Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in foreign lands’

Post by 7e » Mon, May 05, 2025, 1:18 PM UTC

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I was actually shocked by this tariff. It's a pro-union, pro-labor, classic progressive move. If you haven't been following what's happening with film production, basically production has moved from LA, Atlanta, New York, etc. to cheap countries in Eastern Europe and Asia. A vast majority of IATSE film crew productions have now vacated the US. It's decimated the local film crew workforce and forced many to leave the…

Can you actually provide numbers? like how many of the movies that used or should have been shot in the US were off-shored abroad? A bit of a "cheap" research but deepseek did search the top 10 grossing movies of 2025; and all of them except one were shot in the US.

Post by lentil_soup » Mon, May 05, 2025, 1:21 PM UTC

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So let me get this straight... he's not happy with the UK because of VAT (value added tax) and he's also not happy with the UK because of tax breaks? Amazing.

Both are harming US jobs. VAT is bad for US because a car made in US is 22% more expensive when sold in UK than a car made in UK sold in US. VAT makes it harder for US car company to sell in UK. It reduces number of US jobs making cars. UK giving tax breaks to US companies also reduces number of US jobs because a catering business in Los Angeles loses a job to a catering business in London. So does a carpenter, an ex…

Post by lossolo » Mon, May 05, 2025, 1:22 PM UTC

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What would a meaningful fight look like?

Impeachment. There have been multiple clearly impeachable offences by the current administration. The congress GOP should take responsibility for getting the US out of this.

Post by jen20 » Mon, May 05, 2025, 1:23 PM UTC

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it s impressive that , despite the US deciding to self-implode there is nobody willing to step in to compete for their place. It's as if the species has culturally peaked after its demographic peak. Europe is already in retirement and US seems to follow. Maybe we'll see African dynamism in a few decades

You have to ask yourself why nobody wants the role. This role has only been a thing for 81 years and the USA is the only 1 dumb enough to ever try to do it. The EU could do it; basically nobody else is in the ballpark to try. No chance though. Everyone is looking at Nigeria. More than doubling their population by the end of the century. Extremely healthy population pyramid. India is soon to be the new Asian superpowe…

Post by cpursley » Mon, May 05, 2025, 1:28 PM UTC

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The questions you posed are not questioning fluoride, they're asking what the basic premise even is. If you don't understand that, you are far from the position needed to be evaluating and analyzing the necessity or benefits of it. The Wikipedia page you mentioned reading also points out that it's not only a US thing. Or even a water-only thing.

When I see an argument with a phrase like "basic premise" I know I'm reading some word mambo jambo, otherwise the author would just give their summary of that "basic premise" instead of deadlinking it (refer to something without actually referring it). You don't have an argument yourself, you just wanted to share that you are pro some position.