Dave Dickson

[Dave Dickson @Dkcdickson]

@mtrey13302 @Sarah_kally1 No - the bell is entirely ceremonial today. NYSE’s trading engines have zero connection to the bell. Generally companies going public or visiting dignitaries get the chance to ring it and take pictures with their teams. It’s for PR

[Dave Dickson @Dkcdickson]

@loblawco thanks for dropping my groceries off at the wrong address and then leaving me on hold for an hour and then making me an “offer” of refunding the order you did not deliver. Nice work!!!

[Dave Dickson @Dkcdickson]

@LieutenantPonzi So Trump can tear up all our agreements and be totally nasty for no reason and we can’t go make other friends? That’s some remarkable gaslighting, Ponzi.
If he stops being an ass and renews our trade agreement, Canada would have no interest in a deal with China.

[Dave Dickson @Dkcdickson]

@nogps1 You really should have paid more attention in high school science class. 🤣

Hot jet exhaust hits cold moist air and causes condensation. It’s quite simple.

And there’s no way an airplane could hold enough “chems” to spray large areas. Simple physics

[Dave Dickson @Dkcdickson]

@LieutenantPonzi Please check the tickets on your discord.

I’m a paid lifetime member but was accidentally kicked out.

[Dave Dickson @Dkcdickson]

@RosieRocks29 There’s isn’t a single piece of evidence that his net worth is 8 figures never mind 9 figures. This is obviously a complete lie but i see from the comments lots of people are ready to accept it without question. Pathetic

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[Dave Dickson @Dkcdickson]

@LoblawsON your PC Express driver tried to drive through the pedestrian walkway beside my house, ripped off her rear bumper and damaged my neighbour’s stairs. She then duct taped her car together and drove away. Loblaws responds with “a manager will call within 2 days.” Really?😤

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[Dave Dickson @Dkcdickson]

@TheFlowHorse Yes

Retail/institutional is a compliance concept. Are you trading through retail brokers like Robinhood or WeBull opening an account as an individual or are you trading as an entity with a prime broker, entering into ISDAs etc,

I agree it doesn’t matter as much today

[Dave Dickson @Dkcdickson]

@Sadie_NC No. A constitutional republic is a type of democracy. This is clear to absolutely everyone except rw Americans who have been taught to hate the Democratic Party. Saying a constitutional republic is not a democracy is like saying a Ford Mustang is a coupe but not a car!

[Dave Dickson @Dkcdickson]

@adamscochran wouldn’t the main reason be preventing market share loss to Perplexity’s new AI browser, Comet?

[Dave Dickson @Dkcdickson]

@apple did your courier steal my purchase? Hours late and no update and no Apple customer service on Sunday? “Call the courier” button goes to a wrong number. Would love to get some help here.

[Dave Dickson @Dkcdickson]

@JoePostingg Sure, but also Peter, Charlemagne, genghis khan, Hannibal Barka, Ramesses 2, etc etc etc

Great man vs social determinism isn’t an argument: it’s two useful lenses to understand history

[Dave Dickson @Dkcdickson]

@KerrVeroni4352 @RosieRocks29 You sound like a Brit during the Suez crisis. Probably works out just as well in the long run. 😉 🇨🇦

[Dave Dickson @Dkcdickson]

@RosieRocks29 You seriously mean that?

Look up Elijah Harper and the Meech Lake accord, then learn about the Cree Nation referendum, also do a bit reading on Innu claims regarding northern Quebec, check out the history of the Mohawk nation and Quebec, and then try this again.

[Dave Dickson @Dkcdickson]

@Tablesalt13 So you expect private developers to build housing with a trade war, high and uncertain interest rates, crashing consumer finances, slowing immigration and rising unemployment??

Neat story.

Won’t happen though

[Dave Dickson @Dkcdickson]

@Tablesalt13 That makes no sense. Pierre has the best name recognition so many candidates will dilute the anti-Pierre vote. This has been well established as a CPC trick because they are worried Pierre will lose his own riding.

Nice try though

[Dave Dickson @Dkcdickson]

@ashtonforbes @BillyBlueBlaze1 Why are you being so obtuse? When you call a cell phone that’s off or even destroyed you may hear a few rings as the networks tries to find the phone. Even if a phone is on the caller may hear a few rings before the actual phone receives the call and actually rings.

[Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) @adamscochran]

So I’ve been thinking about this a lot through a few different lenses, both reviewing in how countries creep towards fascism, and how we’ve seen modern system collapses, but also just opportunity cost and the rebuilding that needs to be done to damaged systems.

Things are bad.

Hell when the world’s top academics on studying empire decline and fascism leave your country… it’s bad.

The paths usually from here are:

A) Authoritarian control that only sends after war.

Or

B) Economic and social collapse of the empire and fracturing into sub states.

But in very very rare cases:

C) Something derails the backsliding democracy so badly that it gets back ontrack.

Or

D) Resistance rights the tracks.

We have a lot of work still to do on deprogramming people (still a 47% approval rating jfc), and acknowledging and counteracting foreign disinformation.

The faster that happens the better, but it must happen before any midterms or then yes you’re reaching 9/10 on that scale.

But there are some potential off-ramps that are high likelihood and hopeful:

1) Incompetence:

Trump and his team are not the brightest operators and repeatedly making unforced errors that some of his base starts to feel, but that certainly shake swing voters awake.

He also over reached and basically handed Carney the election in Canada.

Their hubris could continue to trip them up so much that we trade the damage of short term having to rebuild damaged systems instead of total collapse.

This means 10-20+ years of lost economic opportunity but a better world for our children.

2) Russian Collapse:

The disinfo and interference of Russia exacerbated our problems 1000x

But Russia is on its own brink right now and it’s a game of chicken.

If Europe pushes hard enough that Russian resources collapse, disinfo wains, narrative can be recaptured, people feel economic crunch and votes swing back, and then maybe in a balanced government we’ve got a chance to pull the ship back on course.

3) Greed

Trump surrounded himself with a cabinet of oligarchs, and an administration of greedy sellouts.

At a certain point instability becomes a risk for them as well and they pull the 25th amendment rip cord.

Vance lacks the weird aura hold that Trump has over the base, and so political momentum frays and Vance is forced by cabinet to be more fiscal and preservationist.

4) Natural Causes:

Dude is old and unhealthy.

5) Economic pain.

The one thing that cuts through political blinders is when you can’t put food on your families table, or afford your kids medicine.

The fact that Trump has been going after social programs could be the thing that loosens his hold over his voters.

If that can be loosened enough *before* the damage from lost social programs leads to in-country humanitarian crisis level responses, then you could potentially see so much pressure on Congressional Republicans that they start to split with Trump to avoid losing seats.

**All in:**

On scale of 1 - Empire Collapse, we’re at a 7/10.

It’s worse than most people realize.

It could tip in any direction.

And the best odds we have right now are actually that the people driving the decline are really inept at what they do.

I think at an 8.5 you hit the point of no return though.

Right now, it’s just lost decades and a tough fight ahead.