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Re:China's New Rare Earth and Magnet Restrictions Threaten U... by watwut on Sunday October 12, 2025 @07:41AM (#45557446)
> America is a one-party state. That party is neoliberalism. On economics and foreign policy there's almost no daylight between the major parties in the US and really foreign policy is economics.

There.

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Re:China's New Rare Earth and Magnet Restrictions Threaten U... by jmyeet on Sunday October 12, 2025 @09:01AM (#45557947)
So you actually just ignored the rest of the comment talking about how the tariffs were a departure from the economic order?
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Re:China's New Rare Earth and Magnet Restrictions Threaten U... by watwut on Sunday October 12, 2025 @10:04AM (#45558305)
It says following:

> Why tariffs have crossed a line is because the Republicans seem to have forgotten that protecting the economic order is the point of culture war issues.

It does not say it is not neoliberalism. Just that it is tactical mistake related to culture war.

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