Tariffs Extend PAX America

With high tariffs acting as gatekeepers, foreign goods become luxury items. Fashion isn’t just about taste anymore—it’s about trade policy. That jacket from Italy? That top from Korea? Expect to pay a premium. Not because it’s designer, but because it crossed a border.

So what happens when you can’t justify $400 for imported denim? You conform. The Canadian uniform becomes a black top and jeans—reliable, repeatable, and rooted in affordability. Or, if you’re lucky, you wear Lululemon or Aritzia—not because they’re just trendy, but because they’re Canadian, and thus spared the import tax.

In this landscape, the choices narrow: buy domestic, thrift, or overpay. And that’s where socialism quietly creeps in—not in the redistribution of wealth, but in the restriction of options. Uniformity becomes economic necessity. Individualism is taxed.

The irony? The system built to protect jobs and industries ends up manufacturing sameness. And in the pursuit of economic justice, it often prices out aesthetic freedom.

There is, quite literally, nothing else.

Here is the secret.

If everyone has high tariffs and it’s focused solely on domestic consumption, PAX America will live longer - because no one else can grow.