There are other kinds of workers who want ‘dignity’
Since Liberation Day, my feed has been full of panicked, apocalyptic screeching, even more than usual. It hasn’t been useful. No, Janet, President Trump is not “trying to kill us all.” Instead, I’ve been seeking out intelligent, thoughtful analyses of our new Tariff Age, particularly from people who think that this is an actual good idea. There aren’t a ton of these people, but there are some. Pro-tariff voices that I’ve encountered include: journalist Batya Ungar-Sargon, who shocked the world when she came out as a “MAGA lefty” and is riding that identity toward a glorious future. Another is a Twitter account called “Insurrection Barbie,” which I take with an enormous salt lick.
