As an American stuck in a heavily Republican state, I’m a bit worried. This doesn’t feel like the type of stupidity that we are going to be able to shrug off or power through.
China leads or is on par with global leaders in commercial nuclear power and electric vehicles and batteries. It lags behind for now in other key sectors, including robotics, biopharmaceuticals, chemicals, and AI. But it is making rapid progress. https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.36ZB6AD
The threshold for the lvl of stupidity increases with the lvl of orange bronzer makeup. The deeper the tint the stupider it gets. this is new nu math sucks!
I can see this ending with Tariffs passed on to consumers. Tariffs get reduced or canceled and the new higher prices remain. Inflation Speed run. (What I'm hearing is all the MAGAts taking about buying the dip, might be a rug pull on a grand scale)
It's both mind-numbingly stupid AND a way to shift massive tax burdens onto the middle and lower classes, crushing us under even more debt so the ultra wealthy can swoop in and buy everything dirt cheap afterwards.
Ah yes, I realized that after I asked. They are stupid in thinking a "hostile takeover" strategy is how to run a business and a country. They should rot.
We knew Trump was DUMB. WE KNEW THAT BEFORE 2016! The danger of a second Trump term was always very simple. Trump has been very clear he only wants loyality. MINDLESSLY LOYAL PEOPLE ARE STUPID AND DON'T STOP YOU when you do stupid shit. DUH.
For sure. Standard people, I'll keep my mouth shut but leader of a massive country? He should never have been allowed to run (aside from all the other crap he pulled). There should be some cognitive test on politicians.
You don't think it's 27 dimensional chess to... tariff our own military base (the only thing in the British Indian Ocean Territory)? Interesting thought...
I don't think it's stupidity. I think they want us to think it's stupidity.
Except for the orange guy. That guy's a dumbass. But the people around him are evil and at least know where they want things to go. The insanity is a distraction from the laws and precedence they're creating.
I think that’s quite possible, but I also think it benefits them to be seen that way, whether or not it’s intentional. I’m not saying the guy who sharpies a drawing to move a hurricane’s a genius. But there’s a sense of spectacle here that makes it seem less real. I think that plays in their favour.
My only issue with that idea is that it flouts Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice what can be explained as incompetence". That said, I will note that certain forms of evil ARE rooted in fear of the unknown, which in itself is a form of incompetence.
The antithesis to all forms of bigotry, is actually attempting to understand the people around you. Holding onto bigoted beliefs is a sign that you cannot, or refuse to, try to actually learn about those different from you.
No intelligent group would have done what they did today. The suggested tariffs include unoccupied islands, a US military base, and a violation of the One China policy. It's poorly planned stupidity by people who don't understand what they're doing, no other explanation.
We truly live in the dumbest timeline. Worst part of it is, a third of my country actually voted for this and think he's doing a great job 'cause 'Murrica!
I will also add that a bunch of people just didn't vote "in protest" of Biden's policy re: Gaza. They didn't quite seem to understand that the VP could do literally nothing about it. Now Trump just wants to glass the place and make it a resort, and I'm sure he will try.
His inner circle thinks they can perfect upon 1930s Germany. Problem is Reagan’s “trickle down” and Clinton’s “global markets.” They’re out of their depth i.e. stupid.
I’m convinced at this point. Between signalgate, tariffs, and pretty much everything that comes out of Trump’s mouth that all republicans go along with, the only explanation is that they are stupid as shit.
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and when it's shared amongst people with brains, it's usually correct.
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*toddles off to train penguins in economics*
*comes back six months later covered in bruises and scratches*
Okay, so hear me out... I *may* have slightly miscaulculated.
Idiocracy was a documentary.
I'm so, so sorry, my friends.
Take care of yourselves, and each other. Someone has to....
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But we're currently being held hostage by a regime being run by someone who needs to be in a care home, not the White House.
Worst eggchicken ever.
Except for the orange guy. That guy's a dumbass. But the people around him are evil and at least know where they want things to go. The insanity is a distraction from the laws and precedence they're creating.
As an example: Bigotry, in all its forms.
𝘚𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦.
There's a smart reason they calculated the trade deficit of an island only inhabited by penguins.
Cause they say it is all based on an actual, real trade deficit 🤣😂
Cause services and systems to fail so he can sell off the pieces - privatize.
Align with Russia and he doesn't need allies. No one is big enough to attack.
His remaining years will not be impacted due to all the fundraising and payoffs. His children inherit which washes the $.
The simpler explanation is that they're just stupid.
Utterly oxygen deprived moronic?
Hard Vacuum Idiocy?
this is very insightful
what tipped you off