"This is the cruelest logic of the casino economy, stripping away health coverage from working-class Americans to give tax breaks to companies gambling on speculative ventures; reducing food assistance to fund capital gains preferences for investors playing the memecoin market; firing hundreds of thousands of federal workers to “save” money while bleeding institutional knowledge and capacity."
FranzFerdiNaN•3mo ago
It is exactly what a majority of the voters wanted though. Trump was extremely clear what he wanted to do, if you listened (and yes you also had to be able to get past his constant lying and the media sanewashing him at every possible moment). Classic leopards eating faces scenario.
treetalker•3mo ago
> It is exactly what a majority of the voters wanted though.
Let's not abandon accuracy or the fact that presidential elections are done under the electoral-college system.
Trump supposedly won the required number of electoral votes. But of eligible voters, fewer than two thirds voted; and of those who did vote, less than half of them voted for Trump (read: Trump electors).
But I agree with the rest of your comment.
palata•3mo ago
> and yes you also had to be able to get past his constant lying and the media sanewashing him at every possible moment
You could justify anything he could ever do with that argument, couldn't you?
1. Say everything and its opposite, so that you cover all bases.
2. Do whatever the fuck you want.
3. Say you had been very clear you would do it, people "just" had to know the future and discard the lies.
zerosizedweasle•3mo ago
FranzFerdiNaN•3mo ago
treetalker•3mo ago
Let's not abandon accuracy or the fact that presidential elections are done under the electoral-college system.
Trump supposedly won the required number of electoral votes. But of eligible voters, fewer than two thirds voted; and of those who did vote, less than half of them voted for Trump (read: Trump electors).
But I agree with the rest of your comment.
palata•3mo ago
You could justify anything he could ever do with that argument, couldn't you?
1. Say everything and its opposite, so that you cover all bases.
2. Do whatever the fuck you want.
3. Say you had been very clear you would do it, people "just" had to know the future and discard the lies.