ChocoboRocket

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[–] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

If you want specifics, Project 2025 is absolutely the roadmap they are using.

TL:DR The broadstrokes of America's decline over the next 4 years are:

  • Destroy education so poor people cannot understand what's happening to them and how to stop it, and only wealthy will have the means to educate and employ themselves.

  • Destroy labor unions so everyone is individually fighting a united corpo government for livable wages

  • Change local and federal government so elections are pageantry instead of democracy

  • Mandate religion in school, work, government, and eventually the home.

  • Online ID so your internet use can be monitored and tracked

  • Drill baby drill

  • White supremacy/deportation will be super messy and fuck the economy

  • Whatever the consequences of not understanding tariffs are

If you're wealthy, none of this applies to you. This election was to confirm if money and power are above the law.

America overwhelmingly decided they prefer a king unbound by Magna Carta over law, order, and democracy.

[–] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Tyson can punch me up for 16 minutes straight, take whatever of my dignity he wants for himself, and I'd be cool with even 10 million.

The world isn't going to shit because people are willing to entertain others for serious money.

[–] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This isn't aimed at the idiots who would line up around the block and work for free to be called high IQ by Musk. Doesn't really matter though, it's all performative

They already know exactly what they want to cut, and billionaires don't need a salary to realize profits from deregulation.

The job being "no salary" isn't indicative of how cost effictive a volunteer public servant could be - it is a dinner bell for the wealthy

[–] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Not voting has the same consequences, so those aren't too smart either.

Gen Z are entitled like boomers, but with almost no economic prospects outside their parents.

Which makes sense, since loads of Gen Z were priced out of a future before they could even start earning, so there's no point in giving effort

At least Trump will guarantee Gen Z nearly unlimited well paying work if they're interested in bounty hunting immigrants and tracking fertility

[–] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 31 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

What better way to oppress women than by making it illegal to not have your child with you.

Women better get ready to be accosted by police asking where their child is - and if you don't have one you'll be entered into the police lottery where everyone at the station gets a chance bestow a child upon you before you can leave.

[–] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 58 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Damn, strong policy that will actually help regular people acquire a fundamental human need without taking them for absolutely everything they are worth?

Can't believe she hasn't been assassinated yet.

[–] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Resigned to run for the highest office in the country you mean?

[–] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 42 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

"as it would require congressional action to accomplish legally"

I'm absolutely certain the most crime ridden, corrupt, untouchable person in history who is exclusively fueled by revenge and powerlust would be successfully confined by the law after the supreme court explicitly stated that doesn't matter for presidents.

Yup, he sure learned his lesson that rules and laws absolutely apply to him and there's no point in trying to outrun justice if you're wealthy and connected.

[–] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 33 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Honestly, blame the media for this one.

They talked about project 2025 for maybe 10 days and spent the rest of the time ignoring the absolute fact that concrete steps are being taken across the board to end democracy and impose a Christian theocracy as fast as possible.

There was no concentrated effort to warn Americans of the very real threat Trump is, and what absolutely will happen if he won the election.

All the public saw was a witch hunt against Trump that went nowhere as he promised to be a dictator and change the fundamental structure of the United stated to further billionaire interests, and the actual reality of this was never explicitly stated.

News media is responsible for educating the population, with standards on the quality and accuracy of the information, but neither side will ever do any such thing.

Both political parties and every news medium are completely corporately owned and will never platform something that threatens their control.

[–] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I wonder if this is why fox news et all were flagrantly lying about roving immigrant gangs occupying towns (that never existed)

That happens in a lot of immigrants home countries, so immigrants voting to stop it from coming to America makes sense - its why they uprooted their lives and migrated to America in the first place.

I'm just as disappointed as anyone else in the outcome/demographic split etc - but it's almost hard to blame people when every "legitimate" news source can pitch a coordinated fantasy and make it real.

You're supposed to be able to trust news sources - but when multiple news sources coordinate to make up stories and narratives that aren't true, and there's zero consequences for lying or promoting disinformation, people will never be able to make an informed opinion again.

Just like the lack of consequences for Trump let people believe he's the target of a witch hunt. People want to believe the accountability applied to them is also applied to major institutions like news, police, and government, but can't seem to understand it only exists for the poor.

[–] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

"Canadian" mining companies - any country on earth can have a licensed business in Canada for the change you find in your couch. Seems to be especially popular for mining companies.

This one actually used to be a full on Canadian mining company (INCO) before it got bought out by a Brazilian company called Vale limited.

There's plenty of tax havens already, so Canada went all in on shell corporations for money laundering (especially real estate) and using Canadas positive global image to hide the true owners of a business.

[–] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

But doesn't Trump hate China?

Obviously he's extremely succeptable to bribery/flattery etc so he could easily "art of the deal" Taiwan off to China.

Personally I feel like he's definitely having a vindictive king renaissance so I'm expecting a lot of inflexible decisions made entirely on impulse - because that's exactly what the people want.

Don't know if I see him going to war with China as getting bribed is better than fighting and potentially losing. Plus, fighting implies you don't have enough power/influence to win without fighting and Trump is all about projecting power.

If he does want war, I wouldn't be surprised to see an American foreign legion formed out of the 20 million immigrants he wants to deport

 

So my parents got scammed last night, fraud case is open but it's likely not gonna go anywhere and they'll be out 10K - they know better and now they really know better, and I'm hoping to get some advice on a repayment strategy.

They absolutely don't have that kind of money and repayment will take a while.

Plan one is just put it on the mortgage, but they're currently locked in at a lower rate for 2 more years, so adjusting that isn't ideal if it changes the rate. If not, adding 10K to mortgage is no brainer.

Line of credit does carry lower interests, but it will accrue daily, credit cards are high interest, but interest is racked up monthly.

Would it be possible/smart (assuming +10K credit card capacity) to move LoC debt to the credit card for 25 ish days a month to avoid daily LoC interest, and then send the debt back to LoC for 5ish days (transfer time) and have the credit card at $0 at the end of every month? No credit card interest and far less days for LoC debt to accrue interest?

Obviously there is risk in not having the credit card paid off in time, but would this strategy be viable if properly executed?

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