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Globalism's Latest Shitshow: Their Crap Ain't Selling Anymore


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2025 Apr 5, 4:11pm   1,071 views  81 comments

by MolotovCocktail   ➕follow (4)   ignore (5)  

The tariffs discussions online and in the media have taken an awesome turn, have you noticed?



Everywhere, not just on PatNet. And the basic gist of it is:

1) The globalists and their Minions are crying Chicken Little because something for realz is happening that is bringing their means of ass raping us to an end or at least seriously limits it.

2) Part of that, they are pushing the same old bullshit 'free trade' narrative.

3) But NOBODY is buying it. Furthermore, even the least articulate/educated ppl even seem to catch some crap the globalist bullshitters post and use it to rip 'em a new one.

My X feed is filled with them. It is awesome to behold.

This one is a tad more on the sophisticated side than what I just described, but is my fav AND IS representive of what I just said:



4) We are even seeing what I call 'mini-manifestos' being posted by ppl -- myself included -- who had bought into the Globalist Bullshit now openly admitting that they were wrong and calling it what it actually is.

Example: https://patrick.net/comment?comment_id=2164721

5) I am seeing this from the Left. From the Right. From ppl I can't stand. From ppl I respect. From ppl I disagree with on certain things but agree on others. From ppl who I would normally wouldn't see on my feeds at all. From ppl not even on any feeds because they aren't online like me.

6) LIKEWISE, I see the bullshit response from ppl I either a) never heard of before or b) ppl I always knew were bought off - like Senator Grassley. The real stupid ones in my view are those like Bill Krystal who is jumping on this bandwagon simply because he hates Trump.

They are only shooting themselves on the foot.

I don't know for sure if the tariffs will work as advertised. I do believe, however, that they will work a lot better than the screaming globalists rant. In fact, I -- and all the aforementioned others -- see that they are actually in fear that they will actually work enough to fuck with their free trade scam.

This thread is to talk about that. The various other tariff dedicated threads have already started doing so. So maybe this is a little late.

But let's see..

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57   Maga_Chaos_Monkey   2025 Apr 27, 8:48am  

MolotovCocktail says


Bullshit.

https://toddshelton.com/blog/about-todd-shelton/made-in-america/american-made-clothing-brands#socks


Back in the 80s when the rednecks used to park in the back of our school parking lot with rifles mounted in the back window of their trucks the TexMex gangbangers used to wear steel toe redwing boots: https://www.redwingshoes.com/work/mens/safety-toe/supersole-x-02531.html

So they could kick this shit out of people with them.

Then Columbine happened.

I still have pair of steel toed redwings. I hear of something really heavy falls on them your toes are stuck and you're screwed though.
58   mell   2025 Apr 27, 8:51am  

At the end of the day Tariffs, while probably the best tool in the tool chest, are only a temporary solution. Only the public consumer can turn things around for good by stopping with the cheap mass consumerism and buying less, but quality made locally. The amount of cheap shit people, esp. womyn (clothes!) buy is insane, so many hoarders, reduce your wardrobe to 1/10th of real quality items, and raise your kids the same way. I have been planning to give away 50% of the kids toys for a long time now, probably 80%+ made in Chyna. Real change starts in the head of the populace, but Trump is nudging them in the right direction. You should wear a good pair of Jeans for 5 years, so $100+ is totally appropriate, 7 cents per day. Just lay off the $7 daily latte
59   mell   2025 Apr 27, 9:02am  

Maga_Chaos_Monkey says

I still have pair of steel toed redwings. I hear of something really heavy falls on them your toes are stuck and you're screwed though

Some Doc Martens have steel toes as well. Still have a pair
60   Maga_Chaos_Monkey   2025 Apr 27, 9:03am  

mell says


but quality


People don't even buy quality FOOD if they can save a buck or two. I've been picking up a pack of organic black berries for breakfast that past couple of months and it's mostly stocked with non-organic from mexico. Those fly off of the shelf but the organic sits for a long time and starts to dry out. The store even has a big marketing campaign for the mexican blackberries and if I recall calls them Georgia-Sweets or something.

I get it lately though food prices are a killer for a lot of people. Then again I was a checker at one of these very same stores in the 80s for nearly 3 years and only once did I see food stamps. Like an actual string of stamps and it made a scene. It wasn't my register but the next over and I noticed people all around were staring at the lady.

Now every 3rd person in front of me here in SA uses and EBT card. I don't live in a bad area either.
61   MolotovCocktail   2025 Apr 27, 9:12am  

mell says

only a temporary solution.


Tell that to the nations that have tariffed our ass for fucking decades.
62   Robert Sproul   2025 Apr 27, 9:21am  

mell says

The amount of cheap shit people, esp. womyn (clothes!) buy is insane, so many hoarders

I spend my weekends at yard/estate sales, picking for resale. Consumerism has turned pathological. Hoarder behavior is kind of the norm, 600 bucks worth of un-needed possessions filling boxes in the garage while 50k cars sit in the driveway exposed to the elements. 'Fast Fashion' is the ultimate expression of this, some clothes are worn just once or twice, and it comes at a huge environmental cost which is of course ignored by the loony-lefty women that are the main participants.
63   mell   2025 Apr 27, 9:27am  

MolotovCocktail says

mell says


only a temporary solution.


Tell that to the nations that have tariffed our ass for fucking decades.

Well they haven't been outdoing the US, so it hasn't been a magic bullet for them. Also many conflate VAT with tariffs which is not. But I agree everything should be roughly reciprocal
64   Maga_Chaos_Monkey   2025 Apr 27, 9:31am  

mell says

But I agree everything should be roughly reciprocal


I'm not sure if it's true or not but I've heard/read that whichever country has the global reserve currency will always suffer trade imbalances.
65   Patrick   2025 Apr 27, 10:45am  

Right, the Triffin Dilemma.

If we want the world to use dollars, then we have to buy stuff from foreign countries so that they all have dollars.
66   mell   2025 Apr 27, 10:45am  

Robert Sproul says

mell says


The amount of cheap shit people, esp. womyn (clothes!) buy is insane, so many hoarders

I spend my weekends at yard/estate sales, picking for resale. Consumerism has turned pathological. Hoarder behavior is kind of the norm, 600 bucks worth of un-needed possessions filling boxes in the garage while 50k cars sit in the driveway exposed to the elements. 'Fast Fashion' is the ultimate expression of this, some clothes are worn just once or twice, and it comes at a huge environmental cost which is of course ignored by the loony-lefty women that are the main participants.

Absolutely. Also my oldest finds tossed electronics such as ipads, phones or laptops on the street, briefly cleans them and then sells them online for $15+ just for the spare parts or more if it can be repaired easily. My wardrobe was 1/10th of my kids wardrobe and clothes occasionally 1-2 sizes too big for a while. Yet everyone was happy and a single earner sufficed.
67   mell   2025 Apr 27, 10:47am  

Patrick says

Right, the Triffin Dilemma.

If we want the world to use dollars, then we have to buy stuff from foreign countries so that they all have dollars.

True and a trade deficit is not bad per se. An extreme trade deficit usually is though, with few exceptions
68   MolotovCocktail   2025 Apr 27, 11:45am  

Patrick says


Right, the Triffin Dilemma.

If we want the world to use dollars, then we have to buy stuff from foreign countries so that they all have dollars.


We are way beyond that. Because there is ~$70T in eurodollar debt, the demand for dollars outside the rest of the world can not be met by us absorbing their imports alone.

And we didn't create the eurodollar system. The rest of the world did.
69   HeadSet   2025 Apr 27, 1:38pm  

Patrick says

If we want the world to use dollars, then we have to buy stuff from foreign countries so that they all have dollars.

Or those countries earn dollars from factories in the US.
70   HeadSet   2025 Apr 27, 1:53pm  

Robert Sproul says

Consumerism has turned pathological.

Not a recent phenomenon. Check out the late 50s Chevys radical model year redesigns - they wanted to make sure everyone knew if you were driving last year's car.


71   AmericanKulak   2025 Apr 27, 2:11pm  

Nowadays I can't tell the difference between most SUVs until I look at the logo. They're all the same, right down to the curvature on the sides.

The Outlander looks like the Grand Cherokee etc.
72   HeadSet   2025 Apr 27, 5:18pm  

AmericanKulak says

Nowadays I can't tell the difference between most SUVs until I look at the logo. They're all the same, right down to the curvature on the sides.

The Outlander looks like the Grand Cherokee etc.

Yep, that is because of CAFE. Only so much you can do while keeping the air resistance low.
73   Tenpoundbass   2025 Apr 27, 6:26pm  

MolotovCocktail says

It's offensive as hell.

Oh so you speakie Englie now huh now mother fuckers. It's offensive ass hell when Chinese pokes fun at fattie McFat Ass until you realize it's just propaganda to rape your ass at the check out counter. But as long as the BBC and NYT says our insurance is triple and food bills are quintupled because of Lardo Cowdardo, then it's OK. It's all Propaganda.
75   MolotovCocktail   2025 Apr 30, 4:26pm  

Too many Globalist RINOs voted for this:


76   AmericanKulak   2025 Apr 30, 10:45pm  

What's Rand Paul's plan to pay down $36T of debt without taxing productive Americans via the income tax more?
77   AmericanKulak   2025 Apr 30, 10:46pm  

HeadSet says

Yep, that is because of CAFE. Only so much you can do while keeping the air resistance low.

Aha! Thanks, that explains it.
80   MolotovCocktail   2025 May 5, 12:27pm  




https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/chinese-companies-are-moving-to-texas-nevada-to-avoid-trump-s-tariffs/ar-AA1EcU9o

“The United States accounts for nearly 95% of our orders. It’s not a market we can afford to lose,” Ryan Zhou, who runs a novelty gift business in eastern China, said, as reported by the SCMP. Zhou is opening a new facility in Dallas next month as a result of a 90% tariff on Chinese shipments to the United States.

Zhu Ning, a consultant who advises Chinese firms on overseas expansion, says he’s handled more than 100 relocation inquiries in the last four months alone, a level of interest that was unheard of before Trump’s tariffs kicked in, per the SCMP.


These are not American companies coming back, but they are Chinese companies coming in to the United States for the first time. For years, they undercut American workers by exploiting loopholes and subsidies, leading to an influx of cheap goods and synthetic goods. Now they are scrambling to stay afloat.


But I was told it would take YEARS to get the new factories built and running in the US!
81   Ceffer   2025 May 5, 12:36pm  

MolotovCocktail says





This was shown to be propaganda. A local went down and vid showed the Seattle port full of container ships ready to be unloaded.

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