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kairyssdal.bsky.social • 1 day ago

And graft

People are really underselling the extent to which the tariffs are already evolving into an ad hoc system of domestic political control

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evr1.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Grift?

hijodegagos.bsky.social•18 hours ago

"The grifter is a small-time confidence man, a carnival swindler, or thief of some sort or other. The grafter may be most of these things, but also may be someone who engages in the “political corruption” sense of the word graft..."

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/is-it-grifter-or-grafter-usage-difference-grift-graft

itsajack.bsky.social•1 day ago

If only we all had bought the Trump coin when it was cool...

jamesbobo.bsky.social•1 day ago

Grifters without Angela Huston et al

prayingmantes.bsky.social•21 hours ago

And the formation of a black market.

tomvdr.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Bingo Kai.

joesegal.bsky.social•1 day ago

Any suggestions on how we get out of this?

we-are-toast.bsky.social•1 day ago

We're not all underselling what he's doing.

bchanson.bsky.social•1 day ago

Just listened to a history hit podcast on UK tariff history and that was one of the issues of why they don’t work.

aintgentsmith.bsky.social•22 hours ago

In our time - Mercantilism? Back when 1700s was the same. All about the monarch and his oligarchs getting rich. Back then the West India Company. Funny thing Adam Smith ended their parade. Now all these free market fanatics are for complete opposite of Adam Smith.

sarahdactyl.bsky.social•1 day ago

Without even being collected! So the price of goods go up, no additional money ends up in the Treasury, and Trump lines his pockets via one of the many extra-legal ways he’s set up to be bribed. I feel like I’m losing my mind.

jonsalvia.bsky.social•1 day ago

The fusion of corporate interests and the state sure does seem like fascism. Are journalists allowed to use the term "fascism" to describe what's actually happening or are editors not allowing that yet?

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