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ecstatic

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13. "They will be poorer in the long run, as they transform us into a third world country. "
Fri Feb 21, 2025, 10:34 AM
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Exactly this! But for some odd reason they don't get it. Think about the number of third world countries these rich oligarchs could move to where their wealth would be amplified times 3 or more.

But they don't want to do that. Why? Because they look around the country and they don't exactly like the infrastructure and are uncomfortable with the poverty, I guess. Also, they don't necessarily feel safe when exploring outside of the fancy hotels.

At the end of the day, despite all the waste these fakers are complaining about, the United States is the richest, most prosperous country in the world, with millions of people from around the world wanting to move here (for now). It could be even better if we could figure out how to protect the civil rights and health of all citizens.

Our focus should be on how to improve and progress, not on how to regress or turn back time, or go back to systems that did not work.

I'm just wondering how trump plans to explain the extremely high unemployment numbers that he is actually creating in real time. Letting go of people in their 50s and 60s to fend for themselves in a crowded private job market? It's mind boggling. And we still have Americans who are too dumb to see what's going on and still don't understand that this is going to affect their lives as well.

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