Plutus@johnserwach @rubecube12 @ForeignSubstance
He hates Boeing on a pathological level - everyday in discord he's demeaning US companies in favor of Chinese.
BABA booye
Daniel Rubin ✅@johnserwach @ForeignSubstance @plutus
No recession no. Collusion. https://bird.makeup/users/livesquawk/statuses/1648373459313999881
ForeignSubstance ✅@plutus @ForeignSubstance @johnserwach
Massive inflation https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrD50idsmNf/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Japan Travel & Life Guide 🇯🇵 on Instagram: "🤯 What a huge difference! 🤔 JR Group will revise the content and price of the Japan Rail Pass around October. The Japan Rail Pass will be available on routes that were previously inaccessible, and the price will be substantially increased by up to 77%. 🙄 The revised service is for the “Nozomi” bullet train on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines and the “Mizuho” bullet train on the Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines, which are currently not available with the Japan Rail Pass. 🤭 After the revision, passengers will be able to board only the “Nozomi” and “Mizuho” bullet trains by purchasing a special ticket prior to boarding, in addition to the Japan Rail Pass. Prices and other details will be announced at a later date. 🥺 The price of the 7-day pass for standard cars used to be 29,650 yen at JR-appointed sales outlets and 33,610 yen at the dedicated website, but after the revision, the price will be unified to 50,000 yen, a maximum increase of approximately 69%. The price of the 7-day Green Pass was 39,600 yen and 44,810 yen, respectively, but the price will be unified to 70,000 yen, a maximum increase of 77%. 😶 More Details coming, stay tuned! #jrpass #jrpasstrip #jrpassjapan #japan #japantravel #japantrip #japannews #japanculutre #japanlife #japanesestyle #japanlover #japanawaits #japangram #japanlife #visitjapan #visitjapanjp"
4,066 likes, 322 comments - Japan Travel & Life Guide 🇯🇵 (@flipjapanguide) on Instagram: "🤯 What a huge difference! 🤔 JR Group will revise the content and price of the Japan Rail P..."
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Why are those like you Daniel so disillusioned while many of your forefathers who had much much much less, never were? Yet these same ppl, especially the young, are totally incapable of self-reflection - what mistakes have they made (regardless of this supposed agenda society has against them)?
The Coddling of the American Mind moderated by Malcolm Gladwell
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I assure you there are ppl in your life, friends or acquaintances who've had it 100x worse than you growing up or at some stage, yet don't constantly bitch and moan about it.
@ForeignSubstance @johnserwach @plutus
Yeah. I agree I see people who have been abused and had their lives ruined because boomer indulgence
All in the Family - Archie's first dinner with the Meathead
John Serwach ✅@rubecube12 @ForeignSubstance @plutus
When I was a kid we had to walk to school into the wind in winter. and we got real@snow back then.
@plutus @ForeignSubstance @johnserwach
I agree. And we didn't bailout the silent generation
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Really roughin it in SoCal
https://twitter.com/FT/status/1648542876433825792?s=20
@johnserwach @rubecube12 @plutus "And God forbid a (likely Christian) immigrant looking for rule of law and/or economic opportunity should get that job ahead of my 14-year-old."
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Need youth and charisma - this ain't the CCP politburo where 80 is middle age. Democracy at stake, ppl don't vote on nostalgia.
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You don’t want some crank like Bobby debating Biden - allow some real prospects to come through please. https://twitter.com/krassenstein/status/1648745205414125575?s=46&t=myUg8E_NfUxKRXrtk0UUnw
Brian Krassenstein on Twitter
“BREAKING: As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Officially announces he will run against Biden for the Democratic nomination, I think it's important to point out that he has propagated way too many conspiracy theories. RFK Jr. has claimed the following outlandish things: - Covid and…”
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That's the point - crack-pots don't care about respect or precedence and have no qualms getting in and revealing Joe's obvious weaknesses. Bobby is just the start, there will be other eminently more qualified.
Hang up the boots now Joe.
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Bobby ain’t gonna get any play on tv etc. ain’t heard boo from him yet and the crazy anti maskers are all in for trump- so where’s his base ?
@rubecube12 @ForeignSubstance @plutus
Who in their right mind with a d next to there name is going to challenge the Messiah - Joe Biden ?
@johnserwach @rubecube12 @ForeignSubstance
If I didn't think the rank and file were not so deferential to the office of the presidency - I would not be hitting on this point so much.
It is the very idea that there is no competition to Joe unless he/dem leadership allows it - I find troubling.
@plutus @rubecube12 @ForeignSubstance
There could be competition- there certainly was in 2020 - and he destroyed them all! No one wants to put their privates in a meat grinder - what would they argue ? Unemployment is too high? He’s too old (that will play well) ? I clarion is too high? Stagflation? Hostages in Iran ? Ukraine ? What? The cupboard is bare.
The country wants a workhorse not a show horse.
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Sorry, but The country ain’t practical - models > moms
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Raising taxes is the only way to bring inflation down. Monetary policy is ineffective https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cqoo_fHrAl6/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
The Australia Institute on Instagram: ""69% of that inflation is caused by excess profits from large corporations gouging higher prices." It's always great to see our research out in the world! Cheers to Alan Gray from Bush Money Mob for mentioning our research into the profit-price spiral on The Drum!"
13K likes, 575 comments - The Australia Institute (@theausinstitute) on Instagram: ""69% of that inflation is caused by excess profits from large corporations gouging higher prices...."
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How much does an abandoned house cost?
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrPK1uYM7xo/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Caleb Simpson on Instagram: "@antonwormann Location: Tokyo This is the last EP in the Tokyo Series! Such a highlight to end on. Thanks so much for letting me stay the evening was a beautiful place to stay for the evening. Very peaceful 🫶 I’ll be back soon Japan 🇯🇵"
417K likes, 1,423 comments - Caleb Simpson (@calebwsimpson) on Instagram: "@antonwormann Location: Tokyo This is the last EP in the Tokyo Series! Such a highlight to en..."
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Not Wong Danny not Wong
https://youtu.be/QGP1O38ynns
The Problem with "The College Experience" | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
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What magas/Danny’s don’t get is that Macron needs the Chinese wealthy to buy French luxury-goods as that’s a mainstay of his economy. To deduce macron is pivoting is beyond insanity. https://twitter.com/ianbremmer/status/1649155305400352772?s=46&t=myUg8E_NfUxKRXrtk0UUnw
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France needs china to manufacture its goods for cheep
@ForeignSubstance @johnserwach @plutus
China pivoting from US manufacturing to European manufacturing
@rubecube12 @ForeignSubstance @johnserwach
You can't be that... and still call yourself a dem (that's just a play on the margins).
@plutus @ForeignSubstance @johnserwach
I'm just describing what's happening. France and Germany are getting flows from china reducing their borrowing cost and are increasing their outsourcing to china
@rubecube12 @ForeignSubstance @johnserwach
2 years of lockdowns + 1 billion ppl - they have to eat at some point
* Yes, the country isn't blowing up tomorrow or next 5 years
* They have insurmountable demographics issues
* They have no fookin dollars to buy anything that's why every single billionaire has majority of assets outside the country
- not everything is binary
@rubecube12 @ForeignSubstance @johnserwach
Texture nuance/push pull
China may do better next year than now.
The dye is cast in terms of longer-term travails as Xi has been the dumbest chair in 50 years.
@ForeignSubstance @johnserwach @plutus
That's pretty priced. Even Song said Mao 2.0. Everyone agrees
@rubecube12 @ForeignSubstance @johnserwach
Geezus H - Japan in 30 years of retrenchment - but everyone knew... doesn't mean it doesn't follow thru
China will suffer a much worse fate for its citizenry
@ForeignSubstance @johnserwach @plutus
Mao 2.0 wont live more than 8 years. He's morbidly obease and chinese medicine is way behind. He's already 70
@rubecube12 @ForeignSubstance @johnserwach
The goal of every Matthew Pines Will DeCotiis is to (use clickbait type tweets) to build a following to start their own Youtube Biz
@plutus @johnserwach @ForeignSubstance
I don't even know what they are thinking. Who cares
@rubecube12 @johnserwach @ForeignSubstance
Do you understand the mindset of the CCP cult is 100 times more entrenched and insidious versus say the Russian leadership or any other authoritarian state.
There has been a caste system installed since Deng - where sons/daughters of the revolutionaries are provided the only pathway to any type of serious leadership position.
Everyone is defined by their specific background and everyone know where everyone else stands.
@rubecube12 @johnserwach @ForeignSubstance
This is shit is even more refined than the state model described in 1984 - you have no idea.
The point being, the structure is maintained regardless if Xi is at the head of it.
It's very much like North Korea.
Eastern European or Middle Eastern autocracies have nothing like this.
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Song albeit having spent all of his formative years in China and having relatives high up in the govt structure - is not a student of history nor is he a deep thinker.
@rubecube12 @johnserwach @ForeignSubstance
Everything that's transpired under Xi - I foretold 5 years ago to him and he was poopooing it up until now - when his family is affected. That's how ppl behave.
@plutus @johnserwach @ForeignSubstance
The Us economy will stagnate in the long run because we have no competition and rent seeking monopolies. We need to break them up if we want to be successful in the AI age
@rubecube12 @plutus @johnserwach So agree. A system that rewards competition is smothered when that system also allows size to buy up the possibility of it.
Capitalism is designed for the small- and medium-sized. If you let them get too big, they mug capitalism in dark alleys.
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It's the very reason that dude Jah (alsynergy2020) can see very clearly what's happening in China but be completely blinded to Modi's deceit. Ppl are petty and tribal.
@plutus @johnserwach @ForeignSubstance
Except north korea isnt a market economy which actually prioritizes competition. Its actually quite the opposite. The thing that let the US win the cold war is that we broke up the monopolies and allowed the market to work. We didnt have the trebant we had 30 different companies. Peter Thiel wants to make us the USSR. The only way we win is if we break up thes behemoths https://www.wsj.com/articles/peter-thiel-competition-is-for-losers-1410535536
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Market economy - I can't...
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Do not confuse Zero rule of law with economic liberalism
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markets are dictate by their set of standards/regulations as much as they are about easy of transacting
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We're going to he stuck with a trebant because we have no innovation. The iphone hasnt changed in 5 years https://youtu.be/fh-cWijQYCU
The Trabant Story
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Good. If we are saying we don't need any more inovation of iphones than the government can produce it
@plutus @rubecube12 @ForeignSubstance the. It would be innovative - besides the apps are where the innovation is’
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And the rent seeking behavior apple exibhits stifles that innovation
@rubecube12 @ForeignSubstance @plutus
They can charge Twitter and TruthSocial 90% for all I care
@plutus @ForeignSubstance @rubecube12
Hey wait, if I buy Twitter blue via the app how much goes to Tim apple ?
@ForeignSubstance @rubecube12 @plutus
Get that to 90% & I’ll sub
@plutus @ForeignSubstance @johnserwach
99% of cases here are decided administratively too. We don't have rule of law either. When was the last time a monopoly admitted guilt or fault in a settlement with government
@rubecube12 @ForeignSubstance @johnserwach
Stop with this trite...
Democracies are by their very nature corrupt (to an extent) - it;s a system of checks and balances - and those with more resources can tip the scale.
There isn't a state directed imbalance.
@plutus @johnserwach @ForeignSubstance
Not one bank admitted guilt. WFC didn't admit guilt. Boeing didnt admit guilt. No one mega company has been restricted by any law.
@rubecube12 @ForeignSubstance @johnserwach
Humans are flawed, you me - that leads to corruption 24/7 - our system has a mechanism for self-cleansing - it's never perfect or even close but there's a system
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We just need a president who actually enforces the laws and takes these bastards to court. Maybe breaks some monopolies up. Would that be so bad? We used to have leaders who had balls
@rubecube12 @ForeignSubstance @johnserwach
Secondarily, there are ppl who are more equipped to be rocket scientists, to be leaders or to be basketball players. Until, democrats can come to terms with this instead of woke ideology then we fall pray to teh same culture war trap that magas...
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Buttguige would roll over the corporations. At least Biden has some balls. Maybe in the second term he'll actually break up apple and amazon
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This is good behavior. Thats why Biden is king. https://abc3340.com/biden-administration-looks-to-rein-in-google-play-apples-app-store-dominance-big-tech-monopoly-antirust-open-app-markets-act-national-telecommunications-and-information-administraiton-commerce-department
Future Happy Humans. Live to Consume | Pixar Wall-E People Scenes
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Cenk is slimy but he ain't wrong
https://youtu.be/DhC35z6Ru8w
TYT Reacts To Biden 2024 Announcement
@plutus @rubecube12 @johnserwach Cenk is slimy, but is he really correct? This doesn't "leave a lane for progressives" to do anything but throw the election to the Right, IMHO.
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Yeah, I see the dilemma. I am hoping moderates come to their senses and bring forward a PeteB/Gavin Newsom.
TBTF, it's all about appeasing the black caucus and getting Clyburn's buy-in, which will be exceedingly hard.
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Just between friends, Clyburn is what you'd call an old school democratic machine created politician - think Tip O'Neil; think how do we wield power even if it's at the expense of broader Democratic interests.
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They’ll like stay democrat for the first 20 yrs - the kids not so sure https://twitter.com/specialsitsnews/status/1650316583963619329?s=46&t=myUg8E_NfUxKRXrtk0UUnw
Special Situations 🌐 Research Newsletter (Jay) on Twitter
“NYT: Biden Opens a New Back Door on Immigration As of mid-April, some 300,000 Ukrainians had arrived in the United States under various programs — a number greater than all the people from around the world admitted through the official U.S. refugee program in the last five…”
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It’s just a racist plot to stymie China’s growth and Xi’s brilliance Danny - keep believing that. https://twitter.com/specialsitsnews/status/1650507654215741446?s=46&t=myUg8E_NfUxKRXrtk0UUnw
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ray-epps-jan-6-capitol-protest-60-minutes-transcript-2023-04-23/
January 6 protester Ray Epps says he relives Capitol riot every day | 60 Minutes
A former Trump supporter who participated in the Jan. 6 protest is now the target of a far-right conspiracy theory. He says he's living in hiding after receiving death threats. Bill Whitaker reports.
David Frum on The Phoniness of Tucker Carlson
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odd lots discord
https://discord.gg/oddlots
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https://twitter.com/tprstly/status/1650521753179807747?s=46&t=myUg8E_NfUxKRXrtk0UUnw
Theo on Twitter
“The artificial intelligence backlash, every rebellion begins with one person who's had enough. This Chinese woman is smashing up a robot because in China's hospitals all medical examination appointments are mostly done via the robots, there are very few nurses left to help the…”
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If fetterman can win post stroke comatose biden can win with Alzheimers
@rubecube12 @plutus @ForeignSubstance
Biden created AI ffs, Alzheimer’s pfffft. Guys a genius, just has a stutter.
@rubecube12 @plutus @ForeignSubstance
Clyburn and Biden represent the “realist” wing of the Democratic Party that Plut espouses too & yet he wants another candidate🤦🏻♂️
@plutus @rubecube12 @johnserwach Blacks are centrists, however. You could do much worse than appease them.
@plutus @rubecube12 @johnserwach Side note: I had some hopes for Katie Porter on the national stage, eventually.
But OMG, she came off really bad on the Al Franken pod this weekend.
Her audio was SO bad that one could be forgiven for thinking it was a setup. But she lacked gravitas, too.
Elon Musk Gets Exposed After Twitter Verification Dumpster Fire
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@johnserwach you gonna pay 3.50 a month for the Ukrainian flag emoji?
@ForeignSubstance @johnserwach @plutus
John you gonna pay musk 3.50 for the ukraine flag and 2.50 for the sunflower?
@rubecube12 @ForeignSubstance @plutus
Never- is that a new thing ?
@ForeignSubstance @plutus @rubecube12
He doesn’t have the balls.
@plutus @johnserwach @ForeignSubstance
Maybe not. He's got too much Doge to give away https://mastodon.social/@acnapyx/110244123611161182
@rubecube12 @ForeignSubstance @plutus
Even Darth Bader didn’t try banging his step daughter and breeding her. In fact, that’s the biggest downfall of the dark side, no woman! #NoForceForMe
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Russians, Hungarians, Saudis are no less amoral/immoral than we are or the Scandinavians.
If the system that matters.
@rubecube12 @ForeignSubstance @johnserwach
Stop thinking in terms of perfection or "just as bad" - that is the device of magaturds as well as Xi/Putin to make people disillusioned.
When you have young people thinking the US is just as bad and not have nuance in their thinking or understand that democracies are messy by design - that's where we run in to problems.
@rubecube12 @ForeignSubstance @johnserwach
That's why it's vitally important to bring back civics into the classrooms.
@plutus @ForeignSubstance @johnserwach
Its the behavior that matters. We should break up monopolies
@johnserwach @plutus @ForeignSubstance
Breaking up monopolies is good. There are no causes. No reasons. Anything causes anything. Only behavior. Stories about the behavior come after the behavior.