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by JumpinJack_Cash 438 days ago
This whole balancing the trade deficit is utopia.

I will just give a small example using black leather jackets.

Black leather jackets are indestructible, you can spill any sort of fluid on them, try to light them on fire (they won't catch fire) throw them in the dirt etc.

They never go out of style either, there is basically no reason why an adult should own more than one black leather jacket.

Now think of how many black leather jackets do you own.

See? People have to find within themselves the will to stop their consumerism , not with this sort of central planning idiocy. And it's not granted that doing away with consumerism is desirable either.

Like for example Trump's impact on American society was much better when he was buying planes, yachts, supercars and foreign models than what it has become of him now that he has stopped pursuing those things.

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> Now think of how many black leather jackets do you own.

None. I don't really understand this analogy.

I've never owned a black leather jacket and I don't think I know anyone who does.