• BeBopALouie@lemmy.ca
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    5 hours ago

    Yup they won’t be coming back and why on earth would they do anything else with them in the future.

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    Hyundai already announced a two to three month delay on this plant after this whole thing. They aren’t walking away, but this isn’t an event they are forgetting.

    It won’t matter what President comes after this one, this whole thing is going to influence investment from South Korea for some time.

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      If you were a foreign company considering investing a substantial amount of money to build a plant in the U.S., and then the unstable authoritarian dictator of that country pulls a stunt like this, you’re going to reconsider putting any more capital at risk.

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        I’ve seen this plant, and it’s massive. I don’t know how close to completion they are, but billions have been spent. If they pull out they are going to take a hell of a loss. Hopefully that means they’ll work to weaken Trump and the GOP in order to help their bottom line.

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            Indeed.

            The actuarial calculation must be the billions more that will potentially be lost when exposing themselves to further harassment and extortion from Trump and his cronies versus the definite billions lost if they were to cancel everything now.

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          Its not just them too. They might be in too deep at this point, but other companies aren’t. One look and they’ll do business elsewhere.

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    Trump backs off

    The damage is already done. He got to stuff hundreds of Korean workers in one of his torture prisons while extorting the company and the country for their release. He’s not backing off. He’s pulling his fist back for another swing. Fucking headline journalists are too “TACO” pilled to see the next blow coming.

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      I should upvote because Drumpf has, in a very real sense, blood on his hands from his stochastic terrorism, mafioso fascist/rhetoric and policies; I should downote because political violence really doesn’t make things better; and yet evil also triumphs when good people do nothing. What to do, what to do…

      Will nothing rid us all of this turbulent turd? (Note “nothing”, not ‘no one’)

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        Idk, I feel better with Kirk dead. Also, he can’t keep spreading his hate to millions, so that’s better too. Political violence doesn’t always makes things better, but sometimes it does, and I think a lack of Trump would be a good thing.

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          I don’t feel better. I’m not white and from now on I’m even more likely to get shot than before. I’m staying inside as much as possible (was already doing that before, now I feel even less wanting to go outside). I heard a US Citizen got yeeted off the streets by ICE while walking in a park. Hell nah, fuck that. I’m rather just watch tv shows in the dark silence of an empty room in my house.

          I mean, I don’t mourn any deaths, but I’m also not “happy” about it. Rather just have the Bernie wins 2016 Timeline. My head hurts ever time there’s a new announcement from the dictator.

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          On one have it’s definitely better he’s dead, but is that worth what they’re gearing up to do?

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            They’ve been hearing for something for a while and if not Kirk it would be something else. I don’t think that this will actually amount to much more than this weird nationalistic response to the death of a YouTuber.

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    I watched a documentary today about Amanda Knox, an American who was accused of murder in Italy in 2007, apparently Trump wanted America to boycott Italy over that

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      That’s half my diet, I’m not boycotting Italy. Live without pizza, meatball subs, and pasta? I don’t think so.

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          before krasnov’s trade war, two liters of olive oil a year and while we did not buy meat direct from italy our salame guy does buy direct from italy. we probably get a sassage a month from him. also our deli gets italian mortadella too and fuck i gotta go get a sandwich there tomorrow don’t i.