MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago'Build your own manufacturing': Trump-voting business owner stung by tariffs savaged after asking for ways to keep company afloatwww.dailydot.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1378arrow-down13
arrow-up1375arrow-down1external-link'Build your own manufacturing': Trump-voting business owner stung by tariffs savaged after asking for ways to keep company afloatwww.dailydot.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up21·edit-21 day agoHe’s lying. He did not think that, he’s only saying that retroactively because that’s something that he’s just recently learned about tariffs. Dude is retconning his own memory in an attempt to avoid the cognitive dissonance.
minus-squarenull_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·22 hours agoThat’s exactly what’s happening. He considered the tariff proposal with vibe-based reasoning. Bringing manufacturing back to America sounds like something that might be good. Someone says tariffs will do that. That’s the extent of the thinking.
He’s lying. He did not think that, he’s only saying that retroactively because that’s something that he’s just recently learned about tariffs.
Dude is retconning his own memory in an attempt to avoid the cognitive dissonance.
That’s exactly what’s happening.
He considered the tariff proposal with vibe-based reasoning.
Bringing manufacturing back to America sounds like something that might be good. Someone says tariffs will do that. That’s the extent of the thinking.