The Moment of Truth
www.theatlantic.com
The reelection of Donald Trump would mark the end of George Washington’s vision for the presidency—and the United States.

I’m not a conservative myself, but I defy any conservative intending to vote for Donald Trump to read this comparison of Washington and Trump, and to honestly tell themselves afterwards that that they believe in America and its ideals.

  • frankPodmore@slrpnk.netOP
    31·
    21 hours ago

    Only people who are being tariffed

    Per Trump’s plan, that’s everyone.

    The point of economic policy is to improve the economy (not the people)

    This is completely backwards. There’s no abstraction called the economy which doesn’t involve people.

    Cos some people would classify illegal immigrants as such so whats the difference?

    Those people are wrong.

    • 🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.ee
      11·
      16 hours ago

      Per Trump’s plan, that’s everyone.

      Even Americas allies?

      This is completely backwards. There’s no abstraction called the economy which doesn’t involve people.

      It doesnt nessasarilly need to be all people tho. Just the educated and hard working ones. The economy doesnt need to give a fuck about the rest.

      Those people are wrong.

      Again one cannot simply assert something to be true, you must justify your argument. Whats the difference between an invading force and illegal immigrants?

      • frankPodmore@slrpnk.netOP
        1·
        12 hours ago

        Yes, even America’s allies.

        If everyone in America’s prices go up, that’s bad for the economy. That’s what Trump is promising.

        I don’t need to explain to you the difference between someone staying where they are after their visa expires and an armed invasion of another country. The differences are manifest and anyone who says they don’t see them is lying.