• Lussy [any, hy/hym]@hexbear.net
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    3 days ago

    Genuinely think the intent is to make conditions so unbearable within the empire so he can round up the coming storm to push forward the most violent shit possible.

    • Dolores [love/loves]@hexbear.net
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      manufacturing bad conditions to manipulate the backlash is certainly an idea, i’m not sure it works when you scream from the rooftops that it’s your project and what ever happens will be your fault.

      there’s no fallguy, there’s no possible fallguy, he’s branded the tarriffs as his idea from here to kingdom come. how could even the historically unintellectual yankee people possibly misdirect their ire?

    • GoodGuyWithACat [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      This is the plan, absolutely. Sure these people also became true believers for their propaganda, but there’s no reason to think elements of the ruling bourgeoisie are ignorant to the effects of what Trump’s doing. They’re crashing the global economy with no survivors and is banking on America being able to whether the blows enough to take bigger bites out of their main economic competitors.