This should probably be a ~PoliticsAndLaw piece but whatever: Everything is ~econ now that Undisc rules SN!
...and what the opening line of an article (#931126)
Civilisations are not murdered, said the historian Arnold Toynbee. They die from suicide.
And apparently it's all Trump's fault (no recognition of the money printing overhang or mayhem of the last four year... indeed twenty-four years of disastrous monetary and fiscal policy + warmongering excesses):
Donald Trump was sworn in ten weeks ago. He inherited an economy with stable inflation and dropping interest rates but with growth still projected to outstrip any big competitor this year. With each fresh Trump salvo on the global economy, US growth forecasts are cut.... This would be a recession of choice; Trump’s choice.
Wow is that a disingenuous conclusion LOL. Next hyperbole:
On many fronts, and with deliberate haste, America is vaporising its soft power. It takes less than a quarter to besmirch a brand that took a quarter of a millennium to build.
Man, I'm not impressed by the idiot takes that the FT (and Mr. Luce, #875741) have published lately (#907759). It's like they're becoming a propaganda tool for Big gov/warmongering Democratic voices.
Man, I can't wait for the intelligentsia to lose its relevanceMan, I can't wait for the intelligentsia to lose its relevance
(#890832).
non-paywall: https://archive.md/Tj4Ug
I'm convinced that political affiliation melts away IQ points faster than any know (or unknown) drug.
100%
Understatement alert. It was the greatest inflation in modern American history.
It's funny to me that they act as though lower growth forecasts are equivalent to lower growth. Someone OD'd on trusting the experts.
a 100 FUCKING PERCENT!
lol
"stable infation" even the term don't make sense... lol
I'm reminded of "Suicide of the West" by James Burnham which I read years ago.
Excellent 👌
Michael Malice introduced me to that one, I believe
"The Machiavellians" is one he mentions a lot.
Imagine writing about civilizational suicide and not even addressing the elephant in the room, which is that people have been writing about European cultural suicide for decades[1], and that Donald Trump was seen as an antidote (whether warranted or not) to just such a suicide.
This guy is seriously culturally blinded
See Douglas Murray's The Strange Death of Europe and Michel Houellebecq's Submission for two examples ↩
I know, I know. Really pathetic excuse of opinion writer
Its wild. I thought of "Suicide of the West" by James Burnham written in the 60s. I read it a few years ago and its wild how relevant it is to our current situation.