End stage capitalism, but make it food.

Clone Wars getting real real over here.

so how high will he go on China today before folding tomorrow? 200%?

I think what any company that wants to make a multi-billion dollar investment in domestic manufacturing that will take years to come to fruition and many more years that that to earn out is looking for is constantly-shifting decisions based on the ever-changing, chaotic whims of a mad king.

It’s OK I’m sure we didn’t need coffee, bananas, literally all electronics, or the rule of law anyway.

Sure there’s gonna be some short-term pain, but in 20-30 years we’ll have established all the expertise, materials, and infrastructure we need to build and assemble a $25,000 iPhone right here in the USA.

I’m not going to read your “how to defeat fascism” post if it’s on Substack, a platform that actively supports fascists.

Guess where they got their weird trade deficit math from?

Wisconsin fought and clawed to get out from under the thumb of the Kochs and Uihleins who had bought and paid for gerrymandered Republican dominance for years. And then another rich motherfucker showed up and the whole state said not today.

My day job is to help run a search for a fellowship program that has always brought in some of the most amazing, creative, and righteous people I have ever known. And this year the search is being completely overrun with near-identical madlib answers generated with ChatGPT. It’s so disheartening.