From what I’m reading, the troubles should start to pick up now; harbors being quieter, truckers not having work, … Are any shortages noticeable yet?

ETA:

Source: https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-a-virus

Businesses have been filling their inventories. That’s ending now. Economic pain in terms of job losses should accelerate now. It will still take up to a few weeks before inventories run empty, and the full impact hits consumers. Even a full reversal of Trumpism couldn’t prevent knock-on effects that last into next year.

    • Etterra@discuss.onlineEnglish
      201·
      10 months ago

      I can’t wait to watch all the Trump-suckers loose their shit when they find out it’s Trump’s fault. If they can actually comprehend it as true, that is.

        • BitsAndBites@lemmy.world
          5·
          10 months ago

          That is also my knee-jerk reaction, but with Tariffs it’s a pretty direct correlation to Trump now. Hopefully this will be what finally breaks him?

        • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
          41·
          10 months ago

          They’ll say it, but they won’t truly believe it. They’ll know the truth, or at least those that still possess some human awareness. There will always be those that are irredeemable, you can’t worry about them, they’re just lost.

      • Triasha@lemmy.world
        1·
        10 months ago

        They lost touch with reality a long time ago. They will blame Democrats, or Canada, or Aliens.

    • Zenith@lemm.ee
      5·
      10 months ago

      A large portion of the rest are in denial. So many people can only learn through the lens of their own experience

  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
    791·
    10 months ago

    Regardless of whether you think something catastrophic will happen tomorrow, next month, next year or never, it’s a smart plan to have an emergency stash of shelf-stable food and drinking water to last 72 hours per person in your household for whatever natural or manmade disaster.

    • cattywampas@lemm.eeEnglish
      16·
      10 months ago

      This! I don’t even live in a disaster prone area, but I always make sure we’d be fine without power/water for a few days at least.

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      111·
      10 months ago

      it’s a smart plan to have an emergency stash of shelf-stable food and drinking water to last 72 hours per person in your household for whatever natural or manmade disaster.

      I have plenty of food sitting around, but realistically, 72 hours without food isn’t going to be an issue for an non-infant who doesn’t have some kind of serious medical conditions. Probably make most people in the US healthier.

      I’ve fasted for over a week for the hell of it, and people have gone much longer. This guy did it for over a year.

      Water is a much-less-forgiving resource.

      • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
        3·
        10 months ago

        Sure. Most people probably have a bit of fresh food to rely on in the immediate term if disaster hits, but by the time you get to it, you should have a gauge on how long you will need to make that 72 hours supply actually last. Water is also vital but it does take up more space so as a baseline 72 hours of each is a good starting point.

    • Damage@feddit.it
      38·
      10 months ago

      My grandma’s spirit would haunt me from the dead if it found out I only had 72 hours of food in my home.

  • PeteWheeler@lemmy.world
    51·
    10 months ago

    I have read testimonies from other people who have gone through economic/political instability and hardship. What i got out of it is that prepping will help for a week to a month maybe. But after that preppers just feel dumb after that as all that work didn’t mean much long term.

    The only thing that universally matters is having community ties. Unfortunately… USA aren’t very community friendly or even have the opportunity to create strong local bonds. As all community events are during work hours so only retired people part take in those.

  • Nyticus@kbin.melroy.org
    42·
    10 months ago

    I work retail and we’ve had an onslaught of freight. Until there is ever a day when I come into work and I’m told or I see that there is nothing to stock - I’ll be concerned. Until then, what is there to prepare for?

  • DoubleDongle@lemmy.world
    11·
    10 months ago

    I got a hefty stockpile of food. Probably gonna grab some extras of random consumables in the next couple days. Maybe an extra kilo of 3D printer filament mostly just for fun but also in case I need some random plastic whosywhatsit that can’t be found any more.

  • sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world
    23·
    10 months ago

    I’ve converted all my investments into girl scout cookies because they (1) are high value And can be traded for goods and services; and (2) can be eaten when no food is available. 😉

  • invertedspear@lemm.ee
    4·
    10 months ago

    Already have everything I should need for the next few years besides consumables. Considering buying a few buckets of emergency food from Costco. Other than that, bending over and lubing up because I can’t keep a cactus alive, much less crops.

    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      7·
      10 months ago

      Most of what I grow is for flavour rather than sustenance, pretty limited space. Doubt I will survive for long off garlic, bay leaves and rosemary with a sprinkling of mint.

  • SulaymanF@lemmy.world
    14·
    10 months ago

    People don’t really know what to do, except save money, cut back on disposable spending, and watch carefully. Maybe buy some big things early like a laptop or EV now rather than wait for the shock. The big problems are a few weeks to months away.

  • couch1potato@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    6·
    10 months ago

    I was looking at a reolink camera last night.

    About $80 on Amazon.

    On aliexpress (where the reolink website itself directs you for check out), the same camera is over $200.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      10 months ago

      Ali vendors were jacking up prices long before the exception removal date and before even some of the tariffs went into effect.

  • Randomgal@lemmy.ca
    28·
    10 months ago

    Are they gonna blow up some vessels? What doe she negative number mean? XD

  • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    10 months ago

    Remember when COVID supply-chain difficulties made prices shoot up? And several years after that situation peaked prices STILL haven’t gone back to normal? This gonna be like that except COMPLETELY unnecessary, brought to you entirely by MAGA. Remember it when the midterm elections come up in 2 years. That won’t be difficult cuz it will still be going on and will be even worse.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
      51·
      10 months ago

      Well some products will go down at first, the ones they can’t sell to other countries any more the supply will skyrocket until they cut production to reduce their losses. So perishable things like certain food, will possibly decrease for a season, then will go up higher/possibly “sky rocker” as when you produce less your profits are lower, so they will have to mark them up / some people will just stop farming. The possibility of the bees dying out seems more worrisome than the tarrifs long term though for many foods.