• vala@lemmy.world
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    I wonder if he knows apple simply can not comply with this. Apple doesn’t know how to make iPhones (at the scale and rate needed) and no one in the US does either.

    RIP

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    It’s coming true.

    And again “tariff must be paid by Apple” really shows that he still has no idea how they work.

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      Made in India + 25% tariff is still cheaper than made in Murica.

      That BS is just for media.

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    Well, technically, any kind of tariff added to the import is always paid by Apple, who else would pay it? Some unrelated company? A foreign country?

    They will simply increase the price by an amount that will keep them making the same amount of money. The main problem is that because they like to do a round price worldwide, we European we’ll pay more too, so they can make more money. Assholes

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      And knowing the cult of Apple, they’ll pay it because it makes them look wealthy. That is the whole culture of Apple Customer base.

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        'What’s up, everybody? This is your boy Apple Lad, and I came through with one of those Tariff I Phones, just so I can unbox it for you!

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    This is what you get for bending down to the tyrant in inauguration day. You cant appease tyrants, you must fight them.

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    It is paid by consumers, not Apple. Other phone companies will raise prices as well to increase their profits, since iPhone prices will set a new high price. When Apple prices goes up 25% other phone companies can increase their prices by 15% and still be competitive to apple.

    Actually to make same profit due to lower phone sales Apple may have to raise price even higher than 25% or find other ways to get consumers to pay more. Die hard fans of Apple will buy, whatever the price.

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    Failed business man telling people how to run their businesses. I’ve got an idea about how to make American manufacturing cheaper universal healthcare.

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    This is actually a real socialist or even communist policy. The State controlling the businesses.

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        So, socialism doesn’t exist according to your definition since nowhere on this planet workers control shit.

        Ask former Soviet workers, Chinese workers, Cuban workers, North Korean workers and Vietnamese workers how much control on production they have.

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          Sure thing Cap’n - first thing in the morning I’ll be going around knocking on doors to try to find Soviet, Chinese and Cuban workers to ask them about their opinions.

          Grow up, but read a book or two first.

          I’ve been to China. I’ve been to Cuba. Have you?

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      How in god’s name is this promoting worker ownership of Apple’s phone production processes?

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        Last time I looked, the Soviet, Chinese and North Korean people didn’t own shit.

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          You just named 3 locations that aren’t socialist and of the three, one that no longer exists. Nice job.

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            Name just one where workers actually control something for fun.

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              Look up what a co-op is. You seem to have substantial misunderstanding that socialism is a replacement for democracy; it’s a replacement for capitalism.

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                  Vietnam… but why the hell do you need some rando on Lemmy to educate you?

                  Name one country that was either socialist or communist in the past that the USA didn’t proactively fuck with to try to harm at the time?

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      It is authoritarian. Communist system devolve to authoritarianism because it is a natural progression (easy to do). Socialists can, but a good democratic political structure makes it harder.

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    It would take MINIMUM 10 years to even come close to like 60% manufactured in US. And that’s assuming the US upends the entire global tech industry by coming even kind of close to TSMC’s chip manufacturing tech.

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    Tim Apple could just buy him a fucking plane and be done with it. And that would open up some interesting opportunities, nahmean?

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      It’s what I’d do if I were an ambitious, resource hoarding, ass pimple billionaire.

      It’s obvious the way to Trump’s heart is to tell him he’s pretty and give him something .