• EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com
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      They always talk about “creating” wealth and “making the pie bigger.” Well, it’s time for them to do that instead of squeezing everyone more.

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    Donald Trump’s the kinda guy who considers World Hunger over because he just had a Big Mac. It’s not that he’s ignorant to other people’s suffering, he just doesn’t give a shit.

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      Oh he’s also very ignorant of it. But that’s because he doesn’t considers those people to be people. So he doesn’t give it a thought

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    We don’t have to be… We could just start taking out Billionaires and taking their wealth and assets through physical force. It certainly looks like a more attractive option by the day to me.

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      The US is a financial sovereign. It has the monopoly over its currency: You don’t need the rich ! Govments within a financial sovereign can decide/agree in congress to pay for things they want with the only limit being that the thing/service is available in that currency. It’s called MMT, as american as apple pie, and no MMT is not communist.

      Why do the rich hate MMT? Because they get paid risk free interest by offering the guvment their money.

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      I think his internal answer is “it doesn’t matter” but the narcissism gives him just enough energy to continue to gaslight, obstruct, and project to keep the attention flowing.

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      He cares superficially if people in general are broke, because then be can’t grift them as easily, but he doesn’t give a rat’s ass about individuals

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      It’s worse than that, no one (well that he doesn’t hang with) are even people to Trump. They’re devices to toy with and to his delight and give him power over a soon to be known as an ex great natiion. We can quibble about the great part but no denying they were a respected entity, now they’re a laughing stock. Least they paid lip service to being better before.

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    Overheard an argument at a bar the other day and the Trumpie had the dumbest retorts.

    “Gas prices are up” -> “But they’d be worse under Biden”

    “Grocery prices aren’t coming down” -> “Yes they are, they talk about it [on Fox News] all the time”

    “ICE is terrorizing communities” -> “Fake news”

    It just went on and on and on and I always the former person for keeping their cool but the trumpie is an absolute fucking moron.

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      You can answer back in something like:

      “You’re a black trans-woman”

      “I’m not. I’m a white guy”

      “You’ve deluded yourself”

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      I wished they would live in their own reality and not effect the rest of us. I would call them skitzo but that may be disrespectful to the people actually suffering that condition.

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        My brother was schizo and despised Trump. Glad he didn’t have to see him reelected.

        He heard all sorts of shit, but never any thing like this vile dribble

        E: somewhat important context - conservative evangelical upbringing for us

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        More cult. Cults are literally brainwashing. The TV brain washes you into their cult. If you had no other source, you could imagine how people are sucked in. Leaving cults takes deep deprogramming. I don’t wonder if you pretended to be interested and asked them to show you how all they think is true, as if they were winning you over.

        Eta: disclaimer, I don’t in any way think that excuses their behaviour.

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      You’re getting downvoted but you’re right. The messaging to people who couldn’t afford groceries under biden and harris was “line go up so you’re fine.”