It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.
While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change.
And they’re right.
1/ The US, Canada, and Mexico have enormous proven energy reserves and the technical know-how to become the dominant energy-producing region on the planet. It can be done cleanly, safely, and domestically – all while reducing the strength of our geopolitical enemies.
people that hate elon musk are sus
world’s richest man goes against the grain on so many things and challenges the status quo with an amplified voice
if that bugs you, you’re not only an npc - but any ideas that don’t conform to mainstream rhetoric literally short circuit you
Promoting free speech and making the code to a social media platform open source so everyone knows what rules everyone is playing by is dangerous? Yikes
This deal is dangerous for our democracy. Billionaires like Elon Musk play by a different set of rules than everyone else, accumulating power for their own gain. We need a wealth tax and strong rules to hold Big Tech accountable.
Shelter is the single biggest component of CPI (33% of Index) and is being wildly understated (+4.1%) with rents up 17.8% over the last year (largest annual increase ever), and home prices up 19% (also largest annual increase ever). True inflation rate is much higher than 7%.
Inflation is the state against the people.
Even the casual observer knows that only the government can print trillions of dollars.
So it’s much harder for them to pit half the citizenry against the other half, as they usually do.
This will be a problem for them.
Consumer price inflation accelerates > makes decisions to exacerbate inflation > asset prices appreciate considerably > old boomers in office don’t give a shit ab. consumer inflation because they’re already rich. Millennials/zoomers rekt again
When you have to go to your 8am Religious Studies lecture that you don’t give a shit about because the college shafts you with tens of thousands of extra tuition dollars to become a “well rounded” person
“It’s not about what they say it’s about, and it never has been.”
Indeed. Ladies & gentlemen, it’s the Saturday night monologue from one of my very few heroes. Every week, he nails it. Have a listen👇🏻