but it is easier to understand and that is more important because let's be honest most normies don't know shit about crypto. people out here claiming they gonna replace fiat with crypto when no store take that shit, it's slow, and most regular people wouldn't understand it.
Is the airplane not a more obvious emolument? Cryptocurrency meme coins can be argued to be part of his family business interests. Sure he is still grifting, but to accept a gift like this that will eventually become his own, seems to shame the whole nation as well.
They’re both important platforms for the same message. The plane is symbolic and tangible for people who will never see that kind of luxury. That Bremmer can’t grasp this is… concerning.
One has a thin veneer of trying to cover what it is.
The other is a straight gut punch. An expression of disdain.
Capacity to be pissed off about both is fine.
But it's all corrupt and unacceptable. What burns my butt is that we waste money on his stupid vanity projects while kids go hungry. This country has lost its way and is being destroyed while he, his family and his minions enrich themselves. The wheels are coming off.
100% agree. Too many people turn their brains off when it comes to crypto sadly. “Luxury jet” is just an easier sell to more people as blatant corruption.
So, right. Comparatively, the plane is like a celebrity gift bag at some pointless award show. All of it is high corruption worthy of decades of prison.
The size of the corruption is irrelevant. If one is willing to engage in some small corruption then One will proceed to engage in medium and large sized corruption sooner or later. It’s the principle. You’re either corrupt or you’re not.
They're both pretty big issues, Ian. Almost equivalent IMHO. The trumpcoin has less visibility, but for him, it's the gift that'll keep on giving. The 747 will have a finite still-TBD shelf life. Just wait until DJT gets the bill for converting it to AF1. That could be more than it's worth.
Djt won't get the bill. We taxpayers are happy to pay to convert it. Then if he decides to leave the white house, taxpayers will gladly give it to him.
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Huge sums below the radar or just hundreds of millions in broad dayligt.
Not sure which one I will pick.
The plane we see. The coins are invisible and insidious
Plus, consider the in-your-face symbolism of Trump flying in his library-owned 747 after leaving office in 2029.
Kinda like those videos where 20 kids ransack a mall store at the same time.
https://mdavis19881.substack.com/p/the-absolutely-staggering-corruption
The other is a straight gut punch. An expression of disdain.
Capacity to be pissed off about both is fine.
Not as individual acts
The plane would make a nice bow on the total package