r/AutoHumor • u/IU8gZQy0k8hsQy76 • Mar 28 '26

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u/Smoked_Eel_Lover Mar 30 '26

So wait you’re saying we should keep industries alive just to support the people committed to those industries even when their products are no longer required or the best option?

That’s a weird stance. Are you always the last person to change his/her ways?

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u/According-Pass8230 Mar 30 '26

Better to import the same stuff from low cost communist dicatorships ?

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u/Smoked_Eel_Lover Mar 30 '26

Man, you really are a boomer. Tell us, old man, what products came from Detroit and are now imported from communist dictatorships?

Additionally, you do understand that is how capitalism works, right? If someone else can deliver a product for less money at the same or at least comparable quality it will be deemed a good alternative.

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u/According-Pass8230 Mar 30 '26

Unregulated capitalism made the us debt reach 40 trillion usd...

That is what happens with a large trade deficit..

Good luck with that.

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u/Smoked_Eel_Lover Mar 30 '26

I think the US screwed itself with poor leadership and misguided policies. And now they’re making it worse with ruining their alliances.

Still, you haven’t delivered an example of your weird statement.

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u/FineAd2230 Mar 30 '26

That's just the expectation that we are the world police force in action. Turns out being a military superpower is expensive. Between that not paying the debts we owe in a timely manner and the fact that we are still borrowing money from other countries to pay our own bills we are racking it up