• Octavio@lemmy.world
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    “If you guys damage the US economy, I will do even more damage to the US economy.”

    —stable genius

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    Trump fucks everything up forcing nations to find other economic alternatives then says I will destroy you if you work together. This is the plot of a bad 70’s comic book.

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      Once people find or develop those alternatives they wont be back for at least a few generations. Trump doesn’t understand that other countries can and will find a replacement for US goods and if necessary US customers. I’m sure though some who are in the right position are ready to exploit this for their own gain. Trump is more than a fool he is a tool.

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          Trumps wealth depends on him keeping the GOP on his side. The second he loses his lock on them his future is very uncertain. He is already losing more and more ground with the people and unless he can do the old brown shirt thing like hitler in four years he is out.

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            He’s Hindenburg his whole job is setting up the next Hitler. That’s his plan anyway. You can see on his face he already knows how this ends for him.

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    US: Bashes Canada for no reason. Starts a trade war.

    Canada: Makes new trade partners.

    US: Canada how dare you find other trade partners! Come back here so I can bash you again!

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    Another year of this, and these threats will carry about as much weight as North Korea threatening you with sanctions.

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      Next year will be the effects of this year yeah. This shit is a slow motion genocide like a giant molasses flood.

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    Isn’t trump the one actually pushing economic harm to the US? Maybe he should look into that.

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      Yes, he’s creating chaos so that robber barons can capitalize on it to grow their own wealth at the cost of everyone else’s

      He’s destroying international relationships to remove US superpower status, to give more regional hegemony to Russia and China (probably just Russia, China gets it for free).

      And he’s displacing the US dollar as the global currency. Contributes to the first two items and has long term effects on their global hegemony.

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    do it, cunt. the US relies on the EU and its neighbors way more than they rely on the US. you don’t even make shit anymore, and whatever you do make isn’t up to standards anyway. no one needs the US.

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      The only thing the US exports is tax avoiding, minimum viable product supplying, data collection companies.

      Not only does the rest of the world not need that shit, they’re better off without it.

      Fuck the US and everything it has come to stand for.

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      I really don’t think that’s how it works. Like no one has ever sold their house below market to such an extent that one would run to buy it. That makes no sense. If you lose your house, it goes to the bank.

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        Think about what you’re saying. The market value fluctuates over time. Right now US housing is artificially inflated because of monopolies and rampant real estate speculation. When it tanks, it could tank hard and fast, and it might never get back to current levels. Nobody knows. And that is the time when tens of millions of Americans would love to buy homes.

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        but banks dont want houses. they want the balance of the loan. in a moderate recession realestate will get auctioned fast and low.

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            I mean, anecdotally, I do know someone that bought a new build in mid 2008 for about 60k-ish less than what everyone else in the neighborhood bought for (earlier or later). The company building out the subdivision was pretty desperate and he had a solid stable job as a trucker. He managed to get all kinds of perks and stuff too.

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            oh, you’ll know. talk to friends and family who may have been through this before. make a plan (or five) for something that works. there are paths depending on your goals - individual, multi-family, communal, etc. only you (and other potential participants) know what you might want to achieve.

            the most important thing its talking to people who have been through it before. start doing that so you have some inkling of what to look for and what might work if you have resources. a great deal of it is luck but some of it is forethought.

            reminder: none of this is competent financial advice and you should probably ignore it.

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            Just google “foreclosure auction” in your area. Those houses will generally sell below market.

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        I can see you weren’t around when the fallout of 08 happened. Read some articles about the 08 crash. With all of these people losing their jobs, you don’t think there will be ramifications to that? The job market is complete shit right now, more people looking than jobs available. The dominoes have been tipped and are starting to fall. The sooner you realize that the better you will be on the recovery. There’s a bad moon rising and trouble is on the way.

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        I was lucky enough to be able to leverage a VA loan, and had a solid and secure job during the 2008 recession, which is the ONLY reason I was able to buy a home. Ever.

        I couldn’t do it today. Not 3 years ago during “The bestest economies evar!” Not 6 years ago while the admin was “Making American Great Again”…

        Nope, it was because of a recession, so houses sat on market for 4 or 5 months. Almost any offer was being taken. I even talked the seller down 9K on my home. That’s how bad it was.

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    Yet another thing that is beyond our willfully ignorant American Republican’s comprehension.

    Adults cooperate with others who are open to mutually beneficial cooperation. Babies (and largely seniors past 70 as we become very similar to our sunrise at the sunset of life) kick and scream demanding to get their way the way they want it.

    I’m a 40 year old manchild who collects movie props and even I know that.

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        The one that started it all.

        In 1999 Blockbuster video had a contest, giving away 1 full size episode 1 Yoda made by Industrial light and magic in every state. I didn’t know about the contest until the last day, put in my entry, and he’s been looking over my room, now office, ever since, keeping me contemplative ever since.

        Either that or a trap used in Ghostbusters 2 that I had signed by Dan Aykroyd. But probably Yoda.

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      Please don’t include all seniors. While I can’t speak for all seniors, I am very much from a generation that took to the streets fighting against social injustice. PLEASE don’t generation shame/blame. It’s just another divide and conquer tactic.

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    Remember he said he was going to make mexico pay for that wall? The wall was never completed.

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    He (like Putin) is afraid of the EU. He won’t be able to take Canada if they are allied with the EU

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    Trump: starts trade war

    Trade partners leave the chat.

    Trump: surprised pikachu

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    This is such dumb shit. I wish his father hit him more as a child. It wouldn’t have beaten the stupid out of him but maybe he’d be quieter