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OT: American Politics

Wayward DP said:
America really is a case study in the importance of education


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There's an element of stupidity obviously, but the thing that hurts my head the most isn't that they believed Trump when he said that the other countries would be paying the tariffs, it's that they so openly supported the idea of fucking the people they buy stuff off of. It speaks to something much deeper than just ignorance about how the world works. It speaks to a deep fucking selfishness that the people around the world who work hard to produce the goods that Americans buy should be working harder, for less money because fuck them we're 'Murican and we deserve this.

Classism, jingoism, racism all rolled up into one deeply stupid, deeply shitty worldview.
 
MindzEye said:
There's an element of stupidity obviously, but the thing that hurts my head the most isn't that they believed Trump when he said that the other countries would be paying the tariffs, it's that they so openly supported the idea of fucking the people they buy stuff off of. It speaks to something much deeper than just ignorance about how the world works. It speaks to a deep fucking selfishness that the people around the world who work hard to produce the goods that Americans buy should be working harder, for less money because fuck them we're 'Murican and we deserve this.

Classism, jingoism, racism all rolled up into one deeply stupid, deeply shitty worldview.
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I mean American exceptionalism is probably (and appropriately) gonna lead directly to the country's demise
 
MindzEye said:
There's an element of stupidity obviously, but the thing that hurts my head the most isn't that they believed Trump when he said that the other countries would be paying the tariffs, it's that they so openly supported the idea of fucking the people they buy stuff off of. It speaks to something much deeper than just ignorance about how the world works. It speaks to a deep fucking selfishness that the people around the world who work hard to produce the goods that Americans buy should be working harder, for less money because fuck them we're 'Murican and we deserve this.

Classism, jingoism, racism all rolled up into one deeply stupid, deeply shitty worldview.
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They shifted alignment from Lawful Evil to Chaotic Evil.
 
CH1 said:
Warren Buffet's Berkshire now holds more T-bills than the U.S. Federal Reserve.

www.barchart.com

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Now Owns 4.89% of the Entire U.S. Treasury Bill Market

Berkshire Hathaway now owns approximately 4.89% of the entire U.S. Treasury bill market, holding over $300 billion in T-bills as part of Warren Buffett’s conservative strategy to preserve liquidity and capitalize on future opportunities.
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Why would the treasury hold onto them?
 
even Krugman is surprisingly optimistic in his sub-stack.

the point he makes though, which is fair, is that other autogolpes relied upon economic growth early on the make it easier to seize power, destroy institutions, etc. but, because dotard is destroying the American economy so quickly, there may be pushback against his authoritarian agenda cause the economy is so shitty.

me, I am less optimistic. think the democracy ship has left the port, and if we're lucky, it may return sometime in our lives. but no time soon.
 
Wayward DP said:
even Krugman is surprisingly optimistic in his sub-stack.

the point he makes though, which is fair, is that other autogolpes relied upon economic growth early on the make it easier to seize power, destroy institutions, etc. but, because dotard is destroying the American economy so quickly, there may be pushback against his authoritarian agenda cause the economy is so shitty.

me, I am less optimistic. think the democracy ship has left the port, and if we're lucky, it may return sometime in our lives. but no time soon.
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Yeah… that might be Trump’s downfall. He’s boiling the water too quickly instead of slowly killing the frog
 
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