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640 points CTOSian | 5 comments | 26 Aug 25 17:22 UTC | HN request time: 1.259s | source
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InitialLastName ◴[26 Aug 25 17:49 UTC] No.45029930[source]▶
This whole tariff circus boils down to regulatory capture by manufacturers at the 10+-figure market cap scale. Olimex (and other small and medium businesses) can't reasonably be expected to calculate the exact material composition of their products (much less their suppliers' products); the only people who can are on the scale of Apple, Microsoft, Samsung and Google whose volumes can amortize the cost of doing so on a per-product basis (and who have probably already done that analysis as part of their process control).
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softwaredoug ◴[26 Aug 25 17:52 UTC] No.45029951[source]▶
We’re living through a political revolution centralizing state and economic power. It’s almost like the pendulum swung away from the Soviet system and now we’re swinging back.
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fooker ◴[26 Aug 25 18:12 UTC] No.45030198[source]▶
Yeah, seize the means of production, indeed.

Funny that this time this started from the right side of the political spectrum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory

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ronsor ◴[26 Aug 25 18:17 UTC] No.45030265[source]▶
Horseshoe theory is real, but there's also the fact that politics has more than one axis.

Authoritarianism is the common denominator; only the details vary.

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1. fooker ◴[26 Aug 25 19:09 UTC] No.45030847[source]▶
Okay, click on the wikipedia link and you can find a reasonable number of credible sources the article cites.

You can follow citations from these citations to find primary search that shows quite a bit of support for it in academic political science.

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2. anthem2025 ◴[26 Aug 25 23:28 UTC] No.45033603[source]▶
I think the obvious conclusion from my post is that I don’t find any of those people credible. At all.

I’d go so far as to say I think anyone peddling horseshoe theory is a politically illiterate fool regardless of their supposed qualifications.

It’s funny that you want me to read the imitation though.

“ Several political scientists, psychologists, and sociologists have criticized the horseshoe theory.[3][4][5] Proponents point to a number of perceived similarities between extremes and allege that both tend to support authoritarianism or totalitarianism; political scientists do not appear to support this notion, and instances of peer-reviewed research on the subject are scarce. Existing studies and comprehensive reviews often find only limited support and only under certain conditions; they generally contradict the theory's central premises.”

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3. int_19h ◴[27 Aug 25 06:43 UTC] No.45036176{3}[source]▶
I grew up in Russia in early 90s when we had literal Nazis and literal Stalinists openly marching on the streets and running in elections.

I don't know what to tell you except that the term "red-brown" became popular for a good reason.

(And I'm far left myself, by the way.)

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4. anthem2025 ◴[27 Aug 25 15:51 UTC] No.45041331{4}[source]▶
That’s nice.

It’s not an argument at all IMO, but good for you.

> I'm far left myself, by the way

So you would, logically, describe yourself as a fascist then?

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5. int_19h ◴[27 Aug 25 21:42 UTC] No.45045667{5}[source]▶
No, because I'm an extreme libertarian, not an authoritarian leftist. But I would describe many tankies as borderline fascist or worse, yet I cannot deny that their economic platform is left-wing.