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[-] Paragone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

How UNLIMITEDLY DISINGENUOUS of the WSJ...

THEY blatently wielded disinformation to prevent Kamala Harris from having fair-chance,

but .. suddenly .. they want to be seen as having "integrity"??

They are every-bit as responsible as the WW2 Appeasers, & the Nazis who were "just following orders",

& G-D can't unsee what any phenomena in OceanOfAllPhenomena/Universe enacts, no matter what that phenomena's "identity" is.

The 2-facedness/2-heartedness of such scum..

May their Continuums/Souls have absolute purification, .. but not until this entire-world is gone, so that their Souls have to find "home" among some other world, other-than the world they betrayed.

( the alternative, tbh, is for their Continuum-purification to be sooo savage as to succeed in short-timespan, which .. would be sadistic.

Purification's mathematically-inevitable, as the root-guru of the Christians identified: what any Continuum "sows", that Continuum "reaps", aka Karma,

but the better way of saying it is that any meaning that a Soul emits, that Soul has no alternative but to reabsorb, until it ceases to have any Soul-ignorance in it.

The greatest monsters, .. in future-worlds, .. become the greatest saints: action->reaction.

As some True guides have pointed-out, Continuums/Souls are neither inherently-evil nor inherently-good: they're inherently NEUTRAL!

Which means that the evil committed by an ignorant-Soul, exactly balances the good that that same Soul commits when it has earned purification..

The greater the Soul-ignorance, the greater the future-Soul-gnosis..

There's nothing "political" in it: it's just an impersonal-function of reality..

All this means, of course, that there's no logic in my wishing for karma to be on anyone: that's inherent, & my intending any such thing just makes my Continuum's cycle worse..

but honesty's a good method, & at the moment my wishing for karma to be biting .. immediately on the worst narcissist-machiavellian-sociopaths/psychopaths .. is honest.

I'd rather this world wasn't being turned into the social-civil-spiritual equivalent to "Drano"!

: )

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[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2069436850145993

50 States, 50 Protests, 1day

Feb 5 @ your state capitols

Pass the word!

[-] Xella@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Is there another place to see this? I deleted my Facebook last week to avoid all the Nazi propaganda :(

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

The hashtag is #50501 apparently.

[-] Cataphract@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

That is possibly the worse hashtag they could've chosen and just confused me for a second (I know I'm not the brightest, but if I'm average then half of people would take even longer). Idk if the date would've been better, would have screaming matches on the format lol. Just seems like they're trying to setup a franchise instead of focusing on a singular date and informing everyone.

[-] EnderWiggin@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Do people really still use Facebook?

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Moms and dads and grammas. Somehow they got there and now they can't escape.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Should be 10 days if possible

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Is it downtowns or state capitols?

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 days ago

I mean, here in Mexico, we'll fight the fuck back. Our president is backed by almost 80% of us, if she says anything, we'll follow. I don't think Trump can say that, not even from his own voters. He thinks he's making America great again, but his adversaries are having a ball: America is not looking strong, America is looking dumb, treasonous, fascist and alone as fuck. At the very same time, people should be aware that BRICS is now the BRICSEEEIIBBCKMNTTUUV. This guy is beating the shit out of his own creation, the USMC.

[-] abcd@feddit.org 47 points 3 days ago

What I still can’t comprehend as a non American: It’s not Canada that’s going to pay the tariffs. It’s mostly US companies and at the end the US consumers will pay for it. That’s literally grabbing money from the pockets of US citizens. In what way does this sound like a good idea to a Trump voter? What happens if the affected countries start trading with each other and ignore the US? Trade wars have the the potential to develop into a full scale war if one of the participants is starved of the precious oil…

[-] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 2 points 1 day ago

They think that all that stuff will just be made in America for the same or similar cost. They don't understand the concept of comparative advantage. That in combination with blind nationalism makes this seem like a great idea to them.

[-] 31337@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 days ago

Trump has mentioned that tariffs will help him pay for his planned tax cuts. Tariffs are like a flat-tax, which disproportionately help the rich while taking more from the poor.

I also think there may be some other angles they're working; but I'm not completely sure on. Trump often threatens people to solicit favors; so this may also be a way for him and his cronies collect bribes and favorably business deals from politicians and the wealthy from around the world. He may also have deals with Putin, because he's acting exactly how you'd expect a person to act who was trying to destroy the Western hegemony.

[-] Redditsux@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Well this is one of the big answers. Tariffs are a hidden or indirect tax. Stupid democrats didn't understand jack shit so didn't use it as a campaign issue. He's raising tax on everybody to pay for his tax cuts. He's said before he likes the revenue from tariffs in the old days. When you take this approach in conjunction with his thinking on the immigration issue - that by reducing pool of cheap labor, American businesses will pay more and increase wages for low level jobs, you can see where he's going with this. Prices certainly will be higher. I don't know about the wages.

[-] smeenz@lemmy.nz 11 points 2 days ago

In what way does grabbing money from other people's pockets sound great to trump ?

Have you not seen trump ? Thats exactly what he's done his entire life.

[-] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

It's wild that his supporters are so brainwashed that they think it's a good thing. The anti tax, anti big government people.

[-] smeenz@lemmy.nz 5 points 2 days ago

Yes, the people voting to burden themselves with broad new import taxes, on the basis that Trump said he's going to lower taxes.

[-] univers3man@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago

Most voters don't know how tariffs work and assume the country who's goods are being targeted are the ones who will pay. A lot of people are in for a rude awakening.

[-] Natanael@infosec.pub 25 points 3 days ago

This is starting because Trump himself also don't know how tariffs works

Also see the damn water reservoir thing because he doesn't even understand how water works

And see the Colombia thing

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Trudeaux announced retaliatory tarifs, which is an appropriate response however shitty it is. Everyone but the 1% lose

[-] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Say you are a oil producer, and frack gas and oil in Texas, an industry that supported trump. Now imagine what tariffs on oil-imports from Canada means for your business: rising prices, since gas from Canada would be less competitive. Same with logging and wood products.

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[-] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 101 points 3 days ago

I think it's a great opportunity for Canada to develop more partnership with Europe, Mexico and the rest of the world. USA is an ennemi now, a dangerous one, it's time to bring this under-educated country to his knees. They need to pay for all the suffering they brought to the world. Sorry USA, we cant not friend anymore, you made your choices.

[-] SatanClaus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 3 days ago

Sucks to be linked in when I didn't choose any of this. But I get it. You gotta at this point. Fuck us.

[-] non_burglar@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago

I agree, but we should have diversified our trade in the 90s when we realized Mulroney's us/can free trade agreement wasn't going to last forever, and when it was becoming obvious that China was rising fast as a manufacturing powerhouse.

IMO, we should have forged a tightly integrated trade agreement with the EU and spearheaded the Trans Pacific Partnership way sooner.

We're in the pickle of current events because we were largely complacent at the table of a global market that marched ahead without us in the ways we wanted.

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The problem is that it's very difficult to move from a trading partner you share a land border with to ones that you have to cross the world's largest oceans to get to. Not just difficult, but largely undesirable. While national security might argue for diverse trading partners, short of applying extraordinary incentives business is going to go where its easy and profitable to go, and that's the US.

Since the nineties Canada has signed and ratified 15 free trade agreements. But none of that matters when we have one of the world's largest and wealthiest markets right next to us. Not unless we're willing to take extraordinary measures to change that dynamic.

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[-] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 days ago

This as an Australia, I'd be happy to see Australia aak fir EU entry.

Or we could start a Canada, Australia, Japan, NZ zone akin to the EU.

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I wouldn't mind a new Commonwealth forming. Reformed based on looking towards the future of the greatest global community instead of the colonial past

We all decide to give our Commonwealth members populations a universal credit/basic income/whatever and enhance the ability to choose what to live. Become global Commonwealth citizens backed by the country we call home. Let us move freely. A supported migrant population taking advantage of seasonal differences in hemispheres

And if this goes down in flames... It will still be 1000x better than the current shitshow

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[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 41 points 3 days ago

If you are a non-Trump voter in a red state, especially if you work for the flagship company or industry in that state, I would like to apologize on behalf of all Canadians for what our government is about to do. We don't want to do it but it is the only way to deal with a bully.

[-] Azal@pawb.social 31 points 3 days ago

Absolutely an anti-Trump voter in a red state who works in the healthcare industry where most of my repairs come from Canadian parts.

I know it's against the Canadian way but do not apologize. We voted this way, time to learn.

[-] InputZero@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Apologizing while doing terrible things to teach a lesson is the Canadian way. Just look at how they treat native Americans.

I'll be here all week folks!

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[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

Just continuing where his first term left off

[-] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 40 points 3 days ago

People, please don't forget that they (the trump admin) redid the trade agreement with Mexico and Canada in their previous term. We are in this shit because they couldn't even make a deal previously and still think they are masters of deals.

[-] aesthelete@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago

"Makes no sense" is the perfect tagline for the entirety of a second Trump term.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 days ago

If this increasing shortsightedness means what i think it means, i doubt he will be capable of office for all 4 years of his term.

[-] Toga77@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

It doesn't. Project 2025 is what is happening. This shit was literally all written down.

[-] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

And who will remove him from office if deemed incapable? Would he be replaced by his vice president JD Vance who supports his policies?

[-] Verito@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago
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[-] nutsack@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

he will live to be 107 and will easily finish his term unscathed

[-] Dumpdog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

Not promoting violence but was wondering if there is a deathpool... You know a place where you can place bets. A very specific deathpool. Perhaps someone can start this game as um...a joke...you know some kind of fun joke. A fun site where we can gather and joke about the deaths of dictators.

[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 4 points 2 days ago

He's a puppet at this point. President Leon is pretty visibly in charge, and I shudder to think about the smart puppeteers who are staying in the shadows.

[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

President Eon isn't exactly working in the shadows lol.

[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 3 points 2 days ago

Exactly, he's too dumb and egotistical. That's why I worry about the puppeteers who are intelligent enough to stay out of the spotlight.

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[-] xzot746@sh.itjust.works 42 points 3 days ago

Well it is from the dumbest president in history (for the 2nd time).

[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

Didn't they just fire a few staff members critical of Trump?

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Edit: Apparently they didn't endorse anyone.

The WSJ is pretty conservative. They probably endorsed Trump too, regardless of the fact that he stated, outright, he was going to do another dumbass trade war.

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[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

and that the US had a deeper “piggy bank” than its trading partners regarding a potential trade war.

I thought the US has almost 20 trilions in debts?

[-] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

Who bought this debt (US treasury bonds)? Mostly China, Japan, North Americans and Europeans … So they depend on the system, the circle closes. The US is the biggest importer in the world, and the years since 1945 where used for exporter nations to optimize and streamline for the American costumer. Breaking away from that system would be painful.

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