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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The laws state that regular cars need to meet many regulations, while trucks are exempt from them. So trucks got larger. And without competition from foreign trucks, they got even larger.

 

Since the 1960s America has taxed light trucks being imported. Because America didn't have to build light trucks to compete internationally they lost the international market on light trucks. Now nobody wants to buy American cars and trucks because they are not as good as what others countries build. So now America has put up high tariffs to make itself even more isolationist, since they can't compete.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Where is the U.S.A going to get the extra gas/petrol? They are an importer of energy themselves. LOL

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Ultimately some ads will become illegal as legit advertisers (large corps), get pissed off at all the dick pill ads mixed in with their content.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Seriously when people say gold is worthless, what a joke. There is very little of it, as you mentioned it doesn't oxidize, it's the metal used in microchips. It ain't sea shells or tulip bulbs or Bitcoin, that's for sure.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Out species is too stupid to survive. 9 juries somehow got convinced that an oil company was out millions of dollars, LOL.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 weeks ago

America voted for Trump, because America is a racist country.

It's not the Dem's fault, it's the fault of the racists.

Lot's of rich right-wing shits right now funding these propaganda news articles, to muddy the waters about how everyone hates Trump.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Without good postal service, many rural areas are going to be finished off. No more Amazon deliveries. No cheap farm equipment deliveries of small parts and consumables.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago

If the USA wants to bring back manufacturing it would need 200-250 million new immigrants. Every screw, shirt button, bra hook, shoelace, yarn factory needs hundred of workers to staff the production line.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

Fuck off. He is a senior Alzheimer patient.

I'm sure Ontario, Alberta, British Colombia ... will all be happy to lose their provincial legislatures for one State House. No local representation. All provincial systems of trade destroyed.

This is idiotic talk.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Spirits should be hyper local. Don't need to transport wine from France across the Atlantic by very polluting ships, then to truck across an entire continent. To sell in California.

Homogeneity of spirits is boring. Should be very regional, should only be available in that region.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

The 51st State bullshit is so insulting. Over 10 million French speakers, they will loose their language laws. Native treaties torn up. The whole of Canada gets 2 Senators just like the least populist state of Wyoming with 590K people. All 10 Provincial legislatures amalgamated into one state house.

Only a senile fool and his cult think this is funny.

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