12 Apr 2020, 7:15 pm
goldfish21
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13 Apr 2020, 2:51 pm
EzraS wrote:
Tw1ggy wrote:
The thing is that while we're all sitting here laughing and cracking cynical jokes the collapse of the USA is actually going to be pretty tragic because any American who isn't part of the super rich 1% is going to be very hurt by this mess...
We're just lulling them into a false sense of security.
The 1%?
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13 Apr 2020, 2:56 pm
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13 Apr 2020, 2:59 pm
kraftiekortie wrote:
You will be predicting the collapse of the US for the next 30 years—while the US stops itself from collapsing despite multiple crises....
I dunno.. these things have evolved rather rapidly in other countries in recent times, mostly due to immense wealth inequality - which the USA has and this situation exposes quite transparently.
s**t could really hit the fan in the USA in a matter of mere months, never mind 30 years. It doesn’t take that long for people to run out of food/money/essentials etc when most people live suuuuuper paycheque to paycheque and cannot come up with $400 in an emergency.
A one time $1200 stimulus cheque while $16,800 per citizen goes to corporate welfare isn’t enough to fend off people uprising for very long at all.
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for supporting trump. Because doing so is deplorable.13 Apr 2020, 3:04 pm
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13 Apr 2020, 3:07 pm
Fair. Maybe they’ll be able to ride it out just fine. Some government economists have likely crunched the numbers and figured out how much they’ll have to give people to avoid a revolution.
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for supporting trump. Because doing so is deplorable.13 Apr 2020, 3:09 pm
goldfish21 wrote:
Fair. Maybe they’ll be able to ride it out just fine. Some government economists have likely crunched the numbers and figured out how much they’ll have to give people to avoid a revolution.
Bread and Circuses?
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13 Apr 2020, 3:15 pm
Tw1ggy wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
Fair. Maybe they’ll be able to ride it out just fine. Some government economists have likely crunched the numbers and figured out how much they’ll have to give people to avoid a revolution.
Bread and Circuses?
Same as Canada: Whatever it takes to keep the masses calm enough to manufacture arms for Saudi Arabia! Our “leaders,” just inked another $14B deal.
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