ToadOfHypnosis

joined 3 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Because they are Trump’s campaign donors. And him.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It really hurts the money politicians make in political contributions and perks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Japan used state capitalism to promote it’s auto industry and other key sectors to sustain strong growth. America’s weakened billionaire owned government system is just being strip mined into the ground. We won’t be able to compete in an economy that’s only product is wealth extraction because of our massive corruption.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I am union so don’t misunderstand the comment, but doesn’t BYD rely heavily on terribly paid non-union labor to reach it’s price advantage?

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 days ago (2 children)

He tries to stay relevant by being a right wing influencer. He is the definition of has been.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Yes, somehow Biden caused inflation in the US and the entire world. These people think a businessman is good for macro economies because they don’t understand macro economics at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Never underestimate people’s ability to rationalize away anything to avoid cognitive dissonance. The dumber someone is the more they need the world to be black and white because nuance is harder to process.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

You left off the most culpable - centralized social media companies

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

AIPAC - that’s how.