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Trump is no longer even pretending that tariffs are about economics. His attack on Brazil's legitimate government is nothing more than says-it-out-loud extortion to protect the fascist former head of state -- part of his global pro-fascist campaign.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/10/nx-s1-5463508/brazil-lula-trump-tariffs
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Brazil is responding the old-fashioned, counterproductive way by matching Trump's tariffs in the other direction. A FAR better response: Adopt Cory Doctorow suggestion to make Brazil a tech jailbreak haven, helping tech users and putting a big dent in the the tech monopolists' power.
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@dangillmor I suspect nobody wants to be the first to do this because they risk pissing everyone else off, too. unfortunately.