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minus-squareILikeBoobieslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoWrong kind of crash and video games aren’t what’s being affected here. It’s cars, ai, defence contracts, Israel There’s no way it would go through unless Trump is replacing Taiwan with China like he does with other targeted tariffs
minus-squareHikingVetlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoThe amount of people who don’t know how pervasive computer chips are; is only slightly above the amount of people who support trump.
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoWhich is insane because it was all over the news just a couple years ago about why vehicle prices had gotten so high… Because of a chip shortage.
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI’m just saying that’s what they think. Of course it’s going to fuck everything else over, but the people supporting this in the hallowed halls of congress seem to be in one of two camps lately.
Wrong kind of crash and video games aren’t what’s being affected here. It’s cars, ai, defence contracts, Israel
There’s no way it would go through unless Trump is replacing Taiwan with China like he does with other targeted tariffs
The amount of people who don’t know how pervasive computer chips are; is only slightly above the amount of people who support trump.
Which is insane because it was all over the news just a couple years ago about why vehicle prices had gotten so high… Because of a chip shortage.
I’m just saying that’s what they think. Of course it’s going to fuck everything else over, but the people supporting this in the hallowed halls of congress seem to be in one of two camps lately.