Spyke
lemmy.world

Tému incoming.

Dropshippers delighted. They pay three euro for 1000 pieces of shit rather than 1000 people pay €3.

Still great to see.

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lemmy.ml

Dropshippers delighted. They pay three euro for 1000 pieces of shit rather than 1000 people pay €3.

Oh yeah, that's the "2 identical pens" scenario around the middle of the infographic.

Still great to see.

Why?

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Squizzyreply
lemmy.world

Because we consume bullshit that is produced for fuck all and shipped across the world for sunsidised shipping for nothing. Anything worth buying wont be impacted by three euro. Anything impacted by three euro isnt worth buying.

Stop sending money out of Ireland and the EU for single use cheap shit that could be found within Ireland. Build our businesses.

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lemmy.ml

Stop sending money out of Ireland and the EU for single use cheap shit that could be found within Ireland. Build our businesses.

we don't really manufacture much stuff tho

apart from services, it's mostly agriculture + pharma here

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Squizzyreply
lemmy.world

Aluminium for one. Pharma is huge. We have a huge arts and fashion sector that would be supported by this.

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Squizzyreply
lemmy.world

Good work grabbing onto one thing I said. We could very easily take a stance on Aughinish, big tech, consumer rights, unions, and loads more but it involves having a spine

What does this cost you?

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