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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Taking over for Gerard this time. Special thanks to him for starting this.)
A lot of the reporting is using kids gloves instead of calling out the thinly veiled threats (god our media sucks), but anyone who can connect dots and read the tariffs + greenland + canada 51st state + panama + gulf of mexico news should be able to see Trumpās hawkish expansionist dreams pretty easily.
Is this a matter of not following the news, poor critical thinking, or just so much stuff hitting the fan that itās hard to keep up?
On the kid gloves, my bank keeps sending me updates on the state of the world economy and general big picture investment advice (and explaining their own actions). And between a lot of talk on AI, I saw they posted āwe are going to take our profits on the usa investments, despite the tarifs being off the tableā. Which was, esp the first half, an interesting way to suggest to readers that they are pulling a lot of money out of the US and others might be wise to also do so. (Not that they would literally say the latter as ānot financial adviceā etc). But yes worrying.
Yeah I already have a lot of non-US stocks, and next week Iām going to rebalance to make them the majority.
Iām not a finance person. My uncle whoās in the world of international corporate law thinks things will be fine so maybe Iām being a bit cautious but the way I see it there are a few big issues:
All of this also increases the risk of āblack swanā events like pandemics, hacks, the US āinvestingā all the āsavingsā they āfoundā into cryptocurrency schemes, large-scale unrest, or god knows what else.
speaking of, https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/comments/1ipsasx/firing_the_next_generation_of_scientists_from_the/
Yeah just saw that. Itās messed up.
I told my job a couple weeks ago that Iām planning to move out of the US. They need me more than I need them so they might actually help with that; but even if a transfer works out I intend to get out this year one way or another, even if it means a study visa instead of a job.
Even if things magically turn around like some people think my mind is set. Irreversable damage has already been done in my mind. I said in another comment that I feel like a stranger in America now (this is, in a weird sense, kind of a freeing feeling).
speaking from experience, yep. once you make your mind up on a gtfo intent re a bad situation, so much other shit just falls away
itāll definitely have hard bits, but keep at it. worth it