perhaps this novel we play bit parts in is called “Biden Shrugged”.

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“I think Trump is modeling himself to be our Caesar, ending the Republic and creating an Empire. He would be far better off, as would we all, if he modeled himself after Solon, the forgiver of debt.” econcrit.blogspot.com/2025/03/trum...

i don’t think it’s so much short-term survival as @schwarz.bsky.social’ “iron law of institutions”. if the party tanks from its divisions but they end up captaining the sinking ship, they prefer that to being irrelevant, a bankbencher who is whipped rather than whips, in a winning party.

this is the view that breaks the brains of people i know.

“and only i can fix it.” it’s not Dems’ group self-interest that is operative here.

without comment.

you'd think Visa would have trademark concerns about that…

the unfair part is, if you want to raise a lot of revenue from tariffs, it means people will have to pay a lot, and markets won't like that. surely there's a way to raise a lot of tariff revenue without making anybody pay it. back to the drawing board! where's Elon?!

it's not correct yet.

and you wonder why they're hostile to canada.

gold and ammo age is what he meant.

this is the “You’re fired!” presidency.

ah! makes sense.

i get that. the bits that threw me were devils in details. if gold is mostly monetary and excluded, why is it mooted as an explanation for GDP now and expected to show up in inventories? shouldn’t tariff-inspired gold movement be basically all monetary? it wouldn’t change production input demand?

freeze frozen.

we are pioneering a new economic system: casino feudalism

i think all social media posts should begin with a land acknowledgment that blogs were here first and sincere expressions of contrition for colonizing the place and destroying the culture.

reagan: peace through strength trump: peace through perfidy

there’s actually a lot i don’t quite get in this piece. maybe we’ll chat about it? the issues surrounding distinguishing current goods from existing assets, in general and wrt gold/“monetary gold”, seemed very much up your alley.