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But they seem to also believe in heavy-handed government intervention to prop up failing businesses. For example Trump's recent announcement that he'll require the military to buy coal power on long-term contracts:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/trumps-latest-plan-t...

So on the one hand they're saying government shouldn't do anything, but on the other hand they love having the government put its finger on the scales of the market.

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The common thread that resolves this apparent conflict is, of course, billionaires. 100% of Republicans and ~60% of Democrats are in office primarily to serve at the whims of billionaires. They will pursue whatever policies will give more power to billionaires, consistency and hypocrisy are irrelevant.

> ~60% of Democrats

I think you can make that ~80%, but maybe you've done the calculations more diligently than I have.

No, it is more like Reps 75% and Dems 90%, ±5%.

How could you possibly come to this conclusion? Which party literally just voted for tax breaks on the wealthy and corporations, twice in one decade?!

In before "No clearly the party that helps the billionaires the most and is mostly comprised of billionaires and is backed by all the tech billionaires are the good guys, they are the true party of the people"

So you think only one party did that??? Only one party protects billionaires??? Wow that's funny!

"So on the one hand they're saying government shouldn't do anything, but on the other hand they love having the government put its finger on the scales of the market."

Rather: They don't want the government to impede capitalist interests (greed), so they're using the government to further their corruption and greed

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