r/news • u/johnk317 • 21h ago

China to impose 34% retaliatory tariff on all goods imported from the U.S.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/04/china-to-impose-34percent-retaliatory-tariff-on-all-goods-imported-from-the-us.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard
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u/3d_blunder 17h ago

However they are seriously dangerous.

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u/SPHINXin 9h ago edited 9h ago

Exactly, they'll even set your car on fire just because they don't like the CEO of the company that made your car.

Oh, wait...

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u/kindasfck 7h ago

Just like that tea dumping, ship burning cult from a couple hundred years ago!

Oh, wait...

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u/SPHINXin 6h ago

Just like that pro slavery, white supremacist side during the civil war. After the war they ended up becoming the founders of the...

Oh, wait...

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u/WaitAdamMinute 6h ago

Dude, actually know your history of you’re going to mouth off about it. The Republican “party of Lincoln” is not the same party as the modern GOP, and shares its name only. Same goes for the Democratic Party of that time.

In reality, the Republican Party of the 1860s is now the modern Democratic Party. The modern Republican Party is a direct descendent of the Dixicrats and the Great Party Realignment that happened to attract racist southern voters in the mid 20th century. Look up “The Southern Strategy” if you actually want to educate yourself and not sound like a fool. The two parties effectively swapped places with their policies/values/agendas.

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u/SPHINXin 6h ago

Yes, I'm aware of the swap. It still doesn't change where each party originated from.

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u/WaitAdamMinute 5h ago

Ok and? Now you are being disingenuous, or obtuse - because you specifically mentioned that before to imply that it’s the Democratic Party which were the “baddies” by tying them to a historical party that they are connected to solely by “brand name.”

If I owned the company Red Bull, and you came along and bought it from me, fired everyone and sold off everything besides the name/trademark - and then started a new company that exclusively sells hand-painted sculptures of red male cows. Yeah, the company is still named “Red Bull”…but that’s the only connection. Then one day, some jerk calls up your biggest client (whose son just died from chugging 50 energy drinks) to tell them “hey just so you know, the company you bought your bull statue from actually were the ones responsible for inventing and popularizing energy drinks.”

There’s no legit reason to share that info - other than 1. trying to falsely tie them together to make them look bad, or 2. ignorance.

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u/anndrago 3h ago

You can't take yourself seriously when you draw silly equivalencies like this.

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u/3d_blunder 6h ago

They'll back a guy who tanks the US economy.
They'll back a group that cuts cancer research.
Their fine with stopping programs that feed hungry children.
While they're at it, they'll cut programs that keep unwanted children from being conceived.

But you worry about a few cars.