nine_zeros

Return on the trump bribe (ahem, investment)

I don't know why this is being down voted. The white Christian nationalist movement absolutely is willing to burn America to get what they want - they are willing to be corrupt, elect corrupt, forget their religion, hurt the out-group, and lie to give plausible deniability while doing exactly that.

Downvoters: Prove that this administration is not corrupt and not hurting people instead of downvoting - or just accept the truth.

Of course they will say they are transparent while lying about everything. People have been falling for their lies since 2016. Why wouldn't they keep lying?

The real question is why are so many people completely willing to sell their country, community, and future to these liars?

Ask any trump voter and you'll find various racial nationalism answer to it.

I am in America - I genuinely liked some of their flavors, fast service, and happy demeanor of baristas. It always felt like a familiar nice escape from the grind.

I wrote all that in the past tense because none of the things I liked about starbucks is uniformly available any longer.

Didn't you know that this administration is all about feeding lies?

It is no wonder that Church membership is on the decline. The teachings of the Bible are opposite of what they preach and celebrate. The path of Jesus is opposite of the path of Trump and Republicans.

A lot of people can see the hypocrisy and inconsistency of MAGA Christians - and they don't like to be part of the hypocrisy.

Hot take but something I learned over many years - for anyone who wants to hear it:

The easiest way to a happy life is to follow the motto "live and let live".

Live - your life to the fullest. Use your liberty to build your own life. Don't sleepwalk into anything.

Let live - don't hurt or interfere with other's liberties. How others live is none of your business.

I don't want to try again for someone who doesn't want to research for themselves how foreign countries accumulate reserves. Hint, you literally explained it.

All the points in that link are applicable to MAGA America today. It is happening in front of our eyes - everyday chipping away at human liberties and targeting people.

The missing piece is that transactions lead to reserves.

A lot of transactions moving away does not mean moving away entirely to a sole new supplier.

Even a 10% decline in dollar usage is "moving away". Bit by bit, the rest of the world starts using alternatives. That's how the British pound went down from global reserve to 4% of reserves. It took 70 years for this gradual decline.

Why are you asking for my opinion when other sovereign countries are the ones issuing yuan bonds and migrating away from the dollar?

This article is explaining that yuan is making meaningful headway.

Maybe like the UK but the problem with the US is that the US is a violent country. Lower standard of living is likely to cause violence. UK literally just lost all the colonial wealth but came together to build itself again.

In many ways, the US is a spiral descent culture while the UK lost is all and ascended again but to lower levels.

Illuminating article. And if the yuan bonds information is real, it won't even take 4 years for a lot of global finance to move away from the dollar.

It might be tough for the US to accept the higher cost of global resources (and thus become a poorer country) but maybe this gradual decline in dollars status is what the administration hopes is the best case.

Yep. Maga wants the destruction of America but hide that behind the flag. It is truly a sad realization to know that we cannot have a good life because some people want to destroy everything that makes America worthwhile.

Well no shit. We had already seen this rodeo 4 years ago. At that time, low interest rates papered over the loss of manufacturing jobs. And tariffs were only imposed on China.

Today, the economy and unilateral tariff situation is so unstable that there is no way any business can make any investment in jobs.

Trump supporters were warned before the election but they chose to damage America - twice by now.

> I want you to enumerate the dignity and respect issues as you see them. I think a general washing isn't going to be very good conversation.

Which one do you want to talk about?

- Cutting healthcare for masses while giving the super wealthy a tax cut?

- Pedophilia and protection of pedophilia while blaming the "others"?

- Abrupt kidnappings of people based on race when 40% of the country is not white?

- Reducing trust in institutions built by Americans over the decades like CDC while gaslighting parents to not vaccinate their kids?

> No, but I also don't think that dignity and respect for humans is what moves the market.

No but without dignity and respect for humans you get revolts - which moves the market.

> Austerity is probably not the answer. We need to redefine the economy and quick.

It isn't. But the dog and pony show going on is also not the right answer. Look at the president and the party - be honest - do you really think this group actually cares to fix anything in the country, with dignity and respect for humans?

Of course, what will the FED do when the fake conservative government didn't really cut spending but only put on a show for fox news?

> Neither of the major political parties could legitimately be considered pro-school or pro-education. The Democrats are certainly pro-teacher's union — but their interests are often diametrically opposed to actual student education.

At this point in time - mid 2025 - I will take democrats over anything republican. I don't need a perfect party with perfect policies. I only want a non-destructive party - and Republicans are just harmful to the country.

Good thing we are electing an anti-school, anti-education party. Phew for a hot second, America was a scientific beacon and that can't be acceptable /s

> "I'm not voting because <strange expectations about other people doing it for me>." sounds absolutely absurd.

It is a mistake on the younger generation's part to expect sanity from elders - this is the reality that they are not taught as kids. That's why we have geriatric pedophiles ruling the country. And this will not change because the geriatric pedophiles are trying their hardest to destroy education in large swathes of the country.

> We're on our second Trump administration now, but someone assumed someone else would vote the way they wanted for them?

Yes, because that someone was likely a kid 8 years ago - literally could have been 10 year olds. They don't have the knowledge, education, experience that a 70 year old boomer has. And the 70 year olds are making sure the misinformation continues so that the newly minted 18 year old votes against their own interests.

This is literally the southern republican playbook. You don't need to buy my argument. You only need to accept that boomers have sabotaged for far longer before the 18 year old even had a chance to cast the first vote.

> And still if young people cared enough they could have voted and made a difference, but they did not.

Young people do care but they expect older people to care about the next generation - in a functional society that is. If the young were taught right from childhood that the elders are sabotaging them, they will show up - and it will be bad for the boomers lying to them constantly.

You could also say Biden won because Trump damaged America the first time around.

How far back do you want to go? Or do you want to talk about how people got complacent because things under Biden were generally good?

> Older voters are more likely to have voted for Trump, but also young men.

Ah, but boomers are not just old voters. Boomers are also owners and sponsors of faux news that has brainwashed the young men into thinking that maga cares about them - only to get their votes and then revert to serving the billionaire overlords.

The generational issue here is that the old people are actively brainwashing and sabotaging the youth - even outside voting.

> They don't care about the climate, but will happily play the optics

It is not just optics or energy independence. There is a genuine effort to reduce pollution. People forget in 00s media used to bash the smog in China. It was an unlivable air. They truly wanted to transform it - it just so happens that renewables solve a lot of problems simultaneously.

> This whole thing where “well this is wrong but you have to pay the illegal tax anyway” makes no sense.

There is a reason why faith in American judiciary is at an all time low. The government is doing illegal things with no repercussions. People are getting harmed. How can anyone trust the system?

> And I can’t get a booster because these ignorant imbeciles decided for me, based on non-scientific vibes?

Remember how republicans were so angry at the government politely requesting people to get vaccinated in the heat of 2020 and 2021?

Well, now that the tables have turned, polite requests turn into big government mandates.