A certain presidential candidate loves to beat that drum but consistently fails to mention that the immediate effect of new tarriffs is making Americans poorer.

How poor do you think Americans will be when all their jobs are replaced with Chinese slave labor? Are you really just completely ignorant of the purpose of tariffs?

They don’t even makes cars anymore…

China makes lots of those, but you might die in them rolling down the road next to coal-rolling jackwagons.

So tired of this nonsense argument. Most electronics are engineered locally, the designs are sent overseas, the hardware is built to local specifications, and it runs locally-written software.

That is entirely different from electronics that are engineered and manufactured in China and run Chinese software, all under the close eye of the CCP.

undercut your competitors

Or just buy them out and close the doors.

Or, hear me out, they’re trying to stop the Chinese from taking over entire global industries by leveraging slave labor and impossible government incentives…?

My thoughts, exactly.

Can’t justify a gaming PC when PS4 pro was pretty cheap

The console itself is cheap, sure. But the games are much more expensive, and the monthly subscription will add up over time. Although if you’re only playing single player, that may not be an issue. I’d be surprised if you can even get past the boot screen on a PS5 without being connected to the internet and logged in.

Can’t wait to finally make the jump though!

It’s never been cheaper or easier to make the transition with the Steam Deck!

the government shouldn’t do anything?

I didn’t say anything that remotely resembles that. You need to read better.

This sounds a lot like Circles

I mean, it sounds cool if you don’t understand why servers exist…

I don’t know how anyone used those things. I could never hit any specific key, I would push like 3 at a time. I was able to type much faster and more accurately just using T9.

This is the PC release.

Not all of them. This one, yes. I suspect all future ones as well.

All PS games are DoA (to me) due to mandatory (completely pointless) PSN linking.

It’s funny how everyone forgets that all of our favorite high quality and hard to manufacture electronics are made by Chinese companies as well.

No one forgets that. Our “quality products” may be manufactured in China and elsewhere but they’re engineered in other countries, and the manufacturing quality has high standards, which is what actually matters.

Its not that simple. Its not a binary do you/don’t you question. Overwhelmingly I do not.

• I don’t buy any Apple products whatsoever
• I don’t have or use Facebook or Instagram
• I don’t use Reddit outside of the Stealth app (I can’t anyway, they’ve blocked my IP)
• I use YouTube only with third-party clients and without watching ads

Pretty much the only thing I use is a Google account for work, which I have no choice over.

I use less than probably 99% of Americans.

Yes and no.

I don’t understand.