• IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    7 days ago

    I’m still worried about how he’s even going to accomplish that, seeing as he’s also planning to deport the cheapest sources of agricultural labor.

    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      7 days ago

      Simple. Prices will go up, Trump will hold a press conference announcing prices are lower, and 50% of the country will believe prices are lower instead of the lying mainstream media.

      • snooggums@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        7 days ago

        The mainstream media will report that Trump said prices are lower, and not actually point out that he is a lying liar.

      • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        7 days ago

        I remember when his tax “cut” first was experienced, there were a bunch of tiktoks on the fact that their taxes went up. A lot of “I didn’t vote for this!” Videos.

        But they soon forgot.

        His fans are like cats. Easily distracted, so long as someone else is getting hurt worse.

        • tea@lemmy.today
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          7 days ago

          This the the answer. The two major tenets of his platform are “raise tarrifs” (inflationary!) and “deport immigrants” (raising costs on production). Shit is going to get more expensive, but it won’t matter if facts continue not to matter and you have a boogieman to shake your stick at.

    • protist@mander.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      7 days ago

      And what happens if he closes the border with Mexico? Is he going to disrupt trade with them too? Here in Texas an overwhelming majority of our produce is Mexican-grown

    • Asafum@feddit.nl
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      7 days ago

      That’s easy! Repeal child labor laws and massively increase prison populations for slave labor!

      …they did say private prisons were among the groups very happy to see a Trump victory. Wonder why…

      I will make sure to suicide by cop before I end up a literal corporate slave, I will force the guards to kill me.

      • spamfajitas@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        7 days ago

        Those mass deportations are going to take a lot of money and time.

        They’ll probably end up turning their massive holding facilities into work camps, maybe hang signs up with catchy slogans like “Trabajo te hace libre” or “El trabajo libera” and forbid any unfriendly reporters from seeing how the sausage is made.