The koperkan thinks out loud

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What strikes me is how many Americans still talk as if everyone wants to come to America proves US greatness.

Many have never left their own state, let alone their country, yet speak about the world with absolute certainty. From childhood they are fed flags, anthems, exceptionalism and greatest country on earth mythology, then as adults they choose a TV channel that tells them exactly what they already want to hear. It is less critical thinking than patriotic programming.

No, people crossing borders is not proof America is paradise. Many are fleeing collapse, war, poverty and instability, often in regions the US spent decades bombing, sanctioning, arming or destabilizing. That is not greatness. That is blowback.

The same empire helps light fires across the world, then acts shocked when people run from the smoke. Europe deals with a huge part of the refugee fallout, while Americans lecture us about borders, freedom and leadership. The nerve!

And then they wonder why allies don’t rush to help after being insulted, threatened and called freeloaders for years.

Maybe don’t treat the world like a chessboard, your allies like servants, and desperate migrants like proof of your greatness.

[Prof. Steve Keen @ProfSteveKeen]

Piers Morgan asked if we are heading for a global recession. I said we are heading for a global depression.

What followed was one of the more honest conversations I have had on television in a long time.

Three economists. Three very different worldviews. And one question nobody in power seems willing to answer seriously.

The physical infrastructure of the global economy is being destroyed in real time. The financial markets have not caught up yet. When they do, the overreaction will be severe.

The clip is short. The implications are not.

Full debate link in comments.

#Macroeconomics #GlobalEconomy #OilCrisis #StraitOfHormuz #IranWar #EconomicPolicy #PostKeynesian

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@wdrvdweerd Nou nee. Ik beb al belasting betaalt.. Ik heb bloed zweet & tranen gegeven voor een eigen huis wat straks mijn zoon, de volgende generatie een betere positie geeft. Dat heb ik niet gedaan om naast de al oneerlijke erfbelasting straks, ook nog meer belasting te betalen. J

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@ExBxJS @Rainmaker1973 What utter nonsens. As if we dont have people voting left in the Netherlands. Its civilisation, nothing to do with left or right dude

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@Michell33650674 Because it would have resulted in civil war, thats why.

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@rinusredpill Koop ook wat zakken kattenkorrels. Vuilniszak met korrels in de wc. Handig.
Ik heb verder naast wat jij hebt ook nog een steripen, petroleumkacheltje, power bank, lotiondoekjes en nog wel wat dingen. Ik ben me dus wel aan het voorbereiden maar slechts voor een week of 2.

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@CQueenbeejdl @purplehead5 @NegTendencies No critical thinking or any self assesment. Trump syndrome

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@BrooklynFlowe15 White privilege gone wild

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@FlagBlack007 He is really spot on

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@deluluu_moments This joke can end with femicide morons. You dont know who you talking too and what the situation is in the relationship.

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@purplehead5 @NegTendencies Calling my joke trite, then come back with 'Stay boring'? 😂
The irony is almost impressive. But hey, don't let originality or self awareness get in your way.
Stay stupid.

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@purplehead5 @NegTendencies Came armed with ONE study, got confronted with newer research & immediately retreated into insults. For someone calling himself Truth Monger, you have a remarkably fragile relationship with evidence. Turns out you're not interested in truth, just having your prejudices confirmed.

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@purplehead5 @NegTendencies That comeback was so painfully weak, I’m starting to think the bridge came with a free lesson in how to miss the point

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@purplehead5 @NegTendencies And 1 study isnt the whole scientific literature. Justwan e.a found Russian misinformation could reduce support for Ukraine aid and sanctions. Rochlitz e.a found propaganda could mobilize voters. Both 2026.
Effects vary, but no influence is simply not supported by the evidence.

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@purplehead5 @NegTendencies You're turning no detectable effect in this study into Russian influence has no effect anywhere. That's not what the researchers concluded. They examined Twitter during the 2016 US election, not every operation across platforms, countries and years. Good study. Bad extrapolation.

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@TinySmilesHQ Damn, this woman has her personal stopping stote in Jeruzalem house. What?
I have to jiggle my items all the time

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@purplehead5 @NegTendencies 'People already have their minds made up' misses the point. Russian influence operations amplify existing divisions & erode trust. The US Senate documented this in 2016, US intelligence exposed fake election videos in 2024 & the EU documented more in 2025. Still a delusion?

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@Mylovanov Vance is way worse. Doesnt care at all and is also a putin lover. A fake big hypocrite

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@purplehead5 @NegTendencies Anyone who can' t notice the difference on X, the significant absense of propaganda, negative shouting bots en trumps chearleader fan club posts, all absent since the bombing of Russian datacenters: anyways, you believe no influence, well I have a bridge to sell you

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@Zaadillaah_Ilma @BoofeDoor No its traumata from early childhood on, repeated circumstances also in adult life. Causes mental health problems, also can cause psychoses. System overload. Doesnt matter religion at all, thats utter nonsens. But in a poor violent society its def more prone.

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@jay4houghts @PawlowskiMario Why are so little people helping the victims? People laying still does not mean they are dead and can not be saved.

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@EverythingCroat Free Palestine 🙏