These tech broligarchs are the whiniest fucking piss baby weenies on the planet. These are the representatives of American power right now. What a fucking disgrace.

Yes, by MAGA’s own vernacular it does.

You can’t spell hatred without red hat.

(I can’t take credit for this, I saw this comment on this same story elsewhere, and I thought it was so obvious that I can’t believe it isn’t more widespread)

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Billionaires should not exist. You don’t get to be a billionaire without exploiting people - for that matter once you get over about 10M you’re probably stepping on people, or exploiting systems, in order to continue growing your wealth. And why, exactly? It’s a sickness that gets worse the richer someone gets. It’s been studied and confirmed that people who have excessive wealth convince themselves that they deserve it, they earned it individually, and that they are special and more valuable than others. So instead of riding off into the sunset, they feed their addiction by buying outsized and unearned power in order to shape the laws so that they can make more money. Just fuck off already - you won at capitalism, now get the fuck out of the way and stop screwing over everyone else and making our lives miserable.

Beyond 100M we should just take it all for the state. 100% tax rate. If you want to keep earning beyond that, then great, you will have the glory of contributing to the public good.

But since billionaires have convinced idiots to advocate against the idiots’ own interest, and argue that the billionaires can’t be constrained in any way, then this will never happen in the current social context. So next best thing is to do as Bill says. Put the fear of God into them.

I suspect you grossly underestimate the dependence of the US economy on other countries, and I believe that you grossly misrepresent Carney in regard to the carbon tax (which you also misunderstand) and the WEF (which you assert to be a secretive global cabal of communists, ignoring the real and blatant fascist oligarchy in the US).

Putting all of that aside, Carney is by far the most experienced candidate we’ve had in decades, and I say this as someone who has lived 5+ decades in this country. And if you don’t see the US as an existential threat then you’re not seriously considering the magnitude of these events. Whether or not Trump decides to go through with any of it, he has destroyed the US reputation and our alliance for generations. The die is cast, and things will be different. The US is not our friend and may even be considered an enemy now but they are for sure unreliable, unpredictable, and possessing of malicious intent.

And any treasonous Yank sympathizers should just get out before they’re put out.

No. Some people are capable of recognizing and admitting when they’ve made a mistake.

Denying that the right has targeted young men because of their insecurities is ridiculous.

And frankly if someone is going to become an even bigger hateful piece of shit because someone calls them out for being a moderately hateful piece of shit, then I’m really not interested in their allegiance. I’m sick of tolerating this dumbass bullshit. The left has spent too long assuming there is good faith here, and it’s clear there is no respect and no desire to find common ground. To these people I say I’m sorry you were manipulated, but you have to take responsibility for your actions and your decisions - and we can all see the endgame of the populist right wing. At this point if you’re digging in your heels then you’re just a garbage human and you deserve what’s coming to you.

It’s not the left’s fault that the right are hateful assholes.

There’s no doubt that the right has targeted young men via traditional insecurities about masculinity. They’ve made a concerted effort to paint the left as weak, effeminate, soy boy, etc., because it plays to the insecurities of young men. This is why we see the domination of right wing thought in traditionally masculine spaces, such as gym culture, comedy, gaming, sports, MMA, crypto, etc.

The main driver of inflation in the housing market is investor driven demand. This can’t be fixed on the supply side, it’s fixed by regulation and enforcement of the investors and RE agents, strengthening consumer protection and insurance, and generally making investment in housing provide moderate ROI, as it used to, for families and live-in owners that expect to hold the property for at least 10 years.

Some relief can be provided on the supply side, but it should be via government housing projects, not by greasing the wheels so that private wealthy investors can build more product to sell. That’s how we got into this mess.