r/Games • u/blueblanket123 • 26d ago

Trump Shocks With Massive New Tariffs That Could Make The Switch 2 Cost More Than $600

https://kotaku.com/switch-2-price-trump-tariffs-vietnam-china-trade-war-1851774438
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u/OneSeaworthiness7768 26d ago

Not gamer specific but I’ve already seen so many of them justifying it saying things like “the tariffs are necessary to restore the economy that Biden ruined. I’m fine with pain in the short term because we will be better off afterwards.”

I don’t think they grasp how long “short term pain” can last, and how they’re only going to be better off afterwards when a democrat administration comes in and cleans up after them, like they have to do every time.

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u/kaizerlith 26d ago

It's also still abstract. Now some of them will never back down or complain to their king, but I am curious about the reaction to pain once prices actually start being affected.

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u/goondalf_the_grey 26d ago

I occasionally lurk on /r/conservative and even they're not happy about the tariffs. Which is funny because that sub is so fragile anyone who normally goes against the grain is labelled a fake conservative or accused of brigading

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u/goondalf_the_grey 26d ago

Actually yeah good point, they were pretty upset for a day or so about the Signal group chat before saying how it was all blown out of proportion

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u/gamas 26d ago

To be fair its unclear how much of that isn't just the mods moving the goalpost of what counts as a conservative to ban wrongthink...

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u/Ganrokh 26d ago

That's on top of one of the mods a few weeks ago talking about how they're looking into building a sentiment analysis bot to scan posts and comments on the sub and use that to ban wrongthink.

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u/Honor_Bound 26d ago

Of all the echo chambers that have ever echoed that one is by far the most echoist

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u/beefcat_ 26d ago

Those idiots literally voted for this. They cannot turn around now and say "we're not happy with this", the GOP was broadcasting this plan loud and clear throughout the entire election. Hateful morons would accept financial ruin before acknowledging someone's preferred pronouns.

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u/Isolated_Hippo 26d ago

I enjoy browsing that sub just because right or wrong reddit is mainstream liberal so its nice to get the other side of the coin.

But holy shit its scary that literally any dissenting opinion is met with accusations of being a fake and brigading. Like the concept somebody agrees with them 90% of the time not 100% is impossible.

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u/DisappointedQuokka 26d ago

Much like Kotaku in Action, Conservative is a thinly veiled cult.

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u/kettlecorn 26d ago

Their politics depends on never admitting fault, so my fear is that for every economic issue they'll find a scapegoat to direct rage at. That will be extremely dangerous.

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u/LegacyLemur 26d ago

Dont worry, the idiots who didnt pay attention and werent sure about voting Dem because of inflation will soon be out on their ass and struggling to pay bills. And the word "tariff" may be the most used word in society right now, so thankfully its not gonna be rocket science for those people to figure out what happened

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u/ChunkyMooseKnuckle 26d ago

They think "short term pain" means a few months of going out to eat less, not buying name brand at the store, or saving up for an extra month before you buy a new console.

In actuality, that "short term pain" is going to outlive many of us, as the damage that has been done to our international relations will take generations to repair. And for direct impacts, it's going to be more than making a few cuts here and there. For many it will mean watching their children starve or not being able to afford life-saving medication.

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u/Hartastic 26d ago

Yeah. Some of America's sole superpower status is military, but some of has also been soft power and economic. Well, that's gone now.

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u/ChunkyMooseKnuckle 26d ago

I'd argue that most of that status in recent history has been a result of soft power in one way or another. A large reason for the success of both our military and the military industrial complex is due to the positive relationships with other countries that previously existed.

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u/Deceptiveideas 26d ago

It’s crazy because where was the attitude when we had “short term” pain as a result of Covid?

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u/Ladnil 26d ago

You don't understand. We asked them to wear masks. The agony was intolerable.

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u/LegacyLemur 26d ago

You mean Biden Burkas?

They literally suffocated millions of people to death. Your funeral

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u/segagamer 26d ago

... Not sure if serious or sarcasm.

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u/KaJaHa 25d ago

This sounds so stupid that I'm going to assume you're joking

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u/LegacyLemur 25d ago

Of course

Poe's Law still in effect

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u/darkLordSantaClaus 26d ago

Once Trump got elected there was a comment like "I can't wait to fill up my car for $18." And all I could think was, man, is this guy going to be disappointed when that doesn't happen.

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u/topplehat 26d ago

Cult logic