US Politics Mega-thread - Page 4831

On March 07 2025 05:35 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
Let's stick to the topic of US politics.

Sheinbaum did a better job than Trudeau in negotiating with Trump.

Congratz to Mexico.

On March 07 2025 05:40 WombaT wrote:

How?

‘I’m gonna tariff you’
‘Ok well I’m not gonna tariff you back.’
‘Ok well I’m not going to tariff you now’

What is being achieved with this nonsense?

I mean it’s an earnest question I’ve not been super au fait with Mexico’s specific response here and concessions gained.

On March 07 2025 05:20 WombaT wrote:

I still maintain formal education is grossly overstated in this regard over culture, although yeah there’s a link obviously.

I also don’t really understand this move from a propaganda outlet/creating good little capitalist drones angle.

Not my angle, I assume obviously but just to make that clear!

Even if that is your goal, is having a federal, agency that you can somewhat standardise things more useful?

On March 07 2025 05:48 Simberto wrote:


Republicans want everything to be privatized. That has two advantages. Firstly, you can make money doing it. No one makes any money from public schools. That is bad.

Secondly, it enshrines inequality. When poor people cannot afford an education for their children, their children also stay poor. That means the only way to become successful it to be born rich. Which is what those wannabe aristocrats love.

And their idiot followers love it, because it means they can have education without leftists or facts in it. They hated that they taught their children that the bible is the literal truth and god created the world in 7 days (not a metaphor) and that gay people are bad, and all that stuff, and then the teachers in school would teach them different things.

The second group are the ones who might think about using schools for propaganda, but they are not actually smart enough for it. And the first group just wants the maximum grift out of everything.

On March 07 2025 05:00 Mohdoo wrote:
I have 2 general irl friend groups who I discuss politics stuff with. One of them was about 50% people who were already in a post-democrat mindset who held views similar to GH but with a lot less reason to believe those things. The other was entirely democrat. In both groups, all conversations are within a post-democrat future. A couple people think/hope the label democrat persists but want the entire leadership purged and replaced. But none of the people I talk about politics with have any desire for the current form of the Democratic Party to exist and they don’t intend to support the current form.

How about everyone else? How do your friend groups feel about the party? Is this just an Oregon thing? It feels like there is an unspoken but widely felt shrugging at the death of the Pelosi and Schumer party. It’s like it’s failed so thoroughly they don’t even care anymore? Hard to describe. But this is very different from when Trump won the first time. There’s a complete and total loss of faith in the party.

Walz appeared Wednesday on CNN to discuss President Trump’s joint address to Congress and the future of his party.

“Who do you think the leader of the Democratic Party is right now?” CNN’s Kasie Hunt asked.

Walz paused, then said he believes the leader is the voting public.

Divergent tactics were on full display during the Tuesday night address, with some Democrats holding signs, walking out or boycotting it altogether. Others took a more muted approach, following the guidance of House Democratic leadership, who had urged members not to mount high-profile protests and to show restraint during the address

On March 07 2025 05:52 Hat Trick of Today wrote:
Mexico is still getting tariffs, goods not compliant with USMCA still get the 25%. So around half of Mexican imports are getting the hit.

This administration is just pushing random buttons and seeing what happens, like DOGE firing everyone then finding out they probably shouldn’t have done it and need to rehire everyone somehow. Same thing with the apparent auto industry carve outs because Stellantis’ response to the tariffs was to increase the price of a $80,000 Ram to $100,000.

Edit: lol these auto industry carve outs are only for one month lol.

On March 07 2025 05:35 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
Justin got into a personal petty spat with an egomaniac. Sheinbaum avoided it. She did not retaliate.

There is a reason why Trudeau has a 20% approval rating after 9+ years in power.