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   🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 04:27:17 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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   • the magnificent rhys

   @rhys While I think the tarrifs are a dumb idea this does show as counter-evidence to the incorrect claim that tarrifs are paid by americans. While ostensibly that is true, in the end the cost is always paid by the seller one way or another.

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     the magnificent rhys (rhys@mastodon.rhys.wtf)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 04:27:18 JST the magnificent rhys

     A fine example here of the harm these #tariffs are doing in the short term: https://fosstodon.org/@frameworkcomputer/114303895437739215

     My condolences to American nerds who are going to miss out on tons of cool shit — and my strong encouragement to Europeans and the rest of the world in ramping up their nerdery to make up for the dampened American market.