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haunter ◴[] No.45078660[source]
In the end it's the biggest leopard ate my face moment ever:

China has very high growth momentum that surpasses American living standards soon, and not long before it will surpass American security standards too. China's purchasing power is probably more comfortable than most western countries, with extensive housing and high speed rail and electric cars etc. When a country becomes rich, inevitably other countries ask for their help. That's why China's growth must be curbed, fast > tariff them to their death or so. But I really don't think it will work at all. And personally I don't even think it's a good idea at all to begin with.

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platevoltage ◴[] No.45078714[source]
See this is what I don't understand. Everything you just said about China is a positive. Everything you said about China is achievable in the USA, and we at least HAD a head start on soft-power influence.

Instead we should just have tariffs instead of actually making the lives of Americans better while FIGHTING affordable housing, high speed rail, and EVs.

We've got an entire team of goons who would rather rack up penalty minutes than score goals. These freaks think we are competing with China in an MMA fight instead of a Hockey game.

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bongodongobob[dead post] ◴[] No.45079953[source]
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1. platevoltage ◴[] No.45080393[source]
Is it weird that I get more worked up about the misuse of "literally" than your use of a slur?
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2. tbossanova ◴[] No.45080422[source]
What’s the misuse here?
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3. jibal ◴[] No.45080504[source]
It depends on which definition of the word is being used. For the informal one, "very foolish or stupid", it's literally true.
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4. tbossanova ◴[] No.45081125{3}[source]
I’m still not sure what the misuse is. “Literally” is now commonly used as an intensifier, like how “awesome “ used to mean inspiring awe, including if you were scared of something, and now is mostly an intensifier. Awesome, dude!
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5. jibal ◴[] No.45081938{4}[source]
C'mon ... you know what "misuse" refers to, even if it's no longer considered to literally be a misuse.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally

6. bongodongobob ◴[] No.45086609[source]
I don't know, what do you call a full grown adult that reads at a 6th grade level and can't interpret a basic graph? 60% of America.