r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d ago

Soft Paywall Obama Breaks Silence on Trump’s ‘Unimaginable’ Presidency - “Imagine if I had done any of this,” the former two-term president said.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obama-breaks-silence-on-trumps-unimaginable-presidency/
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u/BigBoyYuyuh 1d ago

You know…typically the only time rich people get punished is when they lose other rich people’s money. He’s losing everyone money. Lew Squeegee

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u/DimbyTime 1d ago

Rich people will still come out even better after all of this. Tanking the economy will allow them to buy up more and more land, homes, and other assets that working class folks Will no longer be able to afford

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u/meowfknmeow 1d ago

This, the 1% will have a short term loss, but a long term gain as a result of this. The general population on the other hand… not so much

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u/man_gomer_lot 1d ago

People keep saying this, but a falling tide lowers all the ships

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u/MunkyPants 1d ago

But if most people drown, when the tide comes back up it won't matter than others had to temporarily go lower.

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u/n0radrenaline 1d ago

Not how low tides work but otherwise you're right

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u/britishninja99 1d ago

Good things it’s a metaphor and not an explanation on how the tides function.

Yay for being deliberately obtuse!

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u/AnabolikinSkywalker 1d ago

….. get stuck in the mud, perhaps?

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u/polacy_do_pracy 1d ago

think a little

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u/man_gomer_lot 1d ago

I've thought about it a little and remembered that yes, people will attempt to save face and pretend something doesn't hurt them as it would anyone else.

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u/Hans-Wermhatt 1d ago

That also is assuming Trump's circle of billionaires who were briefed on these plans are taking it on the nose like we are. I'm sure insider trading is less in the Trump admin than previous admins lol.

People with the means and the knowledge that a lower tide is coming might prepare for it...

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u/man_gomer_lot 1d ago

The world is a more sensible place through the lens of a conspiratorial mindset. It's not comforting to know that we aren't the rational beings we imagine that we are. Our true talent is making sense of the senseless.

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u/Hans-Wermhatt 23h ago edited 23h ago

For this to be a conspiracy, I think it has to be illegal or they have to try to hide it. Elon Musk isn’t part of the government, Donald Trump is above the law in almost all circumstances according to the Supreme Court. How is billionaires preparing for an upcoming they heard about a conspiracy? That’s just business.

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u/man_gomer_lot 22h ago

Hanlon's Razor: Don't attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity and ego causes massive stupidity.

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u/Rosso-q 1d ago

not quite

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u/man_gomer_lot 1d ago

Quite. Ego is one hell of a drug and it's more rampant than fentanyl these days

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u/AedemHonoris New Mexico 1d ago

That’s such a fucking cool metaphor I’m stealing it