2/ Footnote 1: a link to youtube video of M4-A2 Sherman tanks rolling off of the General Motors production https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy7BCnGsw_U …
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3/ To a first approximation, no one should EVER say "there is no way to argue X", for any X. This is basically the rhetorical fallacy of argument-from-ignorance.
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4/ It also puts one in the position of trying to prove a negative. I, personally, can't come up with an argument to defend infanticide, nor to explain how it might be critical for national defense. ...but I'd bet that SOME sick bastard can. So I wouldn't argue "can't be done"
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Autos are built where they sell, eh?
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When I went to college in the early 90s we HAD to create arguments both pro and con on subjects quite often. I wonder if they don't emphasize that anymore or what?
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A lot of programs have swapped that out with 'how to be a good little progressive political activist'
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There's this weird double standard here. We know that a bunch of other countries have tariffs on our goods, some of them ostensibly for 'national security' reasons. When Trump uses tariffs for the *stated goal* of encouraging other countries to reduce theres, HE catches flack?
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A simple argument for judicious use of tariffs is as a literal punishment against other countries who are 'defecting' in our iterated prisoner's dilemma (at least, they're in an advantageous spot in the payoff matrix) so they'll finally drop their tariffs for the good of all.
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I'm in favor of tariffs in general, on the idea that the nation should support itself as much as possible. Imports should more rightly be luxury goods, and not everyday products. This again ties to your defense argument.
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The blacksmith can make swords as readily as ploughshares
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