Leopards Ate My Face

IMO, it's 50/50 if world can win the trade war US is setting on them. Extreme cowardice from world leading up to April 2, but people are boycotting US products, and shifting military procurement. Even if they limit counter tariffs, US sales should dive, and US will face higher prices. The 50/50 part is whether manufacturing moves out of US as a response. US automakers making wrong decision on Canada for instance is a fairly large market that would see them face same fate as Tesla. Boeing is sure to dive.

US generating hate is sure to make its economy contract. Just a matter of how much.

Not particularly bright but done well for themselves are A LOT of Trump voters.

Makes me think some people really shouldn’t have money.

My gf and mom heard a russian couple in london watching a gay parade and hearing the parents explain to their children how those all should be sent to death camps. Except as online russians ever other word was a slur that would make even a 2000s cod lobby blush.

You hear a lot of interesting things from tourists.

They don’t seem particularly bright but it seems they’ve done well for themselves in life.

This is such a dangerous combination. Success combined with stupidity seems to breed arrogant people that have never had a deep thought in their entire lives (nor do they believe they need to, given their success). Usually these types defer to some sort of homespun "common sense" no matter the topic at hand.

Dad told me it was better for him if I was in a camp. Fuck you forever dad.

Keep in mind, 21% of all adult Americans are completely illiterate but still eligible to vote. 54% of adult Americans cannot read beyond a 6th grade level. These are people literally incapable of higher thought, but still given the right to vote and affect the lives of others.

although apparently the rape thing and being an overall creep was never an issue.

Well that is because the rape or creepiness didn't happen directly to them or an immediate family member. There is no empathy with trump voters.

They do life by the numbers, and if they have a solid start and a stable background they become very detached from the real world, floating in that middle class bubble. They hold opinions that were injected trough media as their own, and don't question them. When the real world pops their bubble, they are very surprised and have to do intense mental gymnastics blaming it on a cat eating immigrants.

If they live on Long Island they've seen the houses they brought for under $100,000 in 1980 balloon to over $1 million today.

Generally the more monetarily successful people reach that point by being selfish, so it would make sense that they don't care about others and only start to care when it affects them personally.

People who are not selfish can become wealthy, it is just a lot less likely because they tend to spread the wealth.

Moved my retirement fund from stocks to all cash yesterday. Orange doofus is going to cause even more issues for stock markets in the next few weeks.