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It kind of makes me wonder if the US elite know something we don't. This kind of stripping the copper out of the walls only makes sense in a country facing complete collapse. I can't imagine the "deep state" would let this stuff happen unless they also benefit from it.
Well all this cutting of government services, jobs, and funding will lead to a mass privatization of the public sector, which means easy buyouts, desperate unemployed workers to be swooped up, and more profits for American Billionaires no? You gotta remember that Capital always thinks short-term; while we see the self-sabotage of a centuries long Imperialist project, they see incredible opportunities to ransack the state coffers.
I really don't think it's any more complicated than that.
I agree with this take. Capitalism basically stumbled into a successful several decades during and after the fall of the USSR; that was seen as the result of American exceptionalism and an inherent property of the society.
There's also the aspect of reaction trying to force things back to "the way they were" in some perceived idyllic past.
What are the Pelosis' portfolios doing? That'll give us two weeks' insight into whatever's collapsing next...
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Musk did the exact same thing when he took over twitter. Had it been anyone else I'd have believed it, but he's just an idiot