I'm a Southern union member and most union members are for the most part socially conservative. The sole reason a lot of them vote Democrat is for that union support. They have the impression that Republicans want to bust unions or destroy unions. If the Republican party would swallow its pride and dial back its anti-union sentiment, maybe potentially endorse some pro-union policies, it would absorb a sizeable chunk of the Democrats voterbase, further pushing them down. It only takes one small step to absorb an entire group of voters.
High-volume clothing production? To replace Asia? Not a chance. There aren't tens of thousands of skilled seamstresses sitting at home right now waiting for that call. Modern production would be automated anyway (no seamstresses) but that equipment isn't made in the US either and have long lead-times to import (plus new tariffs imposed).
"'i'm not owned! im not owned!!', i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob"
Honestly I blame Sony for getting the ball rolling on the price increase, just shocked it was Nintendo to be the first to go right to $80 lol. But let’s be honest most gamer slop enjoyers have been paying more than $70 or $80 for games for a long time. Sadly there’s a reason why companies keep ripping pieces out of games and slipping them in as “Deluxe Edition Exclusive missions or costumes!” Or the extra $20 for a digital art book.
You know what a 32% tariff on Indonesia says? It says "I don't give a fuck. I will train grandma to sew. She can be 20% slower and I can still pocket 10% arbitrage."
Eric Trump said the first [country] to negotiate will win and the last will absolutely lose.
People blame Sony, but in reality TakeTwo was the first to increase prices the last time, followed by EA.
When things are going so well, you probably should just post less. It starts to look like delirious cope.
What is going well?
You just told us that you are personally eating dead rats to survive. How could things be going better?
Be careful what you wish for. People don't generally go off to starve to death quietly. There will be unrest.
Historically Nintendo has done $70/$80 dollar games in the mid 90s due to chip storages / additional chip requirements on carts so adjusting price to meet current dev cost is not new for them. It all depends if that additional price is something the gaming market can bear.
The can has been kicked so far down the road that that feels inevitable anyway, but hopefully the crunch passes without too much violence
Who said anything about survival? That’s just a Friday breakfast in the Midwest.
also at least around me factory jobs are actually nicer than service jobs with set schedules and time off and youre not on call constantly and less micromanging and more benefits at higher pay and more room for promotion and pathways to less manual labor. were not in the days where little cockney orphans died trying to stomp the deer into the meat grinder chimney stacks for a shilling a week or whatever
kinda odd youd choose to do that with egg and other food prices down but good on ya i guess
He went all in on Egg futures.
The trades are where it's at. There won't be any plumbers starving to death. BossmanJack is going to get the last laugh with his HVAC certificate.
