Remember Ben Stein? The monotone teacher from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off who somehow made “voodoo economics” unforgettable? Well, turns out he’s still schooling us—this time on something MAGA desperately needs a refresher on: the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act.

For the uninitiated: Smoot-Hawley was a protectionist tariff passed in 1930 meant to “protect American jobs.” Instead, it helped plunge the world into the Great Depression. Other countries retaliated with their own tariffs, global trade collapsed, and millions lost their livelihoods.

Sound familiar?

Fast forward nearly a century, and we’ve got Trump 2.0 spinning the same tale—tariffs as salvation, isolationism as strength. It’s the exact playbook that failed miserably the first time. But MAGA seems hellbent on repeating it, minus the history book.

Ben Stein walks through it with clarity, wit, and actual facts. And if you’re part of the flag-waving crowd that thinks economic nationalism will somehow create prosperity—this is your wake-up call.

So yes, every MAGA voter should be required to sit down, take notes, and maybe—just maybe—learn something before cheering the next economic trainwreck disguised as “patriotism.”

Class dismissed.