aesthelete @ aesthelete @lemmy.world

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TFW a revolution against the government is just another part of your ruggedly individualistic grindset

Why not deport him using the actual process if he's as bad as you say? Why do they have to wipe their ass with the Constitution to do it?

Are you asking if collecting taxes in the currency is the "necessary but not sufficient" condition for a currency to have value? Sure.

The second thing I wrote about (military consequences) is another thing altogether. Obviously, things are slightly more complicated in modern economies and with global capitalism so they aren't the only factors that matter, but they're important. In addition, prior to Trump part two, there was also the dominance over global capitalism using soft power, but I think we've begun the process of "uncentering" ourselves in that system.

Expectation of stock value, sure, but also inherently valuable in that the services or products they provide are things that people value. For instance, a utility company that owns electrical plants and produces electricity and distributes it provides an inherently valuable service. Who pays for that is a separate concern, as is the stock price, but the service itself is valuable.

Surprise, it was freeze peaches the whole time just like every leftist ever scrawled about it.

Money is an emotional thing. Do I believe that this coin / bit of paper / number on a website is something that I can exchange for goods and services? If not enough people believe that, that currency will collapse.

That's not true at all. You know most of the reason why your currency works? It's not based on tinker bell. It's based upon the fact that the government collects taxes from you in it. It's also based upon the fact that other countries will accept it as repayment of debt or face military consequences.

Now, stock prices are mostly irrational -- though some companies do actually produce valuable goods and services and own infrastructure -- I'll grant you that. But belief has very little to do with USD being more than green-tinted paper.

100% totally is.

He's a huge buy, borrow, die financial strategy guy.

Liberal talking points are basically nowhere to be found in this article. Liberal talking points are things like "Israel has a right to defend itself", "I'm a capitalist", "We should balance the budget by reducing spending", "nothing will fundamentally change", etc.

But they yearn for the mines...they wouldn't even want a free penthouse if you gave it to them. Their lungs love the coal.

Not if Trump and Steven Miller have anything to do with it.

It's not supposed to be our job.

Too much buck pushing in the good ol USA. It is, in fact, our civic duty to be active citizens that hold our elected representatives accountable. Our continual evasion of this responsibility is a large part of what landed us here.

It wouldn't surprise me to learn that a large portion of the "not our job" folks were the same ones wholly blaming the Russian people for not hanging Putin in the town square.

We've lost all sense of duty and honor in favor of the almighty dollar in this country. Yes, our representatives should be holding Trump accountable, but we the people voted his tired, rapist ass back into office.

Hey I'm not saying it wasn't the worst part of the COVID years, just that it wasn't most of the COVID era...which is even being vague as to what the COVID era is or if it even ever ended.

I'm one of the crazy people constantly masking still.

He definitely had an outsized impact on the overall COVID response in mostly negative ways. I think the only thing he did that was good is fast-tracking the vaccines and even then he managed to screw that over because of all of the other things he was doing wrong.

We shall rebuild.

I have a Motorola razr 2023. It's absolutely great.

The use case is that it fits in your pocket.

The collateral damage is absolutely necessary. If anything, the lack of prior collateral damage signified to American voters that putting a fascist back in office is just fine and dandy.

I feel like most social media is the online version of this.

The US in 10 years.

As I understand it, plastics themselves have no known negative impact on human health - it’s the additives in the plastics that are a problem.

1. What are these additive-free plastics you're suggesting exist? Should we make sure the microplastics lodged in our brain are only of the free-range, organic, and crafted with love variety?
2. There have already been preliminary studies linking higher concentrations of microplastics with poor medical outcomes with more damning reports coming out very frequently. In the meantime, maybe let's not pretend that whatever absence of evidence you perceive is evidence of absence.
3. Having no known negative impact certainly doesn't mean they have a known positive impact. So it's likely good to try to avoid them as much as you can.

I know it sucks because it's yet another tough to impossible problem to tackle alongside everything else, but that's just a Monday.

He only got more insane during the stretch from 2020-2024. The insanity was on full display during the 2024 race. I don't understand what's wrong with our electorate.