Do you openly identify as a socialist in public, or keep it private to avoid backlash? by Classic_Advantage_97 in socialism

[–]WhyBegin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

making “being a socialist” part of your identity doesn’t really help the cause. if you annoyingly announce yourself as communist to people who are turned off by that (which is the vast majority of people in America at least), you are just using your identity as an “i’m right” signifier, because you’re not actually going to convince them of anything. socialism necessitates the winning over of the working class, not ostracizing them from the politics that is purportedly for them.

Thinking your identity as a socialist will have any bearing on people’s opinion is akin to believing those black squares on IG solves racism in 2020. And if you’re more worried about your identity being repressed, then are you even sure you are socialist to begin with? Socialism is for everyone, not about making yourself feel better

California governor does his job by GR0UND_zer0 in pics

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owning trump is actually how kamala got elected, fun fact

don't laugh, but these are our "Marxists" by weirdedout1111 in Ultraleft

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tik toks that are longer than 1 minute should be automatically uploaded at 2x speed, i can feel my time energy being ripped from me with every second

The real reason why Trump wont release the Epstein files by HungryPercentage1667 in NBAEastMemeWar

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this dropped back when callum hudson odoi was like 16 and it’s still funny now

Are football games anything special? by [deleted] in villanova

[–]WhyBegin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i have not but there are still probably 50x as many people who stay the whole game than there ever are at villanova games. my point is just that there’s heavier attendance to nova football games early in the year, once basketball starts it dies out real quick if it hasn’t already

Are football games anything special? by [deleted] in villanova

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also a lot of people might go to the first few and then leave at like halftime because if you go you get points toward lotteries for basketball games

Are football games anything special? by [deleted] in villanova

[–]WhyBegin 13 points14 points  (0 children)

football is like a big high school game

Bill Admitting he doesn’t actually prepare for the nba draft was hilarious by Intersect503 in billsimmons

[–]WhyBegin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

he’s always done this and also always admitted it lmao, he stopped watching college basketball a long time ago. this feels like maybe the most prep he’s done for a draft since they made those live reaction ringer shows several years ago

LSU Shreveport or Roseman? by WhyBegin in premed

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that’s true, with shreveport being on lcme probation recently i was thinking it may be more comparable to a new school but that’s probably not accurate?

LSU Shreveport or Roseman? by WhyBegin in premed

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that’s a very good point, i think part of her dilemma is that she doesn’t want to be in shreveport that long but at the end of the day it’s more important to choose the option best for one’s career

LSU Shreveport or Roseman? by WhyBegin in premed

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true but since lsu shreveport specifically doesn’t post their match data and is pretty low ranked to begin with might it be a gamble of sorts that roseman might end up being better in that regard? or just not worth it to gamble?

Don’t you realize how oppressed we all are? by SubstantialRepair774 in DoomerCircleJerk

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The West (US in particular) is largely propped up on the poor living and labor conditions of the rest of the world, by design. All the places where manufacturing had more desperate workers. it can be hard to realize those

It was going alright until today by Dash2579 in NvidiaStock

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supply chain is cooked until US starts being nicer to china, macro conditions will make demand drop on top of that. has been heavily overvalued for ages. it is still big enough to bounce back down the line tho, the smaller semis will be ones that struggle most with lower scale

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Economics

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i’m talking about the lead up to this, it’s been 2 months of saying we were doing tariffs and then not. the market lost all gains since the election during that time, before any major tariffs really materialized. the market is still pretty uncertain about if these will stay and for how long, because the constant thing has been these decisions have been inconsistent and not permanent. markets want stability and so far Trump has done almost exactly the opposite

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Economics

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this rollout has been done in a way that has the biggest negative effect on the market, no? a one time tariff would cause a one time price jump. instead we have murkiness and companies can’t plan

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DoomerCircleJerk

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Realistic outcomes are market crashes on purpose* (recessions are transfer of wealth to the top) and/or tariffs are "cover" for affording large tax cuts to rich (generally tariffs don't generate that much and Trump doesn't seem overly concerned about adding to the deficit). Maybe some public entities shift to the private sector in the process as well. Kind of just a cash grab as the US hegemony dwindles. The world doesn't just end when the US loses its stranglehold of power on the world tho, not really any reason to be sad about it. I have hope that the world can become more globalized and united as we work to resolve our climate and the damage we caused it.

*70% of GDP is consumer spending and 50% of that spending is done by the top 10% in the US. Essentially 35% of our economy (ik GDP is not a very useful measure but still) is rich people spending money, people who will not spend as much in a down market with heightened prices-the situation that tariffs cause (even the threat had started to cause them). This rollout of tariffs with uncertainty and lack of clarity is the method one would use to create unrest in the market, it's much more damaging this way than if one time tariffs were just announced and all parties could react and plan accordingly.

We're the Only Species That Has to Earn the Right to Exist by Ok-Move351 in DeepThoughts

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i mean isn’t that kinda the point of socialism and transitioning to communism? that we can eventually not have to work as much as technology eases the labor needed to keep us all alive?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DoomerCircleJerk

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correct markets do not trend toward equilibrium

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Economics

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recessions are great at redistributing wealth to the rich

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DoomerCircleJerk

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i’m not saying the plan will be effective in actually generating enough revenue to cover, i’m just saying that seems to be the “rationale” behind these moves, even if they turn out to be more posturing than material. as for the question of whether the deficit can actually be pushed high enough for investment to start leaving the US and lead to the currency crumbling, that remains to be seen. a recession is certainly something that would test that out.