In retrospect it should have been obvious: They thought we could send the manufacturing to China, then our job would be to manage the factories and do designs for the factories. You'd have to think the Chinese are pretty stupid (and they aren't) to think that's a remotely sustainable model of economic development. Everyone in the west who has ever worked a manufacturing floor is dying of old age, while in China there's generations of people who have grown up working in factories who know exactly how something can be designed to be built.
So here's a question: Why shouldn't we just give southern ontario back to New York State and cut our losses?
Put simply, because 50% of the American economy was government at its peak in 2020, and 80% of dollars in existence were printed since 2020.
So for every apple you buy, there's a whole ecosystem sucking apples down without doing anything productive in exchange.
So for every apple you buy, there's a whole ecosystem sucking apples down without doing anything productive in exchange.
ngl, as an old man who grew up watching power rangers, I kinda want to read the comic.
It didn't do very well until the pandemic. If he actually is the bureaucracy buster he says he'll be, it's going to go down, but if he's the same as Trump 1, I sort of expect it's at least go generally sideways. If he spends like he did in his last quarter in office, it's gold 10k like Peter Schiff says.
I'm leaning towards "that's fucked up" because part of me thinks it wasn't a mistake.
I feel like some forms of inflation are morally just, and "I have to pay more money because we don't have slaves do work anymore" is one of those just causes of inflation.
The same media that told you to believe all that told you Trump would never be able to be in politics ever again, he'd never run for president again, and that he'd never win.
Uncritically believing whatever the media tells you isn't healthy. Imagine if you were in Germany in 1938, what would you be telling me then if you uncritically believed what the German media told you?
Uncritically believing whatever the media tells you isn't healthy. Imagine if you were in Germany in 1938, what would you be telling me then if you uncritically believed what the German media told you?
If only everyone could agree we live in a more authoritarian western society than we ought to and focus on pushing back against that, instead of pushing back against the less authoritarian people who happen to be "on the other side".
The left is like "Oh, he's hitler, he's going to bring about ethnic purges" and every wignat I see is like "Shut up! He's not going to do that! He's not cool enough!"
The one I heard that made me smile the most is if Trump makes Ron Paul the chairman of the Fed.
They could make LED bulbs last forever basically tomorrow, and they'd be a lot more efficient too. It's a real shame achievable stuff like that never gets pushed and instead they push for moonshots.
One person on the right I used to be mutuals with saw me saying "Oh yes, the orthodox Jewish vote, just like Hitler got!" and got offended, probably because of Poe's law.
But the fact that many of the supposedly offended minority votes moved Red in record numbers should tell us that the fundamental message is universal.
But the fact that many of the supposedly offended minority votes moved Red in record numbers should tell us that the fundamental message is universal.
People are scared about how they'll keep having food and shelter and the dems were calling it "brat summer" and hoping for a "vibes election".
This was a Marie Antoinette election.
Hopefully this election helps humble the Democrats somewhat so they can nail their feet to the floor and start running campaigns in the real world again. Blowouts like last week aren't ultimately good for the people in general.
This was a Marie Antoinette election.
Hopefully this election helps humble the Democrats somewhat so they can nail their feet to the floor and start running campaigns in the real world again. Blowouts like last week aren't ultimately good for the people in general.
The scary thing is that antidepressants are like a volume knob for your emotions, you can turn it all down.
I always liken them to taking morphine to stop the pain of a broken leg. The thing is, even if you kill the pain you can't keep walking on that leg or it's going to get further damage done to it.
If the drug companies had their way, they'd want us all walking on two broken legs popping morphine to kill the pain, and broken inside popping anti-depressants so we stop thinking about how much it hurts in our hearts.
I always liken them to taking morphine to stop the pain of a broken leg. The thing is, even if you kill the pain you can't keep walking on that leg or it's going to get further damage done to it.
If the drug companies had their way, they'd want us all walking on two broken legs popping morphine to kill the pain, and broken inside popping anti-depressants so we stop thinking about how much it hurts in our hearts.
Maybe on January 6th they should go down to the congress building and peacefully and patriotically make their voices heard?