• blunder [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    9 days ago

    All very good points. I can only wonder how long the money brigade will let trump run rampant before it starts to affect their portfolios and outlook to the point where they step in. I can’t imagine the capital that benefits from Trump will actually let him significantly damage their assets in a proper crash.

    I guess you could say I’m in the “nothing ever happens” camp on this, but only time will tell

    • Terrarium [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      8 days ago

      The big players benefit from the business cycle. They build up big war chests when they think there will be a downturn abd then buy up all the smaller companies that fail. Overall everything gets worse but they don’t really care about that.

      I do think they are flirting with a massive crash that hasn’t been seen in ages. Quantitative easing remains at full blast. There aren’t many tools they would actually want to use to stabilize “the economy” when there is a crash. So it could just be a Great Depression 2.0. Tariffs destroy demand and the country is propped up by imperialist consumption + IP so I think this disaster has legs.

      Of course Trump could reverse course on the tariffs and call them a negotiating tactic instead of a failure at any moment. Who knows.