• spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    I wonder how many trillions of dollars the Trump dumpster fire will end up costing American business.

    You’d think our corporate overlords would remove him.

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      At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re working on it. He’s destroying their bottom lines.

      That said, if you go after the king, you’d best not miss.

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        Their bottom lines aren’t very important to their goal of owning everything. Money is just a vehicle for power, but once they own everything and everyone they won’t need it.

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      The parasites are still making money. Rocking the boat would temporarily interrupt the party, they’ll continue to party until they’re forced to change.

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      I wonder how many trillions of dollars the Trump dumpster fire will end up costing American business.

      USAian business does great under fascism. Just look at the MIC. Both “parties” just voted on a massive handout for genocide, etc.

      Business will be fine! The right/rich people will be bailed out. Etc.

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        Only the mega corporations are doing fine. Small businesses are going bust left and right.

        Once people lose their jobs and can’t afford to spend, what do you think will happen?

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          I mean, the proletarinization of the petit bourgeois isn’t exactly something nobody predicted . . .

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      Most of those overlords don‘t care about their business anymore. They want to get the bag now. It‘s how Oligarchies operate. They burn billions to make millions. Or in this case delete trillions to make billions. The goal is have proportionally much more money than us pathetic peasants.

      The way Trump operates in particular is unsurprisingly dull. He flips the table and ruins the game for everyone. Then he waits and whoever says some flattering words to him and gives him a hefty bribe is excluded from his bullshit. Suddenly they see their competition crippled while they themselves can do business as usual. That‘s all there is to it. Trump was never the brightest bulb and probably thinks his obvious scheme is brilliant.

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      The question is incomplete. They will cost trillions, but the presidency, the party fixing elections right now, will cost the country the dollar itself. They will max out borrowing, then print money to pay off the debt and de facto default. They will turn all of those dollars into very much less valuable things.

      Presuming no one stops them.

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        They will max out borrowing, then print money to pay off the debt and de facto default.

        I think you wanted to use past tense here.

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          Oh they will squeeze tens of trillions more out of the federal government before it fails. Every excuse they will borrow.

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      24 trillion. the culture war bs with the right is thier best chance of maintain power in the us, so no, they might have accept less to hold on to that power. Or they just stir up the right wing in other countries, alongside with russia.

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      It’s kind of a weird game theory thing, because the industries affected aren’t consistently losing. A decision he makes on Wednesday can help the finance industry but hurt the tech industry, and then he can reverse it on Thursday and now the finance industry is tanking but the insurance industry is up. It’s tough to know who would work together to pull him out of office, because between any two given days, the people who have the money have different opinions on how he’s doing.