“I don’t get it. It’s a supposed blue state so I had to be blue to get the rubes to vote for me. Now I’m in trouble anyway so maybe the red rubes can save me so I’m switching. I’m a politician, I don’t understand what the hubub is all about? It’s your fault for not knowing we’re all pieces of shit!”

"and saw in this future “possibilities of such enormous human progress as to stagger the imagination.”

The next several decades would prove Luce right, as the United States emerged from World War II as one of two global superpowers and, arguably, the world’s preeminent cultural and economic force. Luce, who was a Republican, intended his broadside to serve as a template for conservative internationalism — in effect, a powerful response to the party’s isolationist, America First wing. But this concept — of America as a friendly goliath, the “Good Samaritan of the entire world,” promoting democracy, capitalism, trade and international order — guided the thinking of most policymakers and politicians across the political spectrum for the better part of a century.

Until now."

Barf…

“Until now.” Lol

"possibilities of such enormous human progress economic consolidation as to stagger the imagination.”

“this concept — of America as a friendly goliath, the “Good Samaritan mob enforcer of the entire world,” promoting democracy, capitalism, and trade and international order —”

There, fixed.

Unfortunately I just kinda wing it with everything I make so I couldn’t tell you measurements, but it’s basically garlic and onion powder, thyme, cayenne pepper, black pepper, and paprika. Other than that it’s just a matter of coating the burger with butter and the seasoning and cooking it on high heat then top it with the Bleu cheese and caramelized onions!

Tariff = -2 citizen unhappiness for x number of months for +3 wealth gain 2 years later.

Who is getting the wealth becomes the issue. The vague sense that “America” gets the wealth ignores what we’ve already seen companies do: instead of reinvesting in the company, instead of raising wages, the major corporations aim for things like stock buybacks that boost their share prices so the board of directors are happy, the CEO keeps their job, and the leaders of the company get greater compensation as their compensation is usually in the form of stocks.

Increasing salaries is an expenditure and is often seen as a last resort. You raise salaries when you need to in order to attract new talent, or in order to retain talent. In a lot of industry the workers are no more than “meat machines” and aren’t valued as a component that needs to be maintained, management would be just fine replacing them. It’s the same argument with productivity, more output because a machine outputs more does not equal a greater pay for the workers, “they didn’t do anything more to deserve it” so a tarrif that increases prices/profit doesn’t mean that wealth will reach the general population.

“America” as in the general population loses in this scenario. Things just become more expensive, that doesn’t mean that the money comes back to us. That’s “trickle down economics” and we have over 50 years of evidence showing that doesn’t work the way it was sold to us.

We live in the age of delivery services, we’re having the ocean delivered to our doorsteps!

Oceanfront property for everyone!

I used to be a Wendy’s guy 100% but after moving and being far from any fast food, they’re all kinda gross now unfortunately. I kinda miss liking Wendy’s lol

Now it’s my blackened burger with Bleu cheese and caramelized onions all the way! Goddamn it now I need to make one tomorrow…

It’s not so much the money, the wealth in itself, that bothers me about them, it’s the mind boggling absolutely insane amount of power having that much wealth is capable of.

They literally buy elections, they buy media outlets, by their actions they buy the direction entire countries take. They use their money to fund the actions of others that work on their behalf. They can create a literal army of individuals to work for them towards whatever end they wish to achieve. That’s entirely way too much power for an individual or a family to have. Just imagine living next to someone who has a 500,000 strong army of militants just hanging out. Maybe theyre good, maybe they want to turn your neighborhood into a warzone for kicks, either way you would have no means to stop them.

Just look at smoething like the “tea party” movement in the US. Grassroots? No, try Koch brothers funded with the intent to install Koch approved representatives into the government.

Damn only one comment here and you beat me to it! Lol

What can I say, I went through the American education system!

:P

“He’s going to drain the swamp!”

“Trump’s pick for x: billionaire so and so”

“Trump’s pick for y: billionaire so and so”

“Trump’s pick for z: billionaire so and so”

“Trump’s pick for a: billionaire so and so”

“Trump’s pick for b: billionaire so and so”

“Trump’s pick for c: billionaire so and so”

Good answers here, but another issue with generalized tarrifs is that if the business already exists in America the increased price of the foreign good gives the American business the means to raise their price to be closer to the now more expensive foreign good.

If China sells a shirt for $10 and now it’s $20, but US company sold their shirt at $14 they can now safely raise the price of their shirts to $18 and still be the “cheaper” option.

I find “hot” is better than “new.” Still new enough so I’m not hitting the 2 day old stuff showing up in “active” and not completely flooded with porn, although it’s definitely there.

I’m a bit of a perv though so I don’t mind some of it lol

Elon:

“un-American??”

“And buying an election, buying a position within government, buying a propaganda machine, is American? Ok, well maybe that actually is American.”

A spoiled rich kid. I want to have a life I’ll never know in this one, a life without real worry and to actually own a home. A life of stability and unlimited possibilities with all the time in the world to train for whatever I would want to do/become.

This life, living in someone else’s garage while still spending 1/2 of my income on rent and no hope for future advancement and knowing that the only financial stability possible would require marriage/a second income, and that it just isn’t in the cards is not a fun life.

I wish… it’s pretty much the only reason I hate being an atheist. Just knowing most evil assholes get to live their lives out and never suffer any consequences really sucks.

It wasn’t meant to appear that way. I wasn’t trying to speak of the supposed billionaire in a good fashion, just that at the end of the day money is only used to get someone to do something which even the billionaire needs to do as they don’t labor, others do on their behalf. In the case of the billionaire it’s actually a huge issue in this respect as they have a massive amount of potential energy to inspire a ton of work that could be, and is, used against us.

Even if the person has already done the work, they did it for the promise of money they can then use to have someone else do something (or have already done something and are trading the fruits of their labor for the “energy deficit.”)

The promise of money is the inspiration to expend energy.

“Dear Lord, we thank you for nothing as we don’t actually believe in you, we use your name to progress our cause. Blessed be the billionaire for he bestows onto me his blessings of wealth as I do his bidding here on earth as it is in his vision. He leads not into utopia, but dystopia for all but us and himself. Amen.”

“like arresting Attorney General Merrick Garland”

…Yeah… Not a bad idea honestly. I’m no lawyerologist but criminal negligence could be applicable to that feckless jerk.

From what I understand the people individually would be responsible for helping each other which is why there’s a strong emphasis on an “armed proletariat.” An example, I believe from State and Revolution, was that of a common person helping someone who was being mugged. We’d all have a responsibility to help each other.

Not entirely sure on their concept of military protection though. Except for lenin they didn’t really live in an age of crazy military capabilities so it was always man vs man not man vs b52 bombers.