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1. cwal37+ZM7[view] [source] 2026-02-03 23:18:51
>>sberen+(OP)
> As someone who generally stays out of politics, I didn’t know much about the incoming administration’s stance towards tariffs, though I don’t think anyone could have predicted such drastic hikes.

I have an appreciation for very bright lamps, and the project is neat, but that stuck out to me.

I'm always fascinated by people who both feel comfortable ignoring maybe the single most impactful society-determining apparatus but will also say "no one could have seen that coming", where that is whatever they were unaware of because they chose to check out. I find the stance so fascinating because for myself, it would be impossible to not try and understand why the world is the way it is.

Everything is downstream of politics whether people want to recognize that or not, and choosing to ignore it is, in fact, a political choice.

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2. m4rtin+pm8[view] [source] 2026-02-04 03:16:16
>>cwal37+ZM7
Yeah - you can try to stay out of politics, but no way politics will stay out of your life, simple as that.
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