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Trump demands 25% tariff on any iPhone not made in the US
The problem is they are not breaking rules, just saying weird stuff that comes off cultish. Can't just ban them.williamlondon said:
Or you could, since you do have this power, delete their posts and ban their accounts. Just a suggestion.Wesley_Hilliard said:Don't feed the trolls because at this point that's all I can assume they are. Dislike the post. Ignore the poster. Move on. Attention gives them power. Flag posts that violate the rules and move on.
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It's still cheaper to import iPhones with 25% tariffs, than assemble in the US
I understand the sentiment, but there's an issue. An iPhone made in China/India is going to cost what it does today, let's say $1,000. That same device made in the United States would easily be $5,000, if not more. It's actually impossible to predict the price because of the untold challenges involved in trying to make it happen.22july2013 said:Given a choice between two identical products (like iPhones, forks, or cashew nuts) where one says "Made in X," where X is a dictatorship, and the other says "Made in Y," where Y is a democracy, I would pay for the one made in Y, even if it's at a much higher price. I realize not many people care about human rights or the environment like I do. I haven't met a single person who shares my values and would buy the higher priced item.
The most feasible way to build an iPhone in the US is to invent a time machine and take control of the global economy in a way that would ensure the US never passes manufacturing to foreign entities.
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Trump demands 25% tariff on any iPhone not made in the US
Don't feed the trolls because at this point that's all I can assume they are. Dislike the post. Ignore the poster. Move on. Attention gives them power. Flag posts that violate the rules and move on.
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Trump demands 25% tariff on any iPhone not made in the US
Oh, we crossed the literal definition around January 20th with the signing of dozens of executive orders. Now whether anyone wants to admit it is a whole different discussion.StationGrey said:
Indeed. The question my friends and I in the UK ask, is at what point is the US technically a dictatorship?jmoore5196 said:Extortion? Backtracking? Did no one learn anything from January 6?
Remember Richard Nixon's comment to David Frost: If the President does it, it's not illegal.
Nixon's party of law and order, fiscal responsibility and small government has been completely co-opted by a conman. Voters have put this party in charge of the Executive and Legislative branches, and the fact that most members of the judiciary hew toward this party's views means the President can do whatever he wants.
From Britannica:
dictatorship, form of government in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power without effective constitutional limitations. The term dictatorship comes from the Latin title dictator, which in the Roman Republic designated a temporary magistrate who was granted extraordinary powers in order to deal with state crises. Modern dictators, however, resemble ancient tyrants rather than ancient dictators. Ancient philosophers’ descriptions of the tyrannies of Greece and Sicily go far toward characterizing modern dictatorships. Dictators usually resort to force or fraud to gain despotic political power, which they maintain through the use of intimidation, terror, and the suppression of basic civil liberties. They may also employ techniques of mass propaganda in order to sustain their public support.
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Tantalizing details of Jony Ive's AI device leak after OpenAI meeting
But what will it do that can't be accomplished on an iPhone today, let alone two years from now? Another piece of silly VC funded nonsense that misunderstands the market.
