You can tell by the title this is going to be one of those long non-related rants about several issues, so without further ado:
So I actually started this post with the title ''Cringetubers suffer from collective brain dead syndrome on the Vitalik/Philippines drama'' but halfway through realized it was actually almost defending the older generation of the douchetuber fake prank channels and that is totally not what the point of the intended post was.
The actual intention was to shed light on the go-along and easily to manipulate, bribe and mislead newer generation of reaction channels. For those who are lucky enough to not know, reaction channels are thriving as their often ill-informed opinions are subtly fed to their fanboys. I can't remember a time when these videos got so many views while literally all of them jump from one drama on to the next and pretty much all say the same thing. But every now and then there's a take that's so ******* stupid, it'll leave you in awe at how dumb these reaction-bros (yes I just made that up on the flow) can be.
Their stupidity is not a new thing either. Remember this insane interview where Liam Neeson said because his friend (or relative or something) was once attacked/raped by a black man, he got a bat and went to the area it happened a few nights in a row and planned to just swing at the first black man he saw? He said he never saw anyone to swing at (this was in some remote area in Ireland btw), but that he definitely would have attacked the first black person he saw because of all the rage he felt. How did Youtube reaction-bros cover this? "Oh he's so honest" ''Whataboutism on some black guy who also said something racist'' "He's just saying what most white people would think in that situation" "He's not racist, he's just honest for openly admitting it."
And just in case you thought the quotes were not just dumb cringetubers but covert white supremacists who were defending Neeson because of the races involved:
So how is this relevant to some old moron still doing pranks and being a menace to people in the Philippines now? Well, believe it or not Youtube-bros are now applauding the corrupt son of the former disgraced dictator Marcos who literally murdered political opponents.
You know what, I'm not even getting into all that. Shallow reaction-bros probably have no idea about Marcos' family traditions and I didn't publish that topic for a reason, you are here to read about trade, wars, trade wars and your crypto bags.😉 What I am getting into in closing, is that the average person in the Philippines lives in some of the poorest and most devastating conditions on earth. There are things going on in that country that will make you puke. It is so bad, some Western nations amended their laws so they could arrest and prosecute their citizens at home who freely traveled to and from the Philippines to abuse children. You're not going to convince me governments thousands of kilometers away know about this, but the Philippine government ''just can't know'' what's happening under their very noses. No, they simply don't care about their people. Yet this 💩stain of a government in the Philippines claimed they arrested Vitaly because he ''disrespected Philippine citizens'' and practically got a standing ovation from that other 💩stain they call Youtube reaction channels.
Someone noted that Vitaly went to the few rich areas in the Philippines where their wealthy, celebrities and yes, government officials and their families live. Though not confirmed, it is rumored that even someone in Marcos' direct circles was seen in his streams but that's not really relevant. The point is, had he done his dumb useless streams in the more common regions of the Philippines where people live way below the poverty line, live in garbage and in many cases actually eat it (yes pagpag is a real thing), he would be flying back home first class right about now instead of living in a Philippine dungeon while the political filth in Manila are exploiting his arrest to make themselves look like some sort of hero, while their people can't even afford a living and are often forced to work abroad in some of the worst conditions just to provide their children some sort of living. The whole thing is truly is enough to make you rage:
Philippines limits recruitment of workers to Kuwait after abuse and murder case
Filipino maid ‘raped by boss’ in Saudi Arabia dies in hospital
Saudi Arabia 'may jail woman who posted video of husband groping housemaid'
So after that irrelevant long intro on a non-published topic: Trade wars.
You know why it's a lose-lose situation for everyone but mostly the rich? Cheaper labor, cheaper manufacturing and a faster turnaround is why most of these ''US'' made brands choose to outsource abroad. That means of course less work for their fellow citizens, less taxes/costs for themselves, and of course the main reason they do it, a much higher profit.
But that once highly lucrative profit is evaporating fast. You see, remember years ago when the first trade war escalated between the US, China and the EU? A lot of that has been toned down of course over the past years, but is now re-escalating to unseen levels. A company like e.g. Levi's didn't only spend millions more just to produce in China which they course calculated in the final price to consumers, but was suddenly also adding an extra 20% to that already higher price for their non US consumers in EU Europe.
So did these bottom feeding filth do the right thing and bring back their manufacturing to their own country to at least make their items more affordable for their US consumers? ***** no, they spend millions relocating to places like Vietnam and India. How is that working out that you ask? 'Gap, Nike and Levi’s took years to diversify from China. Now sky high tariffs on nations like Vietnam are ruining plans and tanking their stocks'
Ohhhh nooo, not them stocks.😁 So bottom line, not only is it more expensive to re-import their own goods to sell to their own/domestic US citizens, it is also more expensive to re-export it to a third country. And these countries aren't idiots. Well, apart from those in the EU anyway. They are already retaliating and starting their own block to defend against these trade war tactics.
China, Vietnam sign deals as Xi visits Hanoi amid US tariff tensions
China calls on India to stand together against US tariffs amid trade war
Iran and Russia are the laughing third in this story. There isn't much left to sanction and they are carrying out their business as usual with all relevant countries except the US and EU. It's almost as if you're better off without an unreliable partner who constantly changes the rules when he's losing.🤷♂️
So why did your crypto bags tank a moment there? Trade wars and the real thing I guess. Investors who don't even understand Bitcoin but buy it in the millions then dump it along with their NVIDIA stock when bad weather approaches. The constant threat of a real war between Yemen, Israel, Iran and the US which also seems a bit more stable now since the talks. Will it last? My guess is not but who knows, better keep your ears to the ground, or a headphone.😉🦻
