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Robert's avatar

A visiting economic professor from Italy wrote a book on stupidity. Stupid is defined as promoting a policy that hurts society and their own self interests. By the way the same of stupid people are rich as are poor, are in offices as power as are the lowest worker….

Stupid people are loud and relentless and dangerous. Smart people assume folks know, for example, vaccines are essential for society health. So they don’t react to stupid people until the damage pops up.

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Alexandra Barcus's avatar

Such incredible stupidity. It makes me ill. But Trump said that China would bear the costs. If goods are already becoming more expensive preemptively by Christmas won’t the consumers see the big increases and wonder what has happened? Someone said the cost of a gaming box could increase by 40% in the near term.

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Shankar Narayan's avatar

It took the disastrous outcomes of Brexit to force the British to recognize the pitfalls of nativism, propaganda, and the dangers posed by far-right policies to societal welfare. Trump 2.0 would be Brexit on steroids. Maybe that's a good thing. Democrats will never fully expose MAGA’s flaws; only MAGA can expose itself. Let them. Perhaps we should view this period as a short, intense pain for the sake of a better future.

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Alexandra Barcus's avatar

My sister has lived in Scotland for ages. Her reports on Brexit’s devastation have been chilling. She has MS and relies on carers. They used to come from Eastern Europe. Now there are very few available. Sadly these policies hit the people who are most needy the hardest.

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Shankar Narayan's avatar

yup. Maga is not sustainable by design. That is why the founding fathers of the MAGA movement want to establish a dictatorship. Thank the god the House is sitting at 220. Had it been more than 20 or something, 2024 would have been the last election. A sliver of luck.

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Alexandra Barcus's avatar

Do you think there was overt cheating in the election beyond big money and bots?

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Shankar Narayan's avatar

Nope. Not at all.

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