these bozos are dismantling dollar diplomacy (where the US prints money and trades it for actual things made elsewhere) because they have been propping up the "debt" of trade imbalances and sovereign debt as a bogeyman.

so now the tariff threats are them calling in the chips. they want all the worthless pieces of paper and digital accounts to be shifted back into "US" control, and for this great pile of abstract nothing, they are willing to sacrifice the actual things (consumer goods, construction materials, etc) historically available on the global market that the US dollar could buy.

of course, all that beautiful fake money isn't "returning" into anyone's actual bank account, so now the message is "the money doesn't matter. what matters is patriotism. feed your kids that."

i get why rich assholes, capitalists, and their blowhard, platformed mouthpieces are saying all this shit. but any working class bozo who repeats it or believes it is the biggest fucking rube in the history of rubes.

[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago

Deficit hawks and people who don't want any public services, everything is supposed to be bought for $$$.

of course, all that beautiful fake money isn't "returning" into anyone's actual bank account

Yes, the money is returning, but it is also disappearing, because it was just digital ones and zeroes or (in rare cases) literal bank bills or government certificates.

so now the message is

The message is don't be afraid to let your ~~body~~ money die!