Andrew Heaton
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You can only replace X amount of your workforce over X time.
It just means you can freely purchase goods from other countries and that you're not impeded with tariffs.
So if you're going to sell watermelons for $2, I can import the watermelons for $2 minus the logistics of getting it from you to me.
Like, Amazon's made my life far easier, and it provides tons of jobs.
I'm pretty pro-Amazon.
They, I think, start at a pretty high rate compared to a lot of other jobs.
It's above minimum wage.
So, like, I don't think, like... Maybe there are other examples you could give, but, like, Amazon, to me... Google, Alphabet, taking control of the information sector.
What is that one?
Hanlon's Razor?
Can I jump in?
Because I know that one.
Hanlon's, okay, so Occam's Razor is the idea that the simplest solutions, or the simplest explanation is probably the most likely solution.
Hanlon's razor is do not attribute to malice or conspiracy that which can be understood by sloth or incompetency.
So basically, if there's ambiguity and it might be a conspiracy or it might be an idiot, assume it's probably an idiot.
I appreciate the kind feedback to your listener.
If you were to look at how much it would cost to manufacture an iPod in the United States, I think it would increase by something like $10,000 or not iPod, iPhone.
It increased by like $10,000 or so.
So I think it would be prohibitive if you tried to do that just here.