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redback.bsky.social • 70 days ago

This is a relatively short and clarifying read.

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/08/trumps-tariffs-arent-economics-theyre-a-cultural-purge/

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buzzmich.bsky.social•70 days ago

They need to make you poor so they can employ you in their brand new sweatshops

daemonikira.bsky.social•68 days ago

And so you can be "grateful" for the crumbs they "allow" you to have

countbern.bsky.social•70 days ago

As much class war as trade war

dimondoak.bsky.social•70 days ago

IOW it's an American version of the Cultural Revolution

beingbeatsdoing.bsky.social•70 days ago

I know this has nothing to do with anything but that guy looks like old Rob Lowe.

lunalein.bsky.social•70 days ago

i had the exact same immediate reaction.

redback.bsky.social•70 days ago

😆

sebeller.bsky.social•70 days ago

Well current (and old) rob lowe IS a tRUmpster 🤷‍♂️ so, tangentially...

daemonikira.bsky.social•68 days ago

Wait, really? Oh fuck that's disappointing as hell.

amyjpetty.bsky.social•70 days ago

....I'll never unsee that, now.

genericlistener.bsky.social•70 days ago

📌

jpz0.bsky.social•70 days ago

This article really overestimates any strategic content in Trump’s actions. He is simply narcissistically malicious and stupid.

Stop trying to find order where only a disordered mind exists.

Inject bleach?

wenjackwoman.bsky.social•70 days ago

He's a stupid man who is a malignant narcissist. That means he will hold a grudge until the world ends. He hates smart people: look at his White House picks! This article is 100% bang on. Scoff if you like, but it's already happening. Read Project 2025: remove unions, remove ed funding....

eotech.bsky.social•70 days ago

It’s not just Trump, and the author explicitly states that. Trump is the useful idiot.

harrycovert.bsky.social•70 days ago

It seems a bit reckless to do intentional harm to people in a country where formidably destructive weapons can be bought over the counter.

redback.bsky.social•70 days ago

They'll send in the drones and robot dogs. 😬

smcgee.bsky.social•70 days ago

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acbelan.bsky.social•70 days ago

This is the decoder ring

tvbrain.bsky.social•70 days ago

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gauchohaulic.bsky.social•69 days ago

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insanj.com•70 days ago

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thedesertsage.bsky.social•70 days ago

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gamespeopleplay.bsky.social•70 days ago

Story checks out, Orange Skull keeps taking notes from my country, where the destruction of the education system has been going for over six years now.

melodyvonrock.bsky.social•70 days ago

“The goal isn’t prosperity—it’s obedience.”

And it will get worse as per Project 2025.

aussiechris52.bsky.social•70 days ago

This is a moronic, incontinent Pol Pot

teegee.bsky.social•70 days ago

"Pol Pot Poot"?

aussiechris52.bsky.social•70 days ago

That makes scary sense.

phatnote.bsky.social•70 days ago

That’s an excellent point. I almost got there in my head, but not quite. Thanks for sharing it

kieranhannon.bsky.social•70 days ago

Spot on 👍

pittsburghdan.bsky.social•70 days ago

@jvl.bsky.social this article is right in your lane, my dude. Discuss on the podcast?

zephyr7591.bsky.social•70 days ago

I agree with your argument. Pol Pot and Chairman Mao targeted their scholars, educators, and people in the Arts. I remember, especially reading about Pol Pot. He was despicable.

jhustg.bsky.social•70 days ago

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q9f.bsky.social•70 days ago

I was scrolling quickly and thought, damn, Rob Lowe has aged.

sailormoondamus.gobirds.online•70 days ago

Ok so it wasn’t just me lmaooo

maraleia.bsky.social•70 days ago

Everything is a fucking grievance for him because his brain is broken.

arthurdeodat.bsky.social•70 days ago

Except these tariffs are also going to hurt people who voted for Trump. Plenty of white, educated white collar workers (ones who are dumb and racist) fixated on some specific idiocy Trump represents who will lose their jobs when the mass layoffs come because no one can afford to buy anything.

furybookchin.bsky.social•70 days ago

They don’t care as long as their cultural enemies are hurting too

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