US-Präsident Donald Trump nervt die Weltwirtschaft mit Zöllen. Hilft es, Produkte amerikanischer Konzerne zu meiden, möglichst nur noch „europäisch“ zu kaufen?
Even if we completely stop buying certain products people losing their jobs because of that is a stupid and manipulative argument.
If I e.g. do not buy a car (because I live in a walkable European city) that will likely lead to lost jobs in the car industry (as I am sure the lobbyists for that industry will point out publicly loudly and often) but it is not as if that money I would have spent on a car isn’t spent on other things I wouldn’t have been able to buy if I had to spend money on a car. So there are no job losses, just a redistribution of jobs between the industries on which I choose to spend my money.
No job losses isn’t the same as nobody loses their job tho. Don’t really disagree with you but the ‘redistribution of jobs’ can be quite unpleasant if it is you switching jobs. But end of the day, you are right, there should be another job waiting for them.
It is only a job loss in the same sense that a lost future sale is a loss of sales. Someone having a job now does not entitle them to dictate that everyone else should keep spending on the industry they work in just so the jobs in that industry keep existing.
Even if we completely stop buying certain products people losing their jobs because of that is a stupid and manipulative argument.
If I e.g. do not buy a car (because I live in a walkable European city) that will likely lead to lost jobs in the car industry (as I am sure the lobbyists for that industry will point out publicly loudly and often) but it is not as if that money I would have spent on a car isn’t spent on other things I wouldn’t have been able to buy if I had to spend money on a car. So there are no job losses, just a redistribution of jobs between the industries on which I choose to spend my money.
No job losses isn’t the same as nobody loses their job tho. Don’t really disagree with you but the ‘redistribution of jobs’ can be quite unpleasant if it is you switching jobs. But end of the day, you are right, there should be another job waiting for them.
It is only a job loss in the same sense that a lost future sale is a loss of sales. Someone having a job now does not entitle them to dictate that everyone else should keep spending on the industry they work in just so the jobs in that industry keep existing.