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0 pointsjqpabc12311mo ago0 comments

What it really should be about --- education.

A better educated citizenry would never have fallen for the con that huge new tariffs are anything but a huge new tax increase on themselves.

A better educated citizenry would realize that no country has ever taxed it way to prosperity and "greatness".

The natural enemy of democracy is ignorance --- and Trump is the proof.

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cmurf11mo ago

Will Malignant Stupidity Kill the World Economy? - title of Krugman's April 3 article on tariffs

There is no sin except stupidity. - Oscar Wilde

In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S. Thompson

Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. - Dietrich Bonhöffer

Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him? - Obi Wan Kenobi

These guys are untrustworthy liars. I assume there are thousands, possibly tens of thousands of carve outs for the tariffs, based on bribing the POTUS or approved affiliates. - Me, 10 days ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43561464

There will be reprisals lasting a generation. These stupid fucks will insist calling them stupid is unfair. I expect some of them will become violent. We've seen it before. The long live the Confederacy, and Lost Cause Myth assholes are really no different. They come out of the woodwork when we coddle stupidity, the constant bigotry of low expectations.

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