So do the fascists plan to tank the economy

[malaise]

to get their goons to turn on the non-white citizens?

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. You'll find out after the piece of shit meets with Putin and gets his orders

Right now Kennedy is killing us and will be killing millions of us in the next few months, and nobody’s even really talking about it. It’s just amazing to me.

[Skittles]

2. they don't PLAN to

it's just a natural consequence of their ignorance and greed

[Midnight Writer]

3. I think so. They will need a financial meltdown in order to consolidate their power.

By destroying the middle-class, they will return us to a Medieval system.

The rich will be rich beyond comprehension, the rest of us will be serfs with no rights.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Do they think they can clean up money wise if the economy tanks?

[stillcool]

5. I think they just want to sell off

anything the federal government owns and split the pot. Then make sure they don't pay one damn dime to anyone in taxes or 'frivolous lawsuits' like poisoning a population. They will need assurances they will get the lowest labor cost possible, but I wonder if it matters where it is? I don't think they own their wealth and power, I think it owns them.

[ret5hd]

6. my "predictions":

1) trump tanks the dollar - on purpose
2) this causes a “national emergency” - we are forced to go to a crypto currency. one morning you will wake up and your bank accounts etc will be denominated in some brand of crypto
3) trump will declare “hard assets” (gold etc) as outdated and will announce the selling of the nations holdings to pay down the national debt
4) using crypto, trump, musk, thiel, et al will buy most of that gold
5) crypto will collapse - on purpose
6) trump, musk, thiel et al will be left holding everything

[malaise]

7. Wow!

Hope you’re wrong

[ret5hd]

9. well, me too...but take trumps...

fascination/obsession with gold, trumps/musks desire to “inspect”/audit Fort Knox into account.

[Hotler]

8. Consumers should be doing it. Shut the spending down. nt

[ret5hd]

11. food/gas/rent/utilities...that's all for us.

we’ve been saving every cent we can (including scanning parking lots for dropped change…made 6 cents last week!) for a good while now.

we watch over-the-air tv (jeopardy and news only)

EVERY ad gets muted immediately…you won’t believe how much this reduces your stress

internet comes from the hot-spot on our cell phone…i know, some people need more

read a book! take a hike/walk

we eat out maybe once a month

volunteer…we work with local charities to:
(unload food shipments at the food pantry, pick up trash
pull weeds
last week we judged a “contest” that was benefiting a local charity that gives emergency supplies to diabetics. tomorrow we’re picking up trash in a city park.

go to city council meetings and complain…one of my favorites!

[BootinUp]

10. Here is a regular day for hair fuhrer

Scan RW media for buzz
Blame favorite targets
Blame new targets
Throw in some casual racism and cruelty for kicks.
Go golf and collect bribes.

[malaise]

12. The truth

Rec