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Edit: Sorry I'm a :LIB: and I don't have a link to the tweet, I stole this from :reddit-logo:

Edit2: I am no longer a :LIB:, I found the tweet !

  • walletbaby [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Hundreds of millions is peanuts.

    Europe makes $60 billion every single year on trade with the US. They can easily afford to purchase some of our gas. Everyone goes on about how we're ripping them off, but it's a lie. Trade is supposed to be equal and benefit both parties. It just goes to show you how pampered and privileged Europeans are that they simply expect this $60 billion as a birthright and when anything decreases it even a little, they throw a temper tantrum.

      • walletbaby [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        Hundreds of millions is what the link said.

        $26.7 billion is still less than $60 billion. That's a difference of $33.3 billion. We could cure homelessness with that money. But instead, it goes to a bunch of overprivileged European snotnoses who despise us. Fuck them.

        They've still got tens of billions to go before we're equal and trade is fair to both sides. Then, we can talk about running a trade surplus and maybe make some money for ourselves. You know, like Europe has done for decades.

          • baguettePants [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            The energy cost increase is so huge, it cannot be compensated with the lower wages, therefore the industry is moving to China and the US and a lot of people will lose their jobs instead.

        • baguettePants [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Hundreds of millions “per ship”, is what is missing from that tweet. BTW you realize the privileged US standard of living is basically paid by the rest of the world? That’s what’s not “fair” and what multipolar world will put an end to.

        • 2Password2Remember [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          the lack of class consciousness in this post is staggering. shut the fuck up liberal

          Death to America

    • aqwxcvbnji [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Trade is supposed to be equal and benefit both parties.

      Are you a neoclassical econ 101 handbook?