Watching the Big Short again. When they make a Big Short about 2025, the Celebrity Explains Financial Concepts scenes will just be somebody going "well you see the thing is: the president was a very stupid person"
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we’re really going to get the rizzler making an ironic comeback doing a talking head segment about congress failing to reign in the powers of the purse FUCK
I'd give anything to hear Jeremy Irons' character in Margin Call try to make sense of Trump. "I'm here to guess what the music might do a week, a month, a year from now. That's it. Nothing more. And standing here tonight, I'm afraid that all I hear is insanity. Just - insanity"
That is one of the most interesting movies I've seen in a very long time. Even though I didn't/don't understand the fine details, I somewhat understand the basic concept because of my own Mortgage Loan on my house. It needs to be watched probably a dozen times to begin to understand.
the "Margot Robbie in a bathtub" segment had to be cut because bathtubs now cost $10,000 and also ICE agents sent Margot Robbie to the El Salvadoran forever prison for the crime of being Australian
Great movie! Good scene is when the Brad Pitt character reminds the two about their win represents the loss for many people and families. Trump/MAGA/Republicans have no care for anyone, especially their voters! AND. YET. THEY. LOVE. HIM.
The tariffs are stupid but that’s not why he’s doing it. He’s doing it bc of what companies and industries will do FOR HIM and the GOP to get exemptions. He will demand money, donations, and all types of favors in exchange. Don’t assume it’s merely stupidity. It’s a MASSIVE power grab.
🇨🇦 here, watching my retirement fund collapse. I agree that it’s about power, he wants all those world leaders grovelling to HIM. But I think there’s more.
He wants unrest. He wants y’all to protest. He wants to be able to declare martial law. He wants his dictatorship.
I think of that every time someone starts in with the fourth-dimensional chess theories. Many, many politicians have done stupid shit that turned out to not have any grand scheme behind it -- why not this one?
I hope that's true. My pet theory is that Trump watched the Big Short and decided to replicate it himself. I just saw that MTG unloaded from the market just before Trump shot the market in the nuts! Insider trading, anyone?
"And the stupidest people of all were the ones who protested it, rather than smugly posting about it like me, multimillionaire film director and producer, Adam McKay."
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it’s not even really anymore complicated than that
And I adore this movie. It’s brilliant.
He wants unrest. He wants y’all to protest. He wants to be able to declare martial law. He wants his dictatorship.
“The truth is, these were not very bright guys . . .” 😢