bitofarambler

the policy decisions of the Chinese government are extremely separated from the everyday lives of the people.

the CCP may refuse to sell expensive minerals to the us, but the Chinese population will buy the cheapest, freshest produce full stop. which is usually the local farmers.

I don't think I've ever seen American produce in China, come to think of it.

during the last trade war, there wasn't any anti-us purchasing sentiment from Chinese people themselves because everything they want is produced by China anyway.

the Chinese population, in effect, is and has been boycotting every other country all the time for decades because so many of their basic needs are met by domestic production.

"I thought Lemmy was anti-rich people?"

I'll take that into account.

"Aren't you happy rich people are scared of losing their money?"

I'm interested in policy and uninterested in rich people feelings.

I appreciate your newfound agreement that rich people seem scared, but their fear doesn't emotionally affect me one way or another in and of itself.

"Are you happy that a bunch of rich guys...their wealth?"

I'll refer you to my earlier answer.

"That seems at odds with what I usually see here"

drawing a specific conclusion based on generalizations and assumptions will have you seeing lots of strange things.

love your domes, btw.

all the rich people got together to pass a bill two days ago so that the president couldn't singlehandedly crash the economy like this again.

they seem pretty up in arms.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/senators-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-expand-congressional-authority-over-tariffs

historic: 6.6 trillion lost in 2 days, 11.1 trillion lost total so far

https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20250404446/us-stocks-see-biggest-2-day-wipeout-in-history-as-market-loses-11-trillion-since-inauguration-day#%3A%7E%3Atext=Roughly+%2411.1+trillion+has+been%2Cfrom+Dow+Jones+Market+Data.

false hope for a handful of shrimp boats while destroying over a millioon US jobs and decreasing food for Aamericans:

“Tariffs will raise the cost of seafood, making the healthiest animal protein on the planet less available and more expensive,” National Fisheries Institute President and CEO Lisa Wallenda Picard said soon after the tariffs were announced. “Meanwhile, the tariffs could threaten many of the 1.6 million American jobs that, according to the federal government, U.S. commercial seafood companies support.”

https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/trump-s-latest-tariff-order-hits-billions-in-us-seafood-imports-from-top-source-countries

game on!

the book sounds good, thanks I've never heard of the phrase or book before.

my Chinese friend is occasionally harassed or disrespected for looking/sounding asian around all of the states, so your concern doesn't sound paranoid to me.

i find this very satisfying: gently disagreeing with them via a short single positive message like "gay people do deserve respect", then letting them throw a very lengthy, time-invested tantrum before gently and completely disagreeing with their comment with another short sentence, over and over until they get tired.

i find that both very funny and I'm putting out positive messages that negate their bigotry without too much time or effort.

that's just if you have the time and inclination to engage, you aren't morally obligated to subject yourself to abusive behavior.

if it's real bad, they're probably violating a rule, and reporting them will get them banned

hated that work culture so i left as soon as the opportunity presented itself.

went to teach ESL. half the hours for better pay

i travel constantly, and every time I'm flying in a plane i am re-amazed.

i think about how easy and quick it is to fly anywhere in the world and I'm sitting in a bit metal tube floating in the air.

it's bananas.

I see what you mean now.

I thought you were mainly concerned about shipping things from the US, which neither I nor anyone I've known has had intercepted or interfered with en route to dozens of countries, frequently containing valuables. It must happen, but it seems very rare.

The other way though, if you're sending packages to the US from other countries, you could have that problem occasionally, which I have experienced twice and heard of from other travelers shipping things to the US.

As far as I know, that's a one-way problem, US-tagged packages seem to slip through sticky fingers.