RubberDuck@lemmy.world to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 1 month agoUS to pressure UK to import high-quality American meat in Trump trade dealwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up118
arrow-up118external-linkUS to pressure UK to import high-quality American meat in Trump trade dealwww.theguardian.comRubberDuck@lemmy.world to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 1 month agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoYes, that’s exactly what the people actually behind the Brexit rhetoric wanted. You know, ruthless capitalist scum.
minus-squaresunbeam60linkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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-up2·1 month 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”.