r/politics The Netherlands 16h 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/DimbyTime 14h 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 14h 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/Majestic_Spinach7726 14h ago

unless they make things so bad they bring the French Revolution to America

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u/Rosso-q 14h ago

hurry up before we collapse