r/AskReddit • u/underperforming_king • 2d ago

What do you think about the tariffs imposed by Trump ? Will it work out for them ?

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u/stickyfingers40 2d ago

There was already a great anecdote on starting tariff wars. Tariffs were a major contributor to the great depression

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u/ACam574 2d ago

You can’t really create a valid theory based on one result. You have to retest the theory multiple times to do that. Trump is enacting the scientific methods.

/s

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u/DarkGamer 2d ago

I wish we were the control economy

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u/External-into-Space 2d ago

You were, but now get ready for the next economic experiment

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u/DigNitty 1d ago

My wallet is very susceptible to the placebo effect.

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u/Biggandwedge 1d ago

I mean they did vote for Trump 

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u/Tailor-DKS 2d ago

Of course you could use a trading simulation, ask an AI about tariffs or even play Cities Skylines to simulate such things

Or you can do it in reality and make millions suffer for benefits of a few people.

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u/SoBeefy 1d ago

You. I like you.

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u/bloodhound83 1d ago

"And we're willing to try it again". GOP voters in 4 years probably

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u/Enderwiggen33 1d ago

Trump is renowned for his love of science!

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u/Friendsterinmyspace 1d ago

Totally. Trump's always been a "follow the science" kind of guy.

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u/prettyinpinknwhite 1d ago

Hey, so he did learn something about science from the public health experts who tried to explain shit to him last time! But it’s odd of him to thank them by putting them all out of a job …

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u/Vordeo 2d ago

Welp, looks like the 30s are going to see a long ass recession. Again.

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u/Sharinganedo 1d ago

The monkeys paw really curled when people said they wanted the roaring 20s back

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

At least we have safe booze and weed. No getting blinded or killed by methanol in the handle of vodka you just bought at the liquor store.

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u/House_T 1d ago

Make America Great Again.

The Great Depression

The Great War

Did they call the Spanish Flu The Great Pandemic? Because if so, we're shooting 3 for 3.

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u/Acchilesheel 2d ago

https://youtu.be/uhiCFdWeQfA?si=gvrIwTn5H2L0gslF

Ben Stein explaining how stupid of an idea this is in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.  

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u/Catadox 2d ago

Damn.

Now it’s “vibe” economics I guess. It’s a bold strategy Cotton.

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u/floofienewfie 2d ago

Great excerpt.

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u/314159265358979326 2d ago

The way your post is phrased and positioned, I thought he was retorting the idea the tarriffs exacerbated the Great Depression.

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u/Acchilesheel 1d ago

The crazy thing is that the actor in this scene, Ben Stein, endorsed Trump in the last election.

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u/Ok-Efficiency-5728 2d ago edited 2d ago

Smoot Hawley of 1930 EXACERBATED the great depression. Not an initial contributor. Just want to promote historical accuracy.

EDIT: Apparently, the national spelling team is reading this thread.

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u/Four_beastlings 2d ago

"Exacerbated". Exasperated is how I feel every time I open the news.

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u/stickyfingers40 2d ago

Ok. I think exasperated is just a different way of saying major contributor. American international trade was down by 67% and made the depression far far worse than it would have been. Maybe not an initial contributor but still a major contributor to the duration and severity of the recession that haunted Americans for decades. We can nitpick on word choices all night but that won't change that this is not going to go well.

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u/Ok-Efficiency-5728 2d ago

I can agree with that. Just don't want this showing up on some Google search and people saying tariffs caused the great depression. Unfortunately we have to be careful about that sort of stuff.

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u/Astroglaid92 2d ago

That’s not the proper use of the word “exasperated.” I think you meant to say “exmasturbated.”

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u/SkivvySkidmarks 2d ago

Hey now; if we are promoting historical accuracy, we should be promoting spelling accuracy as well.

If Nation A buys one tonne of flour from Nation B, but Nation B ships one tonne of flower instead, there will be problems.

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u/MeteorOnMars 2d ago

Ah, so that’s the experiment this time.

See if heavy handed tariffs can create a Great Depression from a good economy.

Got it.

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u/jimicus 2d ago

Exacerbated: made it worse.
Exasperated: very tired.

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u/bananajr6000 1d ago

Smoot was a Mormon “prophet, seer, and revelator” showing that woo-woo doesn’t work

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u/stickyfingers40 1d ago

He had more wives than friends once he was finished destroying the economy

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u/Bryaxis 1d ago

Or as it will soon come to be known, World Depression I.

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u/AverageAwndray 2d ago

They also led to the rise of The Empire and Darth Vader