• dregan@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    By their own logic, they don’t have a right to tariff refunds either.

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      They want to eat their cake, and have it to. Will capitalism benefit the capitalists like it does 99.99% of the time? You bet your sweet ass it will!

      99.99% of the time, it works every time!

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        2 days ago

        I’m reminded of how Disney pulled most of their movie ideas from the public domain, and then pushed hard to try to extend copyright so that none of their movies would ever enter the public domain themselves.

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      I hate comments like this. Nintendo paid an illegal tax, so they deserve a refund. Consumers got screwed by their government, not Nintendo.

      Also, if you think the tariffs, AI, threat of more tariffs, Iran war, etc. haven’t increases the cost of operations for businesses then you’re not paying attention to current events.

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        1 day ago

        I hate comments like this. Mega corps do not need you to defend them. Fuck them. They can afford to give some of that money back.

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          23 hours ago

          I’m not defending anyone, just explaining how the law is working in this scenario as people seems to have lost the ability to understand simple taxes (tariffs).

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      2 days ago

      I mean, not quite the same logic. The tariffs that Nintendo paid were deemed illegal. The price consumers paid was not deemed to be illegal. At least, not yet, as the case is ongoing.

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        1 day ago

        I’m sure their logic would also say “When we raised prices, fewer people bought our stuff, so we already paid the price.” Or something skeezy like that.