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Liberation Day
Apr. 3rd, 2025 08:38 amMy Fellow Dreamwidthers,
For too long now, Amazon (and no doubt the rest of Brazil) has enjoyed a huge trade imbalance with my household.
I have bought books, small electrical items, those little wotchermacallits-that-my-local-shop-doesn't-stock, and more, from them. They, meanwhile, have bought precisely NOTHING from me.
I call it an imbalance - but it's better seen as the result of trade barriers imposed by Amazon. For example, while Amazon has a button that allows me to BUY goods, there is no button that allows me to SELL goods to them! This, despite the fact that I have a spare bedroom full of old toys, clothes, chipped mugs and so on that I'd be glad to sell! If that's not an unfair trading practice, what is?
As a result, I am here to announce that from today I will be imposing a 100% TARIFF on all goods bought from Amazon. Admittedly this will make their goods twice as expensive, but that expense will be paid for by the money I receive in tariffs, making Amazon goods effectively FREE.
God bless Amazonia.
For too long now, Amazon (and no doubt the rest of Brazil) has enjoyed a huge trade imbalance with my household.
I have bought books, small electrical items, those little wotchermacallits-that-my-local-shop-doesn't-stock, and more, from them. They, meanwhile, have bought precisely NOTHING from me.
I call it an imbalance - but it's better seen as the result of trade barriers imposed by Amazon. For example, while Amazon has a button that allows me to BUY goods, there is no button that allows me to SELL goods to them! This, despite the fact that I have a spare bedroom full of old toys, clothes, chipped mugs and so on that I'd be glad to sell! If that's not an unfair trading practice, what is?
As a result, I am here to announce that from today I will be imposing a 100% TARIFF on all goods bought from Amazon. Admittedly this will make their goods twice as expensive, but that expense will be paid for by the money I receive in tariffs, making Amazon goods effectively FREE.
God bless Amazonia.