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Re:Bipartisan Legislation to Ban TikTok by LarryMullins on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @01:34PM (#33973568)
"America" in the abstract has benefited immensely from free trade, but the average American has not. Wealth inequality has never been worse.
Re:Bipartisan Legislation to Ban TikTok by bitshiftfaced on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @05:11PM (#33976750)
Income and wealth inequality, but some studies have shown that consumption inequality hasn't changed much, and that the trend is the opposite when you look at leisure time inequality.
Re:Bipartisan Legislation to Ban TikTok by blsapologist42 on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @06:31PM (#33977836)
Probably >50% of consumer purchases are imported so it's hard to argue it doesn't benefit them. Imagine suddenly not having access to 50% of the things you buy (or at least having to pay substantially more).