combination is called Fascist Psychosis. This applies to Nazis/Zionists/Modi Fascists/MAGA/QANON etc - all of them.

UK modz get angry when they're told the truth. Do they ban ppl for supporting Gaza/against genocide?

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u/Ozymandias0023 Nevada 15h ago

Really? What did you say? So I know I definitely shouldn't go to those same subreddits and say the same thing. And we DEFINITELY shouldn't all go do the same

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u/trueAnnoi 15h ago

Fuck Nazis. The only good one is a dead one. Go out and punch a local Nazi today!!!

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u/binzoma Canada 18h ago

dont forget we all know what side reddits on

they make and sustain the echo chambers

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u/marr 18h ago

I wish you were joking.

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u/viviolay 16h ago

Actually tho, I got a comment removed by Reddit and I can’t even check what it was but I know I didn’t threaten violence. Meanwhile, I report a comment for using the n-word with the hard r and reddit and the mods of the sub said they were using it as an example/wasn’t again the rules.

so yea, fuck Reddit admin

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u/golgol12 17h ago

As much as you don't like someone, don't advocate murder or violence. Be better then that.

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u/UpperApe 17h ago

So you think the only comments being removed are the ones that are advocating murder or violence?

Oh sweetie...

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u/pudding7 17h ago

I got a temp ban for quoting Trump regarding "the 2nd amendment people".

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u/golgol12 17h ago

You should ask yourself why you want to go repeat and imitate such a person.

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u/pudding7 17h ago

Ok, I've asked myself.  Now what?

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u/golgol12 17h ago

Look. I know you dislike what's happening to the country as much as I do. As much as the majority here on reddit.

But imitation their behavior isn't the solution. That just perpetuates it. You don't shit in your neighbors hose because they shit in yours. That just creates shitty houses with shitty neighbors, with you showing you're just as shitty as they are.

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u/UpperApe 16h ago

This is such a funny comment because the alternative is just you having a shitty neighbour and a shitty house lol

You don't sound like someone who thinks things through before you say them.

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u/Oggie_Doggie 17h ago

As much as you don't like someone, don't advocate murder or violence IN DIRECT ACTIONABLE WAYS. IT'S OKAY TO ADVOCATE MURDER AS LONG AS IT IS THROUGH ENDORSED PROCESSES LIKE DENYING HEALTHCARE COVERAGE TO THE POOR.

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u/DocMcsquirtin 17h ago

it is also OKAY TO PLATFORM AND TOLERATE AN IDEOLOGY THAT ADVOCATES FOR THE ERASURE OF CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHICS AND SUPREMACY OF ANOTHER DEMOGRAPHIC AS LONG AS THEY COMMUNICATE IT POLITELY.

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u/Oggie_Doggie 17h ago

That's called PATRIOTISM, SWEATY. lOOK IT UP!

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u/golgol12 17h ago

WTF, you're even worse.

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u/Horror_Yam_9078 18h ago

Last time I posted a real step two I got a 3 day ban, so yeah.

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u/FrankoAleman 18h ago

[ Removed by Reddit ] the rich!

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u/eclectic_tastes Ohio 18h ago

Please refrain from posting anything about the Nintendo extended universe on here. Now back to posting about Elon Musk…

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u/Slitherygnu3 19h ago

Step three: ???

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u/Koraboros 17h ago

I'm sure if there's a post on r/AskReddit that asks "If that person dies today would you celebrate", it would be overwhelming yes.

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u/Anna_Frican 15h ago

So that's who removed Archduke Ferdinand! It was Reddit all along!