It’s been a while since I’ve gone through a whole day being proud of my US citizenship. Today was one of the most shameful.

What if you only use the apps?

Americans are too dumb to have this much power. It’s all size and no substance. We need to find a better way to distribute power in this world.

Capitalism

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Trump never mentions anything that can make him look like he gave anything up. His fragile ego just doesn’t allow that. He always has to come out as the winner and everyone else has to come out as the loser. And that’s what he will call them.

Elon and Trump are butt-buddies.

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From my viewpoint, Trump is and will be causing social hardship much more than economic hardship.

I could possibly see a benefit in preparing for a harder times socially. Further division among neighbors might be the main casualty of this administration. Social cohesion is already struggling from his first four years.

Economically, I have no confidence in Trump’s actions overall, but I am very confident that his massive ego determines his actions, and that ego is largely held up by the performance of the stock market. He will be very careful not to take any action that will rattle the markets too much. Whenever he see a negative reaction in the markets, he pulls back, claims a moral victory and moves on to the next thing.

Very good read. Thank you.

And great to have a reasonable conversation with someone you don’t necessarily agree with. That is unfortunately a rarity these days.

I’m going to leave it here on a high note. Thank you again and have a great weekend, my fellow philosopher.

I appreciate your response, even though I disagree. Still appreciated.

As an American who grew up in Europe, I have experienced the freedom that comes with living in societies that are largely weaponless. I don’t use the word “freedom” lightly here. It truly is a huge mental burden here in the US to send kids to school not being a 100 percent sure that there will not be a school shooting that day. Or go to the movie theater or just stroll down the street. It just feels and is much safer in most of western Europe.

I understand that it’s impossible to remove all these weapons from the American society, but I do think we need much stricter common sense gun laws. No need for bans, except for military-style weapons. But we do need to make sure that we don’t keep experiencing these insane massacres of children caused by firearms. Arguing that weapons have nothing to do with it, or even that we need more weapons to prevent it, is just ridiculous. The firearm is the tool used and it’s designed specifically to take life as efficiently as possible. It must be met with common sense rules.

Difference is that in the US, people are armed to the teeth and a peaceful protect will quickly turn deadly.

Republicans don’t care when there’s a Republican in the White House. Then it’s just God’s will.

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Just FYI. Mette Frederiksen is a woman. And a much more competent leader than Donald Trump.

Didn’t say he was. Just saying if he did such crazy things that even the crazies drop out, he could be removed. That’s extremely hard in the US. You’re basically stuck with the moron for four years.

And that’s the problem with the US election system. In basically any other developed democracy, there are ways to call a new special election. The four years are often the max between elections, not the minimum.

If a new leader proves unpopular, you toss them out and install a new one.

Assuming that they can sell their cars, doesn’t that mean that there is an equal amount of buyers considering buying a Tesla?

America, you’re not well, are you?

It’s like the Democrats and the Democratic Party have vanished from the face of the earth since election day. Everyone and their mom are kissing the ring of the returning king. It’s pretty shameful to watch.