realitista@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

TIL About the Smoot-Hawley Act, Which was the 20% Across the Board Tariff That Deepened the Great Depression and Resulted in the Largest Senate Seat Loss in History

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TIL About the Smoot-Hawley Act, Which was the 20% Across the Board Tariff That Deepened the Great Depression and Resulted in the Largest Senate Seat Loss in History

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realitista@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago
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Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act - Wikipedia
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    • snekerpimp@lemmy.worldEnglish
      34·
      3 months ago

      I have a feeling they learned, and then said “what a great idea to crash the economy. It’s so easy, let’s do it.”

      • Ben Hur Horse Race@lemm.eeEnglish
        8·
        3 months ago

        hey asshole, trade wars are good, and easy to win!

        i swear to god you can get in line behind our eternally healthy, young, sexy god-king or you can get ooooout

      • roofuskit@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        3 months ago

        Yes but only the racist parts. They don’t want to repeat the great depression, but are going to because they didn’t actually learn about history.