r/Anticonsumption • u/Northdropx • 4d ago

Society/Culture Trump will blame us for the coming economic downturn.

Just FYI - thinking ahead, Donald will absolutely place the blame on people like those in this community when the tariffs and shit blow up in his face. Rhetoric will probably include “anti-American boycotts” and call us marxists/leftists/liberals etc.

Having a large number of people actively trying to cause economic pain to large corporations makes us an easy out to excuse the most ridiculous trade policy we have ever seen.

Prepare yourself for an especially mean Fox News segment and pure demonization. We’re going to be the next scapegoat.

edit: this post is not meant to be pro-consumerism. It is to keep aware that boycotters/anti consumerists will be in the crosshairs - the cult needs someone to blame. Do not think in terms of reason and reality with MAGA: the important thing is the headline and talking points they can make in a conservative vacuum.

Solidarity!

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u/Head_Bad6766 4d ago

Since Reagan or earlier

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u/historian_down 3d ago

Reagan and his Welfare Queens of '76 as I recall. Probably derivations of that idea can be traced out even earlier in US History

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u/North_Experience7473 3d ago

I’ve started calling republican politicians and oligarchs welfare queens. Elon is the queen of all welfare queens.

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u/PanicAtTheShiteShow 3d ago

That's disrespectful to welfare Queens.

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u/Ok_Cauliflower_808 3d ago

The Dollop did an episode on this. It stems back to one lady, who has basically collecting kids and running scams like she's Bender from Futurama.

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u/Material-Inflation11 3d ago

The blame goes with both parties. Nixon took the country off the gold standard. Bush Sr and Clinton signed the NAFTA agreement which killed factory jobs. Bush Jr and Obama supported the Patriot Act which destroyed civil rights.

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u/Vegemite_Ultimatum 3d ago

I think Biden's on record saying he WROTE that fucking thing (patriot act). And all the noise about how temporary it was ... 23 years ago ...

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u/Waryur 3d ago

It started when Reagan heard an anecdote about a career criminal who defrauded the welfare system. One. So Reagan naturally makes it out to be a huge epidemic of (he didn't say, but ... black) women just freeloadin' off MAH HORD URNED DAHM!