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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

I've been saying that Trump and his 'ideas' on tariffs are just... completely, fundamentally broken and self contradictory, at every possible level.

He literally just doesn't get it, he doesn't grasp what you'd be taught in AP Macroecon or a first quarter of Macroecon at a college or uni.

Yes, of course, more competent oligarchs can profit from an engineered economic collapse...

But Trump and his immediate orbit are literally too stupid to understand why what they are doing won't work the way they think it will.

These idiots are very largely at the peak of the dunning kruger confidence vs actual knowledge curve, right before you fall off into the abyss of 'oh shit this is actually really conplicated and i am a moron.'

Of course, they'll never admit they are morons or were ever wrong, they'll just keep lying, misdirecting, and inventing new insane conspiracy theories with secret enemies thaf explain why they failed

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 minutes ago

That’s because it won’t appear to him. He spent probably all of his life in a fucking dreamworld getting told how great and smart he is up until the point where he actually started believing it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

The US Empire failing to raise successors that understand how it works will end up playing a key role in its downfall.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's the best part. These people really are complete outsiders. You expect them to be evil, but somewhat intelligent. Instead you get 👊 🇺🇸 🔥.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

They used to be more competent, funny enough.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Aww, you left JD Vance off the certificate. He'll be sobbing into his Chesterfield.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

This comment took me down an interesting rabbit hole... He's a couch fucker? And conservatives say neopronouns are weird, smh.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

He’s happy to go along with it if that’s what the group decides. 🙄