▲ 316 ▼ "America First" foreign policy: JD Vance wants to abandon Ukraine but bomb Mexico and Iran (www.salon.com) submitted 2 years ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 41 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Jomega@lemmy.world 97 points 2 years ago (7 children) What the fuck did Mexico do? permalink fedilink source hideshow 14 child comments replies: [–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 61 points 2 years ago (1 child) brown people permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 points 2 years ago They give us workers and refugees! We should bomb the shit out of them and then they'll checks notes send us... workers and refugees? permalink fedilink source parent [–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 2 years ago (1 child) The right has been scapegoating Mexico over the ongoing opiod crisis and Fentanyl specifically permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Doesn't all this fentanyl come from China who is famously allied with Republican's favorite leader, Putin? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago It doesn't "all" come from any one country, but China produces the most, yes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zorque@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago Didn't pay for the wall permalink fedilink source parent [–] Droechai@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago Remember the Alamo! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago I think it is a ploy by Russia and China to get the US to hurt itself. Mexico is key to our economic future. The manufacturing which the US is trying to onshore needs many different inputs some from lower cost labor sources. Mexico provides some of the middleish parts of the process (yes Mexican labor is more skilled than other inputs from South Asia). While the US labor pool provides the upper end. Cars, appliances, low end electronics etc. are where Mexico comes in. The US just doesn’t have the labor pool to do all of this at a decent price point. While central and southern Mexico may not be big fans of the US. People in the North are fairly pro USA as they see a lot of economic integration. Dropping bombs on them even when we are going after the cartels is not going to keep them on our side and we will see the anti US sentiment take over the country. It’s basically one of the few extremely dumb things we could do to royally fuck up our economy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] frunch@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago 'member those scary caravans?!? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 61 points 2 years ago (1 child) brown people permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 points 2 years ago They give us workers and refugees! We should bomb the shit out of them and then they'll checks notes send us... workers and refugees? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 2 years ago (1 child) The right has been scapegoating Mexico over the ongoing opiod crisis and Fentanyl specifically permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Doesn't all this fentanyl come from China who is famously allied with Republican's favorite leader, Putin? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago It doesn't "all" come from any one country, but China produces the most, yes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Doesn't all this fentanyl come from China who is famously allied with Republican's favorite leader, Putin? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago It doesn't "all" come from any one country, but China produces the most, yes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago It doesn't "all" come from any one country, but China produces the most, yes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago Didn't pay for the wall permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago I think it is a ploy by Russia and China to get the US to hurt itself. Mexico is key to our economic future. The manufacturing which the US is trying to onshore needs many different inputs some from lower cost labor sources. Mexico provides some of the middleish parts of the process (yes Mexican labor is more skilled than other inputs from South Asia). While the US labor pool provides the upper end. Cars, appliances, low end electronics etc. are where Mexico comes in. The US just doesn’t have the labor pool to do all of this at a decent price point. While central and southern Mexico may not be big fans of the US. People in the North are fairly pro USA as they see a lot of economic integration. Dropping bombs on them even when we are going after the cartels is not going to keep them on our side and we will see the anti US sentiment take over the country. It’s basically one of the few extremely dumb things we could do to royally fuck up our economy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frunch@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago 'member those scary caravans?!? permalink fedilink source parent