I guess nobody cared but it's still kind of weird that half of Trump's coalition thinks they're doing Peronism and the other half thinks they're doing shock therapy. - ThreadSky

goldwagnathan.bsky.social • 188 days ago

I guess nobody cared but it's still kind of weird that half of Trump's coalition thinks they're doing Peronism and the other half thinks they're doing shock therapy.

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please can they post their way into Bush 09 levels of unpopularity before the midterms

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rdangler.bsky.social•186 days ago

The bootstraps crap from the pampered tech bros never ceases to amaze me.

mandoqueer.itch.io•178 days ago

I still have no idea what Peronism is

skoryy.bsky.social•188 days ago

Half think Trump and Musk are magic, and half that vividly remember 2018 and 2020.

thebrett.bsky.social•188 days ago

Probably going to get Musk kicked out of Trump's inner circle in a few months, unless he abandons all that DOGE stuff to just double-down on being Trump's Best Buddy.

insidejoke.bsky.social•188 days ago

I do like how it’s all about collective sacrifice and balancing budgets but then switched to working together to do tax cuts making clear that’s the first priority

maiamindel.bsky.social•188 days ago

American Menemism

zecat123.bsky.social•188 days ago

I think trump’s coalition is a lot more fragile than is appreciated

bluegeorgist.bsky.social•188 days ago

And the same people who praise Milei for cutting tariffs want tariffs for their own country.

plaindavid.bsky.social•188 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juche

3dogdad.bsky.social•188 days ago

It's like saying "Make America Healthy Again" while you chomp on a Big Mac. The whole cabinet is a collection of contradictions.

paulboldrin.bsky.social•188 days ago

Same thing happened in the UK. It resolved itself by the government raising then lowering taxes a few times to try and balance "our voters are fed up with declining services" with "our voters want lower taxes" and then everyone hating them.

skynetandchill.com•188 days ago

Libertarianism so hard-core it circles back into authoritarianism. FREEDOM!!!

reluctantlychad.bsky.social•188 days ago

I just can never get past that the "tech bro" position is we should run the government like a pre-industrial Iron Age one.

mapablue.bsky.social•188 days ago

both plans are just a matter of stealing everything they can and making everyone's life as miserable as they can.

so the plans kinda dovetail.

saintfoo.bsky.social•188 days ago

The guy who thinks we serfs need to say “We don’t need a handout, we’ll do this ourselves” spent days shitting his pants repeatedly in public when Silicon Valley Bank collapsed and the government didn’t step in to bail them out fast enough. Jason can take his “shared sacrifice” and fucking cram it

countessemilia.bsky.social•187 days ago

100%.

adamsith.bsky.social•187 days ago

"Peronism for me, shock therapy for thee"

forceholy.bsky.social•187 days ago

Oh God, they're really expecting the same country that threw a tantrum over masks, vaccines and lockdowns over COVID to grin and bear economic hardship for the game show host.

fwordleproblems.bsky.social•188 days ago

I love this for them tbh

paulfuller.bsky.social•188 days ago

If I had to guess whether the Egg Price Revolt was more likely to be followed by a "we can do with less" phase or a "you can do with less" phase, I'm going with the latter.

davidjorgonson.bsky.social•188 days ago

They will not be doing shock therapy. Republicans only do that during Dem administrations. (Eg Clinton - Gingrich)

exgnome.bsky.social•188 days ago

Elon's not smart enough to realize the lies are actually lies.

peter-b-c.bsky.social•187 days ago

I guess this guy’s visit did not clarify anything.

https://www.wionews.com/business-economy/argentinas-milei-reduces-key-import-tariff-to-curb-inflation-754179

abeardedpanda.bsky.social•188 days ago

Something something, collapse under the weight of its own contradictions right?

jube0.bsky.social•188 days ago

Contradictions aren’t supposed to be so literal!

occamshavecream.bsky.social•188 days ago

Not since Andrew Johnson’s administration at least

teethofwisdom.bsky.social•188 days ago

We say "Make America Great Again" because the "By Tightening Your Belts" is silent.

sdrose.bsky.social•188 days ago

There are people in that coalition who even KNOW about Peronism? Shocking.

almagroschool.bsky.social•188 days ago

which of the 57 varieties of peronismo tho?

wrathofgodbot.bsky.social•188 days ago

Shock therapy for the out group Peronism for the in group

casmilus.bsky.social•187 days ago

That was really Johnson's magic formula in the UK 2019, which he never attempted to resolve the contradictions of.

walmsley.bsky.social•188 days ago

Trump is the first Hegelian president because he has committed to presenting both the thesis and antithesis positions on each issue

coasterspaul.bsky.social•188 days ago

I KNEW the "Hegelian e-girls" were a bad sign!

gibbers.bsky.social•188 days ago

Tbh the only way they pull off the tariffs & deportations without causing mass immiseration is through slave labor and if you have 20 million people in camps awaiting deportation well....

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