CyborgMarx

Anti-vaxxers literally sacrificing their children to win shower arguments in their heads

Wtf is a "European Naval Force" is this what they're calling mercenary companies these days?

I wonder what bullshit the resident western educated neolibs in charge of those client states will spin to explain away their patron crashing their export led economies

"Actually tariffs are good when Americans do it because it creates austerity here at home, which helps exports"

It would have a noticeable effect, but Golf Courses are so disgustedly bloated and sprawling that even heavy air strikes would have a high chance of missing without real time spotter intelligence (in a Tom Clancy novel of course)

Golf is most reactionary in terms of real world effects and the damage it causes to environment and municipal layout

"Sport" Hunting is most reactionary in terms of ethos and aesthetics

Soccer is the most proletarian just by reality of numbers

Huh? Whatya say yoouuu zoomie?

Capitalist ideologues trying to erase the very concept of vacation

lmao not in shithole America

THE FUTURE IS NOW! OLD MAN!

The Mark of Shame I call it

By the way, I always worry that I seem argumentative when I ask a lot of questions, but to be clear, that's not the intent! I'm just laying out my current mental picture so people can see where it's wrong and help me update it. I had some existing notions in my head, but they didn't all seem to add up.

No worries, I didn't take it that way, I'm more than happy to answer questions and help comrades flesh out their understanding

That "tariff" gives you more wiggle room to charge above cost.

That's the thing, it's not above cost, it is simply the cost, production and transport are under the same cost structure, got to pay to make it and pay to move it, wages, material and energy are the main costs. In competition-as-war an army with an advantageous position is fair policy

It's not a guarantee of victory, but it's certainly not a war crime, profitability is defined by what you can get away with

I assume it also matters somewhat for brick and mortar stores — a consumer isn't going to drive to the next town just to pay slightly less for bread. But I don't know how big a chunk of profit can be blamed on this. Is it more of a footnote or is it a big deal?

"location, location, location" is a saying in business for a reason, again it's not a guarantee for success, firms that have overwhelming technical development, enormous scale or juicy patents can still overwhelm your location advantage and kick you out of the leading regulator game, but it depends on the sector and frankly energy costs in the wider economy