Fall of Rome: wordy
Fall of America: high school bully culture
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Imagine trying to explain high school bully culture to someone 2000 years from now.
"So, the dumbest people pick on the smartest people and culturally it not only accepted but encouraged..." -- no one would believe you.
Sounds like 47 wants nations to bend the knee, not make equitable deals.
He'll be calling back when the dedollarization hits. Well, it's happening concurrently with the new tariffs. But when his merry band of inept fuckwits figures it out and explains it to him like he's 5. Then he'll call back.
That’s what blows my mind - everyone is going to turn away from the USD standard. Almost makes me want to convert a ton of liquid assets into euros. Come to think of it, that wouldn’t be crazy, given the current context.
If you can. You should. I would.
I want covert a sizable chunk of USD to EUR but I haven't found a way to do it without a physical bank.
Only option I've found so far is buying EURC (crypto, I know, I know but at least it's pegged to EUR).
I've just woken up so apologies if I haven't understood and answered this correctly... But there are travel cards that people use to convert currency. I personally have used Wise and Revolut.
Most real online brokers let you buy and sell currency.
That’s what blows my mind - everyone is going to turn away from the USD standard.
And that's exactly what Trump's boss, Putin, wants to happen, so win-win.
And use what instead of the USD?
€
I know the yuan is possible, but I don’t think most of the world will go for that, considering how many strings would be attached to a monetary standard essentially controlled by the CCP vs the comparatively uncontrolled Euro.
It’s not that simple. I suggest you read this article that explains a few reasons why it hasn’t happened already.
https://www.nber.org/digest/apr20/why-euro-hasnt-become-international-currency-stature
He’s embarrassed. His tail is between his legs and he can’t face them.
His people are probably scrambling to spin this as a win for tariffs. They got nothin’. He’s hiding.
He’s not embarrassed. It’s not possible. He’s just pumping and dumping the global economy along with his friends and doesn’t give a fuck what happens or what anyone thinks of it.
at the same time his core trauma, the big driving force behind him, the hole in his soul money has never been able to fill, is low self esteem from his daddy never being proud of him, and his mommy being kept away from him by his daddy. he's desperate to be adored, to fill that childhood hole with the praise of the people. it's why now that he's possibly the most powerful person on earth he won't shut the fuck up about how good he is at golf. he just wants someone to care about his hobbies and tell them they're proud of him and really mean it. but they can't mean it because of his access to power. on some level he knows this. but he doesn't know what it is that he knows, so he'll keep chasing the love he never got in the places he'll never get it because this trauma severely twisted him. he will never be free from his core pain so song as he is defined by wealth, fame, and power. we'd be doing him a favor to strip him of these things. we need to do it for our own survival
I think it's giving Trump too much credit to say this is intentional.
This is what it's like with an authoritarian leader surrounded by yes-men. Nobody is autonomous, everyone just sits and waits for a decree to take any action. Nobody will return these calls because there's no consistent policy to communicate.
It's completely ineffective and inefficient, and that's fine for Trump because he truly doesn't care about anything actually working, or losing opportunities for the country, or losing allies. It's just about the level of control he has, and whether he personally is being deferred to.
Why would he? In his own words, they are all over here kissing his ass. That's how delusional he is.
This aged like milk.
Lights the world economy on fire, sits back with his buddies giggling about how stupid everyone else looks running around trying to put it out.
Even worse - since he can create chaos, he and his family are in an unique position to short sell and do other insider trading, becoming ridiculously wealthy in the process
No shit. They have questions and use big words. Unlike the american press or anyone surrounding him.