Play Nice 45th President of the United States - Donald Trump (continued in Part 2)

[Scallop Industry Thug]

"But Hillary...".

 

[Xsess]

Consider that Trump, Brexit, Le Pen and Wilders occur in countries where years of PC/Global/Socialist policies have made a shitfull mess. Should the above not succeed and the left globalist open border brigade continue, imagine the sort of political candidate that will arrive in 10 years time to correct the imbalance? Some of you doomsayers may even have cause.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

Consider that Trump, Brexit, Le Pen and Wilders occur in countries where years of PC/Global/Socialist policies have made a shitfull mess. Should the above not succeed and the left globalist open border brigade continue, imagine the sort of political candidate that will arrive in 10 years time to correct the imbalance? Some of you doomsayers may even have cause.

Socialism didn't lead to the GFC in 2007-8. The opposite did.

Those that instituted socialist policies after the fact bounced back a lot quicker than those that went the neo-liberal austerity route.

Trump, Brexit, Le Pen, Wilders all have one thing in common, and that is demonisation of an "other" for peoples wrongs, conveniently ignoring the multitude of real factors that have lead economies and societal change.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Consider that Trump, Brexit, Le Pen and Wilders occur in countries where years of PC/Global/Socialist policies have made a shitfull mess. Should the above not succeed and the left globalist open border brigade continue, imagine the sort of political candidate that will arrive in 10 years time to correct the imbalance? Some of you doomsayers may even have cause.

Really, political correctness?

No mention of neo-liberal economics?

 

[SBYM]

Really, political correctness?

No mention of neo-liberal economics?

Trickle down works!!!

It's just taking months years decades to trickle.

 

[BRWB]

Trickle down works!!!

It's just taking months years decades to trickle.

How anyone can argue trickle down works in the face of the ever increasing concentration of wealth is beyond me.

We are heading back to a feudal society. And the serfs (this time in the form of Muslims) are rising.

 

[cannot]

meh she looks pretty happy

i feel sorry for this one:

saddest thing i ever seen : /

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Lol rudi's interview explaining how he was asked to make a muslim ban that was legal has been flagged in the court case

Id love it if the ban on the ban is upheld because rudi couldnt shut the **** up

 

[MrPortAdelaide]

They did nothing of the sort and stop making posts up!

The money returned to Iran was/is Iranian money.

Not to mention when those Chinese soldiers wearing hessian sacks rushed over the Yalu river in the 50s they literally kicked the shit out of the yanks and UN so badly that MacArthur tried to nuke Shanghai, the USA had a constitutional crisis and the President had to sack him for insubordination.

A lot of people forget that Seoul was actually taken by the North + China relatively easily. Thankfully for the people of Korea the UN returned and was able to at least push them back to the 38th parallel (whilst committing a shitload of war crimes against civilians).

Anyway my point is that if the west had that kind of issue against a relatively weak China compared to now, imagine what an actual land war within modern China would look like.

China also beat India's army to a pulp in the 60s and were scary enough that the USSR never genuinely considered attacking during the Sino-Soviet split.

Say what you will about the PLA (and there is ******* plenty to say) they have a pretty stellar record in combat.

it was just a general observation that china would most probably roll the USA in a ground war,

 

[BRWB]

it was just a general observation that china would most probably roll the USA in a ground war,

I think you underestimate how far ahead the US' air superiority, including satellite imaging and targeting is of everyone else.

Sure if it's against guerrilla or unconventional forces the US struggles - but that ain't describing Chai-nah.

 

[yebiga]

Really, political correctness?

No mention of neo-liberal economics?

Neo liberal economics is inseparable from and reliant on identity politics and political correctness.

For corporations to move manufacturing to the cheapest overseas countries they needed the public - in the developed world - to be divided from notions like patriotism and community. They needed us to accept Indian call centers.

They needed us to accept the hiring of cheap migrants.

It was essential that Wall to wall charges of racism were thrown at anyone who opposed globalization.

Some of this has probably been beneficial in progressing tolerance but that was a long time ago - now it's a vacuous, counter productive and an evil game used to preserve global exploitation.

The protestors at Berkeley University and all those who defend them, think they are the defenders of the oppressed, the vilified, but in fact they are defending the rights of the oppressors to continue their exploitation to disempower the ordinary person.

 

[Satan]

Really, political correctness?

No mention of neo-liberal economics?

Where's the kayaker?

 

[Ruck Machine]

Socialism didn't lead to the GFC in 2007-8.

Actually Socialism did lead to the GFC.

The US Govt forced the banks to lower their lending standards via affordable housing policies.

 

[Ruck Machine]

How anyone can argue trickle down works in the face of the ever increasing concentration of wealth is beyond me..

Trickle down works. I could explain to you how income mobility works ... but you don't seem to be the kind of person that would listen.

I will leave with this question - Have you always lived in the same income bracket?

 

[Warsaw]

It's not rude to call Trump, Trump supporters, dumb because they just are.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/trump-administration-leaks_us_589a45f1e4b04061313a1fbb

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump was confused about the dollar: Was it a strong one that’s good for the economy? Or a weak one?

So he made a call ― except not to any of the business leaders Trump brought into hisadministration or even to an old friend from his days in real estate. Instead, he called his national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, according to two sources familiar with Flynn’s accounts of the incident.

Flynn has a long record in counterintelligence but not in macroeconomics. And he told Trump he didn’t know, that it wasn’t his area of expertise, that, perhaps, Trump should ask an economist instead.

 

[Maggie5]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-...riticises-white-house-terrorism-claim/8250410

Well done to this mother, hope the US press pick up this story.

The Trump administration referred to Mia Ayliffe-Chung's death in a list of 78 alleged terror attacks, which was intended to back up the new President's claim the media has under-reported attacks inspired by the Islamic State militant group.
In an open letter to Donald Trump, Ayliffe-Chung's mother Rosie Ayliffe, 53, criticised the US administration for using her daughter's death to demonise Muslims.
"This vilification of whole nation states and their people based on religion is a terrifying reminder of the horror that can ensue when we allow ourselves to be led by ignorant people into darkness and hatred," she wrote.
Ms Ayliffe said she wanted to "point out the facts" about what happened to her daughter.
"Ayad was not an Islamic fundamentalist, he wasn't even a practicing Muslim," she told the ABC.

Edit: notice that Washington Post have the story.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

Actually Socialism did lead to the GFC.

The US Govt forced the banks to lower their lending standards via affordable housing policies.

Right.......

I see that a discussion in good faith about the real reasons is probably beyond you if this is your starting point.

 

[Ruck Machine]

Right.......

I see that a discussion in good faith about the real reasons is probably beyond you if this is your starting point.

Suggest you look into the affordable housing act before commentating about 'good faith'.

 

[Chief]

Not identity politics.

http://cdn.static-economist.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/original-size/20170128_WOC924_0.png

What was that Daft Punk song?

Older, whiter, dumber?


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[madmug]

Socialism didn't lead to the GFC in 2007-8. The opposite did.

Those that instituted socialist policies after the fact bounced back a lot quicker than those that went the neo-liberal austerity route.

Trump, Brexit, Le Pen, Wilders all have one thing in common, and that is demonisation of an "other" for peoples wrongs, conveniently ignoring the multitude of real factors that have lead economies and societal change.

Yes once the political culture of a nation sinks to the level of 'blame the other', you soon have a major problem. Whether the other is black, yellow, muslim, or left handed, once you start the slide down to blame the others for everything you dont like or are worried about, you end up book burning, then killing intellectuals & the innocent.

Seen it all before.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

Suggest you look into the affordable housing act before commentating about 'good faith'.

The affordable housing act didn't sink the economy. Unscrupulous lenders who falsified documents, and acted fraudulently, certainly did.

 

[BRWB]

Trickle down works. I could explain to you how income mobility works ... but you don't seem to be the kind of person that would listen.

I will leave with this question - Have you always lived in the same income bracket?

By all means explain away. Please include in your explanation why wealth is becoming increasingly concentrated and how any theory that leads to the rich getting richer while the poor get poorer is working.

 

[Ruck Machine]

The affordable housing act didn't sink the economy. Unscrupulous lenders who falsified documents, and acted fraudulently, certainly did.

WRONG.

The affordable housing act forced sub-prime lending ... without it the act the banks would've been able to maintain their lending standards (i.e. Lend money to people who can pay it back).

 

[Ruck Machine]

By all means explain away. Please include in your explanation why wealth is becoming increasingly concentrated and how any theory that leads to the rich getting richer while the poor get poorer is working.

This is NOT true. The poor are getting much richer (do some basic googling).

Read the article below.

https://www.cato.org/blog/high-turnover-among-americas-rich

"Some 94 percent of Americans who reach “top 1 percent” income status will enjoy it for only a single year. Approximately 99 percent will lose their “top 1 percent” status within a decade."

 

[Ned_Flanders]

What was that Daft Punk song?

Older, whiter, dumber?


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FAKE NEWS!!!!

Trump is protecting us from those interstellar blue people, who despite being kidnapped are obviously islamic extremist terrorists