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Instead of Orange Man doing Tariffs would it not have been better for him to talk about shopping locally and so forth. And giving more tax breaks to companies that stay and sell in the US? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

[–] payhn@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm business the last one standing is the winner. That could be his goal

Instead of Orange Man doing Tariffs would it not have been better for him to talk about shopping locally and so forth. And giving more tax breaks to companies that stay and sell in the US? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

[–] payhn@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

You can either convince people with a carrot to do what you want and hope they will comply or make them comply with a sharp expensive stick 🤷‍♂️ Orange man doesn't seem to like carrots

Real time truth in high stakes politics, how to find it? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] payhn@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

While I completely agree, I do have one counterpoint that the current US administration is employing to counter that tactic. Flood the zone with news story after news story of unrelated topics and it's massively more difficult to remember all of them or follow up on them all

Why am I seeing political ads for Donald Trump in April of the year of his second inauguration? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

[–] payhn@sopuli.xyz 61 points 2 days ago

Propaganda sinks in better if it's heard years in advance instead of 3 months before the election. It's easier to make people think other news sources are exaggerating if they've heard the opposite for months and months prior

Installing Firefox on windows 11 in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] payhn@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I've always used https://ninite.com/ and I've never had issues with any versions of windows

Muslim scholars issue 'fatwa' calling for 'jihad' against Israel as strikes pummel Gaza in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

[–] payhn@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

I see what you did there