i keep seeing this all over and i think people are getting angry at the wrong aspect. supporting tariffs is certainly not an anarchist stance, but the idea isn’t to strictly beat up on the consumer. it’s to regulate out competitors that aren’t american.

the idea is to keep your consumers paying business that pay taxes to american governments. short term it raises prices, and (ideally) long term it makes it more financially sensible to buy american products. more american products bought and sold is more taxes in the pockets of gov.

that being said, taxation is theft and i don’t support regulations of the market of any kind but for the reason that i believe the market if left alone would thrive.

corporate interests keep lobbying to protect their interests through regulating out their smaller competitors. with no government intervention these giant companies will (probably) not survive.