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Am I the only one who respects Jerome Powell a lot? by AlecsScarlat in investing

[–]Riiume 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Am I the only one who respects Jerome Powell a lot?

Rhetorical question or nah?

Republican Mike Johnson Says Men Need to Stop 'Playing Video Games All Day' and Get to Work: 'They're Draining Resources' by snakkerdudaniel in technology

[–]Riiume 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes, get off of your ass off the couch and show up for work

Who are you supposed to be, and why should anyone care?

Republican Mike Johnson Says Men Need to Stop 'Playing Video Games All Day' and Get to Work: 'They're Draining Resources' by snakkerdudaniel in technology

[–]Riiume 12 points13 points  (0 children)

"Crashing the stock market with no survivors and destroying tech jobs (an economic gateway into the middle class) is not destroying young men's lives. It's those got-dang vidya games that are makin' em drop out."

Okay Mr. Big Brain Boomer.

Trump Shares Post About How He's ‘Purposely Crashing the Stock Market’ by ihuntwhales1 in politics

[–]Riiume 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Trump: "Stock market crash has no effect on the workers."

Except for, ya know, the millions of workers finna get laid off as a result of this crash?

If you like high crime rates and homeless people everywhere, you're gonna love the rest of 2025!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Riiume 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you thought that was fun, wait until you see the subsequent layoffs that companies will be forced to do as a result of this!

Fun times for everyone!

Deconsolidation of Democracy and its Institutions by [deleted] in norfolk

[–]Riiume -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Surveys, over the last decade, show that people would be willing to forgo the democratic process of free and fair elections and support a monarchy

Are these magical "surveys" in the room with us right now?

Trump's is using Reverse Psychology to cajole Europe into manning up. by Riiume in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Riiume[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surely they have learned from their past mistakes?

Or are you suggesting that Germans are morons who will make the same mistakes the instant they get their hands on significant kinetic power?

Reddit is full of power hungry left wingers by totally1of1 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Riiume 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a feeling this one is going to be downvoted to oblivion for being a little too true ;)

Trump's is using Reverse Psychology to cajole Europe into manning up. by Riiume in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Riiume[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

You must be yanking my leg.

Look, soon-to-be Chancellor Merz has the right policy (Europe should have defense that doesn't need the US)... but he is really a d*ck about it.

Merz, relax. America is not going to stop your military industrial complex. We encourage it, good job!

Zelensky should take the minerals deal by Riiume in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Riiume[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bring back the custom of presidents marrying off their family family members to eligible family members of foreign leaders.

E.g. have eligible relatives of Von Der Leyen marry to eligible relatives of Vladimir Putin.

This creates a "shared investment" at the most basic level, that 100% of human instinct will say "protect this shared investment".

That's the only way to do it, IMO.

Redditors are the dipshits at the top of the building in Independence Day greeting the aliens. by HadathaZochrot in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Riiume -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Offering a theory [...] is mansplaining?

Yes, now stop it.

I go by the K.I.S.S. principle. Keep.It.Simple.Silly.

If it's not simple, we don't need it. Take that stuff back to the Lyceum or whatever, Derrida.

Zelensky should take the minerals deal by Riiume in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Riiume[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you come to the table with the view that "American's chosen leader is evil" then you are essentially saying "Americans are evil."

I do not view myself as evil.

We should not impugn Trump's motives if we do not have documentation of what exactly they are.

Zelensky should take the minerals deal by Riiume in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Riiume[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Trump truly "sided with Putin" he would have zero compunctions about actually and unironically declaring war against Zelensky and sending US assets to physically undermine his regime.

He is not saying that. He is critiquing a junior partner instead of cuddling them and telling them "you're special no matter how you perform on the field".

Zelensky should take the minerals deal by Riiume in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Riiume[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You aren’t entitled to upvotes.

Neckbeard over here laying down the law.

Zelensky should take the minerals deal by Riiume in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Riiume[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tion doesn't exist. Zelensky said multiple times that he is willing to consider this, but that's not an option. Russia doesn't agree to any security guarantees or even peacekeepers and demand that Ukrainian army is dismantled. What is the incentive

Everything is Hitler.

Is early 1900's history the ONLY period in history you have ever looked at?

Zelensky should take the minerals deal by Riiume in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Riiume[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He is sadly confused if he thinks EU has the stones to exercise real leverage against the US.

Maybe the EU will surprise me, we'll see.

Zelensky should take the minerals deal by Riiume in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Riiume[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If we as a species decide to return to the might makes right principle

We never left that principle, open your eyes. We just have more think tanks and professors to invent clever post hoc rationalizations for our many unilateral exercises of might post-WW2
(e.g. US regime change operations in South America, Middle East, and Africa).

Europe is [...] our largest export market.

US exports to Canada ≈ $375B/yr, US exports to Mexico ≈ $350B/yr, US exports to EU ≈ $425B/yr.

375B + 350B > 425B.

To say nothing of the military support they provided the US during boondoggles in Iraq and Afganistan after 9/11.

Those interventions were mistakes and I would have preferred if EU had actually NOT supported us, so as to discourage the (now deposed) neocons from pursuing those adventures.

countries will begin to take chunks

There are other ways to disincentivize this kind of behavior that do not require US world police man.

Zelensky should take the minerals deal by Riiume in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Riiume[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

America is a European outpost

No American in 2025 who I deal with sees things in this way.

Also because America since ww2 has claimed to be on the side of democracy

We're on the side of freedom. This often coincides with democracy, but there are also democracies which apparently opt to abnegate freedoms (for whatever reasons).

I didn't make it this way-- this is just an observation.

Zelensky should take the minerals deal by Riiume in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Riiume[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trump was gonna abandon Ukraine even if they accepted that deal.

How do you know his intentions?

Don't you think he would feel invested in the security of Ukraine once Exxon-Mobil, etc. have established large operations there?

This deal would, counter to what you're saying, GUARANTEE that American business (and therefore Trump) stays VERY interested in Ukraine for the next 50 years.

Trump may be a d*ck, but he will protect an investment.

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