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We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA

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639 points CTOSian | 4 comments | 26 Aug 25 17:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.758s | 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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edbaskerville ◴[26 Aug 25 18:15 UTC] No.45030237[source]▶
It wasn't called National Socialism for nothing.
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1. snozolli ◴[26 Aug 25 19:13 UTC] No.45030905[source]▶
Please name, say, three elements of NAZI policies that were socialist. To my knowledge, the only thing that's even a tiny bit socialist was Hitler's plan for some sort of central bank, because of course he saw banking and loans as part of some Jewish conspiracy.

Hitler was an O.G. troll, taking over the Workers' Party and renaming it with the word Socialism purely to aggravate his political opponents. He hated socialists, communists, and anarchists.

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2. fooker ◴[26 Aug 25 19:23 UTC] No.45031031[source]▶
> three elements of NAZI policies that were socialist

Government control over transportation, newspapers, and other industries that should ideally not choose profits over quality of service. Communalized non-profit grocery stores. Sounds familiar?

Strict measures to ban or nationalize war profiteering, high interest rates, capital heavy business models allowing rent seeking. Explicit profit sharing required by large companies.

Welfare state with free healthcare and expanded pension funds.

Sometimes 'bad' people have the same 'good' ideas you have. Now sure why this is so difficult to grasp.

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3. snozolli ◴[26 Aug 25 22:23 UTC] No.45033100[source]▶
Government control over transportation

No idea what you mean. Public transportation? If that's socialist, then any functional, modern society is going to be socialist on your book. If you mean control over private transportation, then I guess America was socialist during WWII.

newspapers

There's nothing socialist about that.

Welfare state with free healthcare and expanded pension funds.

I really don't think that you can call a "welfare" program Socialist when it excludes Jews, non-Germans, and even anyone who was against the regime.

Sometimes 'bad' people have the same 'good' ideas you have.

You have absolutely no idea what ideas I have.

Now sure why this is so difficult to grasp.

Not sure why you choose to be rude.

4. int_19h ◴[27 Aug 25 06:45 UTC] No.45036204[source]▶
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strength_Through_Joy, just to give one example.