• Breve@pawb.social
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    Maybe he should blame the guy who last negotiated such a bad trade deal, which would be… checks notes… Donald Trump during his first term! 🤦

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    I always find this imagery amusing. David is touted as this weak shepherd boy who is nearly defenseless in the face of this giant opponent. In reality, you’ve got someone who has trained to sling rocks with deadly accuracy. He’s basically the bronze age equivalent of a sniper, bro can send a 2 inch projectile at mach jesus straight for your dome.

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    I find the average atheist seems to be more familiar with the messages of the Bible than many of these people who claim to spend their Sundays studying it.

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    not reading the bible is kind of essential to participate in this american prosperity gospel anti-poor pro-money religious bullshit.

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    You’re assuming that these people give a fuck about Christianity other than as a cudgel for beating people up.

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    Yeah! Prepare yourselves! You’re going up against Cobra Kai!

    This is your end game and you’re up against Thanos is what I mean!

    You’re like that Mexican “Chapulin Colorado!”

    You’re like those blue people fighting Gargamel and his cat! You’ll never succeed! Never!

    Have you guys ever seen voltron, the thunder cats, robotech, ghost in the shell, the power rangers, you Canadians are just like that going up against all their archnesises! Yeah!

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    The US has strategically used tariffs with great success over the last decades to get favorable pricing from Canada on everything from energy, softwood, potash, you name it. One item at a time, slowly, methodically they were able to bring down pricing. We have been giving the US extremely good prices, and now, because of Trump he has just flipped the board over and it’s time to restart.

    America will be far worse off than before this started, and this has leveled off the playing field again with Canada.

    As a Canadian I am thrilled.

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    Setting tariffs without accompanying trade negotiations is like starting a fight with someone by shooting yourself, unless of course the goal is xenophobia and isolationism instead of equitable trade.