[ExI] Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 24/10/2025 15:32, spike wrote:
>
> *Below is what the Canada ad said, vs what Reagan actually said:*
>
> Canadian ad:
>
> *“When someone says, ‘Let’s impose tariffs on foreign imports,’ it 
> looks like they’re doing the patriotic thing by protecting American 
> products and jobs. And sometimes for a short while it works—but only 
> for a short time. But over the long run, such trade barriers hurt 
> every American worker and consumer. High tariffs inevitably lead to 
> retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade 
> wars. Then the worst happens: Markets shrink and collapse; businesses 
> and industries shut down; and millions of people lose their jobs.”*
>
> **
>
> What Reagan said in 1987:
>
> **
>
> **
>
> *You see, at first, when someone says, ``Let's impose tariffs on 
> foreign imports,'' it looks like they're doing the patriotic thing by 
> protecting American products and jobs. And sometimes for a short while 
> it works -- but only for a short time. What eventually occurs is: 
> First, homegrown industries start relying on government protection in 
> the form of high tariffs. They stop competing and stop making the 
> innovative management and technological changes they need to succeed 
> in world markets. And then, while all this is going on, something even 
> worse occurs. High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign 
> countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars. The result is more 
> and more tariffs, higher and higher trade barriers, and less and less 
> competition. So, soon, because of the prices made artificially high by 
> tariffs that subsidize inefficiency and poor management, people stop 
> buying. Then the worst happens: Markets shrink and collapse; 
> businesses and industries shut down; and millions of people lose their 
> jobs.*
>
> **
>

I'm not sure what the problem is here. The Canadian version looks like a 
fair summary of the original. How did it distort what Reagan said?

The overall message can be summed up even more concisely: "Reagan said 
back in 1987 that tariffs are bad for everybody".

-- 
Ben

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