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@androidsixteen.eth
> Howard Lutnick on America's Key Leverage in Tariff Discussions: > "We are the world's customer. The customer is always right." Per this analogy, the strategy is basically: channel your inner Karen and demand to speak to the manager of global trade https://x.com/theallinpod/status/1910001338722681003
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@dwr.eth
In this analogy, Karen also runs the police force. And they have drones, aircraft carriers and nuclear weapons.
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*some of the drones, and is fighting with the drone store about prices
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And getting rekt by the punks buying dollar store drones This mixed metaphor is getting confusing now
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@dwr.eth
Errr, I don’t the the US is getting rekt here
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What are your preferred semantics for describing the asymmetric cost of outdated warfare? https://www.foxnews.com/politics/navy-kilby-houthi-missiles-red-sea-costs
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It's a proxy war with Iran. It can end quickly if we actually want it to.
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You think it’s a “pick your battles” situation?
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It's a "the way to end it is a significant escalation in a long-running proxy war with a medium-sized military power and the last three administrations have been hesitant to start another war in the Middle East for differing reasons"
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So how do you stop the punks conducting a war machine arb on you, if you can’t escalate?
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@dwr.eth
I think they may end up escalating unfortunately. Also, the punks are attacking your annoying neighbors cars as they drive to the gas station. Doesn't actually affect you (esp. since your neighbors keep pretending they are self-sufficient).
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