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Tim Teather's avatar

Thanks Larry, great article. The politicians don't articulate this stuff well do they so great job for pointing these things out. I will consider what you have said, as it is different from my perspective and I haven't heard or thought about these points and this perspective before.

It doesn't touch on tariffs and other countries where IP theft and worker conditions etc are not an issue but tariffs are still applied - AU, EU, UK etc.

One of the things about the current approach is that it seems to me to be lose lose. There will be significant economic impact from the approach take. It would be interesting in part 2 ( ;) ) to hear if you were the president, policy advisor or equivalent, what would you do to make it a better world without the impact to everyone on the planet pretty much.

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Matt's avatar

Hi Larry, *wow* what an amazing article!!! Thank you for sharing it, and I wish it could be put out like on "op-ed's" in multiple online news sources... Like if you had a "public link" and then shared it on X, that could be a start, but it might cause you grief also! lol... up to you if you want to do something like that.

As far as a "solution" I put it to ChatGPT -- read, perhaps :) --

https://chatgpt.com/share/681d63f6-3434-8010-b4ec-d0720ffb1dd2

I was actually aware of brands like Purism and System 76... I may buy from them one day.

And now I'll address some other aspects of the article... :). I praise it greatly for its moral character... The issue / hard part comes from a couple places... like the "realism" side of it. The issue is people want *convenience* and they want "affordable". Basically what you are fighting are the "forces of Capitalism"... which most consider to be "so American" -- ahhh Capitalism lol... Well, it appeared to work better than the Communism in the USSR. It remains to be seen if the same is true with regard to China or not.

If you think about it... if *1* American company says "f it, I'm manufacturing in China"... or... now that Apple is doing it, my biz is dead if I don't do it too!!... and that's how it starts... and soon everyone is doing it!! It's basically the force of "Western Greed" being reflected back at us!!

One can read about Teddy Roosevelt -- the "Trust Buster"... tackling greed w/in the USA... or the "muckrakers":

Gemini:

"Muckrakers were investigative journalists and writers who exposed corruption in business and government during the Progressive Era (roughly 1890s-1920s) in the United States. The term "muckraker" was popularized by President Theodore Roosevelt in a 1906 speech. Their work, often sensationalist, led to public awareness and reforms, including the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 and the breakup of Standard Oil"

So... really what you are fighting is THIS -- HUMAN SELFISHNESS!!... Good luck defeating that one any time soon!!! loll... But... I greatly applaud the high moral attitude... but *can it be done*???.... only if enough people will do it.

The problem, again, is if you have *even 1* company take the "quick and easy path"... you get what we have now!!

Yoda:

"Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny!!!"

Truth 1:

There is Human Selfishness.

Truth 2:

The World evolves very slowly.

Truth 3:

See Truths 1 and 2... 😂😂.

But WOW... what a great article!!! Super awesome and I wish that every leader on Planet Earth was forced to read it!!... right before they click the giant "Buy Now" button for their next corporate purchase!!!

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