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    It will at least be extremely funny to watch all the right wing gamer bro chuds freak the fuck out when an immediate consequence of their actions will be that gaming pc components instantly inflate 50% in price.

    Glad I already got my Steam Deck, fuck.

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      Bold of you to assune they won’t just blame Dems because it isn’t like reality matters.

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        I just said they would freak out.

        Who they end up blaming is between them and their god emperor, I guess.

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        Fuck the dems, too. Less people voted this election, than the last election. People didn’t bother to go vote that should have.

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      If you think that’s funny just wait for all the construction bros to discover that Milwaukee is now a Chinese company and their M18 HD12 batteries suddenly cost >500 a pop

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        And automotive guys figuring out a good chunk of their replacement parts are European.

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          Oh, that too. Most of these compact SUVs are built foreign because that’s where they generate the most revenue. Imagine hitting a pheasant in your Chevy, a pheasant of all things, and getting a 10k insurance estimate because it cracked your made-in-Mexico integrated LED headlamp assembly and split your bumper cover

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      but but… Orange men said it was good for the economy, now I have to pay 2000 Dollars for a 5090? Why aren’t they coming to America and produce here!?

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            I know these things take time, but it’s really hard not to be skeptical of CHIPS amounting to much. It reminds me too much of all the grant money given to telecom companies like AT&T and Verizon - supposed to be for improving infrastructure and implementing 5G, but they just pocketed the money as profit.

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            Its a pretty strategically and economically impactful piece of legislation pushed by, and then signed into law, by Biden, in 2022.

            It basically sets up a bunch of tax incentives and funds to go toward building out domestic computer hardware research and manufacturing.

            Its the kind of thing that would lay the foundation for the US building a lot more of its own computer hardware, instead of importing it.

            So when the Trump tariff apocalypse hits… assuming the CHIPS Act does not get repealed, it will be the only saving grace in terms of possibly lowering computer hardware costs.

            Trump and Republicans are likely to try and take credit for this, if domestic chip fabs start coming online before 2028, pretending it is something they came up with.

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      I really really hope that they will enact their economic agenda before their racist agenda. When they denaturalize and deport citizens, half of us will be cheering (unfortunately). When the price of electronics/ cars increases it distributes harm to all.

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      Fuck, I’ve been putting off getting a new laptop, but hell this is probably going to influence that decision.

      Probably should get on it and buy it now ahead of day 1