• TheFogan@programming.dev
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    5 hours ago

    Wow, he’s really not reading the country very well is he? 2020, that was a 50/50 move, piss off half the country, earn the support from half of it. (again just talking on a purely business strategy), unless the millitary is about to buy a shitload of toyota’s, I don’t see how this isn’t a horrific play.

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      I think the business strategy here is sucking up to a dictator who can decide on a whim that Toyota is now the only American car brand allowed to be American and sell American cars. Or that Toyota parts are exempt from tariffs. Or that Toyotas are subsidised with 300% ontop by tax payer money. Looking at the current situation I dont even think this is a bad decision from a purely capitalist viewpoint, but its cowardly as fuck.

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      2020, that was a 50/50 move, piss off half the country, earn the support from half of it.

      No, it always would have been a net loss.
      Toyota sells a lot internationally while basically 0% of the international customers see Trump or MAGA in a positive light…

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      They’re a Japanese brand known for cheap, reliable, sensible cars, do they expect loyalty from the Make America Great Again crowd?

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        39 minutes ago

        I wouldnt be surprised if MAGAts buys more overseas than the average American. Their whole merch is made in Asia.

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          Buying overseas isn’t something kind of moral failure lmao bluMAGA. Who else but the skidoo dealership owner who drops 1K to fly to DC on J6 is paying 50K+ for a working class affect?