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Allow me to bottom line my own concern (Public Board)

by Cornpop Sutton ⌂, A bad bad dude who makes good shine., Thursday, December 11, 2025, 22:43 (2 days ago) @ JoFrance
edited by Cornpop Sutton, Friday, December 12, 2025, 01:04

... which prioritizes the most important things:

1) Avoiding economic collapse
2) Avoiding social collapse
3) Defending the US

I'm not sold that Trump is effectively doing #1. He's basically banking on big tech and AI which are seriously oversold and in a bubble, along with crypto, along with the treasury actually buying stock in companies (fusion of state+private interests - a bad idea). Basically instead of dealing with spending he is pushing economic growth as a strategy to get the US out of debt. And the growth he's seeking doesn't provide that many jobs, it just makes 1 percenters wealthier. (IE, data centers once online have minimal staffing needs, and those people are likely not from the surrounding area because they're specialists.) He has no other economic play. That's it - growth of hyped stuff. If you're blue collar you can FOAD.

#2 is also not happening. We have more polarization than anytime before, more anger than any time before, and a huge problem with public safety (IE, rioting, random violence, and people getting stabbed on commuter trains.)

#3 is OK but the US is pretty much riding on the inertia of our size and power. We don't build war ships anymore, for example.

IMO Trump has done constructive things but many of his actions are for show.

The country couldn't be in better hands (given current realpolitik) but that's hardly saying anything.


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