Remember 40 years ago when Thailand's 100% import duty on cars was ludicrous & caused everyone to buy domestically produced junk clones.  Everyone had domestically produced BMW's with bits falling off.  It could never happen here.

The bigger picture is why both parties have started opposing China in the last 10 years.  It might be the use of trade deficits & a 2 headed economy to pull down inflation finally cracking.

The 100% tariff, 2 headed economy & trade deficits in lion minds are signs of an economy not being viable anymore.  The good news is there still aren't any chinese cars coming in so it's still a symbolic move. 

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Lions have pondered a story about humans visiting a planet of giant cats. Obviously, chatgpt can whip out an automatic story but nothing of any entertaining value.  The journey begins with a starship launch, life aboard starship, some stops on refueling depots, & the dramatic landing on the planet.  2001 had the same method of multiple stops.  Then they encounter the giant cats. 

The giant cats would be manely the same as house cats.  They wouldn't talk or have very sophisticated intelligence.  To make the story viable, there would be good cats & bad cats.  The 2 leagues of cats would be in some kind of war.  Lions don't believe a planet of the apes scenario where the humans landed back on Earth after sleeping for 1000 years would be entertaining.

The bad cats would be out to get the humans.  The good cats would be defending the humans.  It's hard to make up anything better.  The novelty would be the mannerisms of cats & the characters.

Of course, Andy Weir had the concept of an alien trying to rescue his planet.  Maybe the cats could be trying to rescue their planet.  

The #1 thing animals think of with starship is when it's going to tip over.  The bad cats could tip it over.  It would be up to the good cats to defeat the bad cats & then phone home to Earth to send another ship.









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