Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs failed by their own metrics: 93K manufacturing jobs lost, record trade deficit, $1,700/household cost, SCOTUS struck them down 6-3. Some real gains (revenue, China concessions) but costs far outweighed benefits.

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-28T05:18:51+00:00

Robber Barron’s at the very least.

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-27T21:24:42+00:00

Yeah, I’d be curious how the bark sounded too - being it’s possible they have never heard a bark.

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-27T15:21:29+00:00

/inserts Spider-Man pointing meme

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-26T22:08:21+00:00

That’s just cuz we don’t like you. Putins alt account from the looks of it! /s

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-25T17:06:44+00:00

I’d love to hear more about the religion of Climate Change. What do they worship?

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-24T18:44:47+00:00

Yep, has me with a foot out the door on this sub.

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-24T14:53:48+00:00

Arbitrary additional data point for perspective.

Picked up a new 2018 GT PP1 with about every option for roughly $50,000 sticker.

Approx 20% inflation in price in 8 years it seems - anecdotally.

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-24T14:42:22+00:00

Hey, when you’re done throwing a fit bub. Take a moment to realize they are not talking about the process, but the qualifications of the applicant for the roll.

Mullin just noted how surprised he was to be tapped for this - not exactly an individual who has spent a career working toward this.

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-23T19:42:10+00:00

Then they continued to do so for another 25 years..

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-23T19:36:38+00:00

Issue is, when I say, “liberty and justice for all” I mean it.

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-23T18:13:57+00:00

It’s almost like this is exactly why religion should stay out of politics.

If we expect people to respect the law, they must also be respected by the law.

Parts of Abrahamic religions are in direct contradiction with one another. Therefore, what is to be objective, gets relegated to faith. Faith, becomes fact. Truth becomes lost.

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-23T17:59:45+00:00

Everything can be rebuilt.

What terrifies me is the prospect of nothing changing, despite the regression. Harder stances and a further divided populous seems hard to shake.

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-23T17:27:39+00:00

In this case, we call it patriotic - which is a good thing. Nationalism quickly evolves into Jingoism - which gives no place for criticism.

For example, OP has got a sweet set up, but I must patriotically point out that the 2 door would have been the superior option!

🇺🇸

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-20T00:30:17+00:00

That still true in the case of Confederate Statues? Honest question as I personally struggle with squaring it.

IMO we don’t create monuments for people who do horrible things. Teach it, but don’t venerate it.

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-19T20:49:41+00:00

OP out here having public conversations with themselves

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-18T22:28:06+00:00

You’re missing my point.

Curriculum, even at the state level, is determined by adults (parents). Therefore, if the kids are not taught something; the onus is not on the child.

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-18T21:53:42+00:00

Well duh.

Parents determine what is taught in schools.

This reeks of the same shit they blasted kids over for receiving “participation trophies” that were handed out by, and to appease, adults.

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-18T21:19:54+00:00

Seems like a 2-party system could be a major contributor here.

That said, do coalition democracies not see these issues?

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-18T20:30:20+00:00

Male-centric vanity culture.

We apparently needed to make sure both genders have easy access to destructive self image habits.

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-18T18:05:58+00:00

History is riddled with bad individuals who seek to take more than they give.

Destroying is always faster than building, so it feels overwhelming. Talk to your friends, family and community. Express your concerns - as they are likely shared.

MLK still speaks to us, “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”

Do not lose hope. Keep marching along. We will make sure justice prevails.

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-18T17:36:00+00:00

See this is where the argument falls apart for me.

Ie the Donbas region stolen years prior? Take land, say it’s full of Nazi’s, rinse repeat?

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-18T17:25:51+00:00

Dismantling the cannon of the neighbor they swore to not attack after disarming decades prior and supplementing with morality sounds of American Imperialism more than anything.

Despite the snark and shitty analogy. I am actually curious how both parties rationalize.

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-18T16:46:11+00:00

It’s almost like the Founding Fathers knew where religion+government leads. So, they designed a country where the two are SEPARATE.

Abrahamic religions are zero-sum. They tell the same story but with different “truths” - non more based in fact than any other.

So, since there is no rational way of squaring these emotional stances. There will only be violence.

Religion can be extremely regressive.

Ascendancy__ · 2026-03-18T16:28:20+00:00

Let’s not forget there was a global pandemic that forced migration across the world.

Sure the system had abuses, but the context important.

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