Optimist take, the tech is shit and the people like Trump not JD Vance.
Cryptocurrency = Not being used as a currency, doesn’t even meet the criteria for a true medium of exchange.
AI = Can’t actually be used to automate these federal worker’s jobs, it’s snake oil.
Most importantly, JD Vance, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, although quite powerful and influential right now, are NOTHING without Trump. And as michael Bloomberg showed us, money alone doesn’t win elections.
Seriously this is a very well written article and the concerns are real, especially around the degradation of our institutions over the past 50+ years. But if you put JD Vance, Elon, or Peter thiel in front of your average American, the response will be a more derogatory form of “neurodivergent freak”.
In 1-2 years I’m predicting democrats take back the senate and house, 4 years we get a younger more normal democratic president. Hopefully most of the old neo lib democrats die off and we get more smart charged up dems like AOC, Buttigieg, and the fella from Georgia who will actually tell these rich bastards to stuff it.
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I agree that this is a well-written and well-researched work. I root for the optimist's take above.
I agree with the article's take on Trump's obliviousness. I think it is an interesting question you raise about the oligarchs' power without Trump.
The fundamental problem with this philosophy is its dependence upon supply-side economics - a methodology that is hopelessly flawed. The will of the consumer can only be suppressed so far -- how long can Musk service his loans when demand for Tesla dries up?
The people who must consume to keep the system going will have a say.
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Cryptocurrency = Not being used as a currency, doesn’t even meet the criteria for a true medium of exchange.
AI = Can’t actually be used to automate these federal worker’s jobs, it’s snake oil.
Most importantly, JD Vance, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, although quite powerful and influential right now, are NOTHING without Trump. And as michael Bloomberg showed us, money alone doesn’t win elections.
Seriously this is a very well written article and the concerns are real, especially around the degradation of our institutions over the past 50+ years. But if you put JD Vance, Elon, or Peter thiel in front of your average American, the response will be a more derogatory form of “neurodivergent freak”.
In 1-2 years I’m predicting democrats take back the senate and house, 4 years we get a younger more normal democratic president. Hopefully most of the old neo lib democrats die off and we get more smart charged up dems like AOC, Buttigieg, and the fella from Georgia who will actually tell these rich bastards to stuff it.
I agree with the article's take on Trump's obliviousness. I think it is an interesting question you raise about the oligarchs' power without Trump.
The fundamental problem with this philosophy is its dependence upon supply-side economics - a methodology that is hopelessly flawed. The will of the consumer can only be suppressed so far -- how long can Musk service his loans when demand for Tesla dries up?
The people who must consume to keep the system going will have a say.