RubberDuck@lemmy.world to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 5 days agoUS to pressure UK to import high-quality American meat in Trump trade dealwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down13
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkUS to pressure UK to import high-quality American meat in Trump trade dealwww.theguardian.comRubberDuck@lemmy.world to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 5 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoYes, that’s exactly what the people actually behind the Brexit rhetoric wanted. You know, ruthless capitalist scum.
minus-squaresunbeam60@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoBut even if you took a capitalist angle towards it and said “I want to maximise profits” why not stay next to half a billion people whose markets you can access?
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoBecause you’re form a company industry with no foothold or interest in European markets, but tons in American? It’s not “maximises profits for a lot of people”. It’s “maximises profit for some specific people”.
Yes, that’s exactly what the people actually behind the Brexit rhetoric wanted. You know, ruthless capitalist scum.
But even if you took a capitalist angle towards it and said “I want to maximise profits” why not stay next to half a billion people whose markets you can access?
Because you’re form a company industry with no foothold or interest in European markets, but tons in American?
It’s not “maximises profits for a lot of people”. It’s “maximises profit for some specific people”.