AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksM to Board Games@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 days agoTabletop industry in full panic as Trump tariffs are poised to erase decades of growthwww.polygon.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down11cross-posted to: polygon@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1214arrow-down1external-linkTabletop industry in full panic as Trump tariffs are poised to erase decades of growthwww.polygon.comAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksM to Board Games@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square29fedilinkcross-posted to: polygon@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·3 days agoI wonder how the world managed to keep on turning when the Chinese weren’t manufacturing everything
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoNobody said it’s impossible. The retail price of boardgames will just double to triple. Which will then cause the market to shrink, demand to fall, and even less economies of scale. Just what we want for the hobby.
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down9·3 days agoI’d rather a niche hobby suffer than keep enriching an authoritarian state, but hey… I guess your amusement is important. I despise Trump just like the average Lemmy user, but there are more important things to worry about.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 days agoWay to be a holier-than-thou jackass 🙄
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·2 days agoIt’s a simple reasoning, but way to be a reddit-style contrarian
minus-square🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoWeirdly that’s exactly the reason I don’t buy American-made products.
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-22 days agoFair enough, I’m from the country with the second-highest industrial output in the EU, I can only hope this whole affair helps us somewhat.
minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoSo you agree to boycott American Products? Great!
I wonder how the world managed to keep on turning when the Chinese weren’t manufacturing everything
Nobody said it’s impossible. The retail price of boardgames will just double to triple. Which will then cause the market to shrink, demand to fall, and even less economies of scale. Just what we want for the hobby.
I’d rather a niche hobby suffer than keep enriching an authoritarian state, but hey… I guess your amusement is important.
I despise Trump just like the average Lemmy user, but there are more important things to worry about.
Way to be a holier-than-thou jackass 🙄
It’s a simple reasoning, but way to be a reddit-style contrarian
Weirdly that’s exactly the reason I don’t buy American-made products.
Fair enough, I’m from the country with the second-highest industrial output in the EU, I can only hope this whole affair helps us somewhat.
So you agree to boycott American Products? Great!