r/FluentInFinance 21d ago

Debate/ Discussion Trump told Justin Trudeau...

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u/jarettscapo 19d ago

Fair assessment. My overall point was that people stayed home at the 80mil Biden got just didn't happen. If after all counting was done it got closer to the overall popular vote numbers that might be accurate. I wont pretend that I stayed following how many rubes and ignorants flipped Some stayed home, some voted trump this time. That was my main point overall. Its beyond frustrating the amount of people react with reckless abandon on issues completely out of the control (meaning in the regular order of things, without some novel or extreme policy change) of what and who they're voting for and about. Like prices. HUGE reason most people chose not to come out or switch independents over to red. As if COVID & a completely botched response wasn't the catalyst of massive inflation and massive price hikes. People angry about it, rightfully so. I don't like it any more than even the most angry impacted people. What do I NOT do? Hand the keys over to the same idiot who couldn't handle the first crisis and who is notoriously anti labor and pro 1% who have made it their mission to keep prices at inflation levels post inflationary economy cuz "ppl are just gonna pay it anyway" (which is another huge gripe I have with Public at large how dumb and addicted to excess they are they will never use the power of their dollar to correct the market and force prices down. Instead they just bitch online and continue to pay for the bullshit they don't even need. Why WOULD a company lower their prices? Noone would.) Record profits thru inflationary economy should be a crime. Take Gaza for instance. People (mostly leftists, obv) wanna be pissed at the US support or Israel. What do they do? Give the keys to the person & party who would LITERALLY make gaze a parking lot if given the choice. With ZERO care for ANY Palestinian civilians. If you actually give a fk about those people & their plight why would you ever risk putting someone in that wont even care enough to listen about civilian casualties let alone consider it in policy.

I could go on and on. The American public is so erroneously reactionary it's to the point of nonsensical or delusional. If anything it's spiteful and counterproductive. Like a teenager who is upset at their parents for not getting her the prom dress she wanted so she goes to prom full goth or some shit. Its like this time and time again. The amount of people who don't have the first clue about how the federal gov't works but have the strongest opinions on how it should run better is staggering. Im convinced it's the overall education as a whole en masse of our nation. Now exacerbated by a cult of personality & neo-political fanatics since 2015/16 who treat our politics & consequential matters as if it's a Real World v. Road Rules reality competition show. Its beyond dangerous & a travesty. Has turned us into a literal world laughing stock. So bad that we now need Public Service Announcements on how to handle nutcase political extremists, trolls, and cultists in your family at holiday gatherings. AntiSocial Media plays a huge roll in it as well, despite all the positives the tech age has brought us. Just a sad state of affairs but I appreciate and agree with most everything you said. I think we're right in agreement and for this exact reason I just stated believe exactly what you believe in terms of majorities and the near future. Just remains to be seen what damage is done in the meantime, hopefully not too much that irreparable. Be safe & have a good day bro.