Perhaps so. I'm a huge believer in capitalism, nonetheless. What's amiss is that capitalism in the USA is vastly under-regulated, leading to many problems, chief among which, is the huge proportion of wealth that sees the top 1% of individuals hold 30% of the nation's wealth.False consciousness is a cold comfort.
Stop beating around the bush Kobayashi, say what you mean.Isn't there a simpler answer?
Both you and Dax are insane?
Perhaps so. I'm a huge believer in capitalism, nonetheless. What's amiss is that capitalism in the USA is vastly under-regulated, leading to many problems, chief among which, is the huge proportion of wealth that sees the top 1% of individuals hold 30% of the nation's wealth.
And by any objective analysis things will get worse under Trump.Perhaps so. I'm a huge believer in capitalism, nonetheless. What's amiss is that capitalism in the USA is vastly under-regulated, leading to many problems, chief among which, is the huge proportion of wealth that sees the top 1% of individuals hold 30% of the nation's wealth.
Spoiling for another silly hypothetical argument, which you always “win” because America isn’t ever going to elect the ideology you want writ large so you can always claim things would be better if people would only listen to you.And by any objective analysis things will get worse under Trump.
On the flip side would things have gotten appreciably better under Harris? I'm not talking more crumbs off the table, I'm talking about the 1% and the 99%.
We both know the answer to that question and it goes a long way to explaining why she lost.
And therein lies the problem. Starmer will fall victim to the same self imposed nonsense when people realise that they’re no better off under him than they were under May/Johnson/Sunak.And by any objective analysis things will get worse under Trump.
On the flip side would things have gotten appreciably better under Harris? I'm not talking more crumbs off the table, I'm talking about the 1% and the 99%.
We both know the answer to that question and it goes a long way to explaining why she lost.
There’s some weird shady shit going on. Trump and Musk are going to fuck everything up.Elon Musk trying to access sensitive Treasury Systems. Senior treasury official resigns in Protest.
But surely, lack of regulation is what capitalism is all about. Free market economy and the strongest take the spoilsPerhaps so. I'm a huge believer in capitalism, nonetheless. What's amiss is that capitalism in the USA is vastly under-regulated, leading to many problems, chief among which, is the huge proportion of wealth that sees the top 1% of individuals hold 30% of the nation's wealth.
A lot is fair but the relatively new Director General has castigated them quite a lot for being unbalanced/biassed. He has clearly not been happy with much that he has seen.I think it is a constant battle inside the Beeb to ensure they are on the straight and narrow. We pay for it and deserve fair dealing. I applaud the D.G. for his efforts.Cheers. As a Yank I've no insight into the BBC.
From my perspective, though, the BBC's news broadcasts are fair, and unbiased - albeit I've watched none of their sports coverage.
And therein lies the problem. Starmer will fall victim to the same self imposed nonsense when people realise that they’re no better off under him than they were under May/Johnson/Sunak.
That will, in turn, possibly open the door to Farage and there’ll be a collective wonderment about how it happened……
And by any objective analysis things will get worse under Trump.
On the flip side would things have gotten appreciably better under Harris? I'm not talking more crumbs off the table, I'm talking about the 1% and the 99%.
We both know the answer to that question and it goes a long way to explaining why she lost.
Spoiling for another silly hypothetical argument, which you always “win” because America isn’t ever going to elect the ideology you want writ large so you can always claim things would be better if people would only listen to you.
No, you’re right. I presumed this was a “blame the Democrats” post. Apologies. I concur that we could expect a Harris presidency is a Biden/Obama lookalike. The thing is, objectively, peace and a reasonable economy existed during their tenures. Simple stuff. I think the idea that the average American was somehow disenfranchised by them is silly. The reality is that a populist campaign built on lies and exaggeration and division funded by billionaires is tough to combat if the consequences for the nation are irrelevant to the candidate unless you’re willing to go down the same path. You have to rely on the logic of the electorate to see through this if you aren’t (and no reasonably thoughtful human should be) as per 2020.It is hypothetical to imagine what a Harris presidency would have looked like, for the simple reason we'll never know, but from what she said and did during the campaign there was no indication it would have been radically different from Obama/Biden, if you think I'm wrong then have at it, but I don't think that is too outlandish a take.
You make reference to my ideology, what ideology is that? Do you think I'm a socialist? that I believe the downtrodden of America rallied round a deranged authoritarian misogynist because the Democrats wouldn't promise to nationalise Wall Street and UnitedHealth Group?
I don't believe any of that and even if I did, I know there's not the slightest possibility of anything remotely like that happening in the life time of anyone in here, or the life time of their kids come to think of it.
What "silly hypothetical argument" are you talking about? Seriously? Do you mean it's hypothetical because it disagrees with you, is that the criteria for hypothetical?
If all you're going to do is be pejorative, then don't reply and we can both put each other on block and go our separate ways.
Makes me laugh when Trump complains USA imports loads of cars from Europe and China but we don’t import theirs, well maybe if the weren’t all gas guzzling monstrosity’s then we might. Does anyone know if this trade war will strengthen the pound against the dollar, I remember going in 2005 when it was almost 2:1
Makes me laugh when Trump complains USA imports loads of cars from Europe and China but we don’t import theirs, well maybe if the weren’t all gas guzzling monstrosity’s then we might. Does anyone know if this trade war will strengthen the pound against the dollar, I remember going in 2005 when it was almost 2:1
If he insists on keeping his stupid tariffs in place - Trump is stubborn enough that he may well do exactly that, and then blame inflation and the crashing economy on - I don't know - Obama? Hillary? Hunter Biden's Laptop?He's going to tank their economy within a few days of taking office. I don't believe even his biggest supporters will stand for this if this nonsense continues. Can see him not lasting 18 months at this rate.
It’ll work too. Eggs start off at say $12 for a dozen, they rise to $24, but then settle at $15.If he insists on keeping his stupid tariffs in place - Trump is stubborn enough that he may well do exactly that, and then blame inflation and the crashing economy on - I don't know - Obama? Hillary? Hunter Biden's Laptop?
Likely though he'll course-correct, drop the tariffs and claim victory, and his sheeple will lap it up.