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'We Currently Have No Container Ships,' Seattle Port Says

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232 points pseudolus | 2 comments | 10 May 25 15:49 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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hintymad ◴[11 May 25 00:57 UTC] No.43950327[source]▶
A funny thing is the US could easily sanction any country in the 90s because it controlled so much manufacturing. Nowadays we can’t even sanction Houthis since they can get everything from China. Judging by the port situation, soon China can sanction us, easily.
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arvigeus ◴[11 May 25 02:39 UTC] No.43950853[source]▶
The general idea is to restore that order, and decouple from China. The problem is such things will require serious leadership, not mafia style extortion.
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1. mindslight ◴[11 May 25 03:27 UTC] No.43951109[source]▶
"taking a stand" - is this what the narrative is going to shift to when the decades-out-of-date approach of this mentally ill false idol blows up into widespread shortages and high inflation (again) ? "Our country is in ruins, but at least we took a stand"
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2. asyx ◴[11 May 25 10:12 UTC] No.43952732[source]▶
I think this will be overshadowed by all the other garbage. Kinda like Germans sometimes say „well Hitler built the Autobahn“ but the industrial scale mass murder of minorities and political opponents kinda overshadows this just a little bit (it’s also false. But nobody gives a fuck about the damn highways).