Dave Fenichel<p>Whether or not the mass <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariff</span></a> program is an entirely idiotic economic substitute-for-policy shouldn't be an issue and not just because it's settled/obviously so. It is a *deliberate* tactic, not a mistake, in furtherance of the Giant <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Plunder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plunder</span></a> and <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Disruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disruption</span></a>, to collapse The <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Public</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a>, systems, <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/norms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>norms</span></a>, institutions, and of course, <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>. Economists and pundits must categorically weigh in with clear messaging to that effect, in the crucial spirit of <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/counterdisruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>counterdisruption</span></a>, <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/publicOversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicOversight</span></a>, sensible <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a>, <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/humanSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanSecurity</span></a>, <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/antiTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiTrust</span></a>, <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/teslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teslaTakedown</span></a>, <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/disloyaltyToFelons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disloyaltyToFelons</span></a>, and <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/peopleFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peopleFirst</span></a> policy. Without this focused view we're doomed, is the issue.</p>