• @onecarmel
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    Trump could cut this guy’s nuts off and he’d still find a way to put a positive spin on it

  • @GreenKnight23
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    43 hours ago

    then stfu and stop whining. this hole isn’t going to dig itself.

  • @[email protected]
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    That guy is choking on copium. Downing in it.

    There is no such thing as “gains” here, long or short term. This is 100% bad.

    If you want more local production, you incentivize that, not hugely disincentivize everything else.

    • @Ledivin
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      36 hours ago

      What do you mean? There are plenty of gains to be had…

      …for the already rich and powerful.

  • @whotookkarl
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    167 hours ago

    “protected after Trump’s term”

    So executive orders are useless for this, and what concessions are Republicans willing to make to get a Senate super majority to pass an amendment, which hasn’t happened in most of our lifetimes?

  • JackbyDev
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    Okay, so, being incredibly generous here, I sort of get their point, but why not slowly ramp tariffs up to allow domestic production to catch up? Because fuck you, that’s why.

    And, as always, none of any of the false promises of prosperity excuse any of the hate Trump spreads.

    • @Hobbes_Dent
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      Instead, the xenophobic hate from an economic idiot is believable enough to start a worldwide depression over trying to get batteries for Elon while making pop-up-factories with AI staff I guess?

      Or of course the alternative wartime “economy”.

  • @[email protected]
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    3612 hours ago

    I voted for what’s best for the country moving forward

    Bigotry? Ignorance of economics? Or both?

    • @AbidanYre
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      Increased rates of easily preventable diseases?

    • @III
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      Both and probably a lot more. He’s pretty confident that this won’t affect him too much. I am sure the leopards continue to circle for a second pass at him.

    • @edgemaster72
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      We can’t just let the leopards go hungry, you cowards!

  • @Earthprototype
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    Man these guys are so dumb I can’t 😂😂 “I voted for this, but…” 🤣 I would feel pity for this poor sob normaly but I’m done with their nonsense.

  • @[email protected]
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    9316 hours ago

    Gen X’er here, guessing this person hasn’t had to look for a job in a while. Especially when externalities make the search more difficult, like having an entire sector upended.

    It took 1500 applications, over 100 interviews, and 4 years to find my current position. And, this was a callback from a prior rejection! They let the first person go that I interviewed with due to sabotaging intake because they were insecure in their position. Have fun with all that.

    • @Ledivin
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      The last position I interviewed (other people) for, we had over 2,000 total applicants, and this was before the huge swaths of layoffs that are currently happening and being planned.

      The country is doomed, literally millions of people are about to be (many of which already are) out of work, while ALL public resources and support are being dissolved by the current regime.

    • @[email protected]
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      3314 hours ago

      Average conservative.

      They don’t see what the problem is until they get face-eaten. The sad part is the ones who go “Well as long as those brown people get it worse!”

    • @[email protected]
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      Millennial here, 100% agree. I’m very good at what I do in my field and have a chonky resume of experience. I used to get job offers unprompted on practically a weekly basis. Years ago my apply-to-interview-to-offer % was like 70%+.

      In the last couple of years this has shifted dramatically. I do not receive job offers unprompted, because they simply aren’t there. The number of listed jobs has tanked, the ones worth applying for i typically don’t hear anything back from, not even a rejection. One the other day I was told it wasn’t a real position that was open and was simply posted for some HR reason or some crap.

      Layoffs across the board are on the rise so there are more people than ever looking and less jobs available.

      It took my friend ~1yr to find a job after his last layoff.

      This person is in for a world of hurt…and frankly, I have zero sympathy for them specifically.

      • @III
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        712 hours ago

        Regarding sympathy - he is no different than the others who voted for this. These kinds of people aren’t ready to have been wrong. So they claim they expected it. His reply is nothing but an attempt to cope with his bad choices.

        • @[email protected]
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          It’s absolutely a person speaking out loud to justify everything and avoid thinking about hardship. Humans are great at that.

    • Rob Bos
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      211 hours ago

      Don’t worry, when the tree he’s under starts letting the rain through, he’ll just move to a new tree.

    • @lordnikon
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      515 hours ago

      That’s not even mentioning all the AI automated posting the people and head hunter companies ate doing that is overloading your legit application submissions.

    • @[email protected]
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      214 hours ago

      It obviously isn’t true, but if their statement was consistent, they would be happy to ensure that if it meant the country was better off 🙄

    • I Cast Fist
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      1317 hours ago

      “It’ll be a short term hardship, but great for the long term!”

      long term effects that FSUBAR*

      *fuck shit up beyond all reason

  • @[email protected]
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    6318 hours ago

    American conservatives are so fucking dumb. I hope they get everything they voted for, fuck them.

    • @III
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      Sadly, they get everything they voted for and so does everyone else. They “are fine” with people suffering, and because of this everyone else is forced to suffer and/or watch other suffer.

      They deserve more bad things than what they voted for. Fuck them.

      • @Quadhammer
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        So dumb that they even go “i voted like this because you wont stop calling me dumb” like a big stupid dumbfuck

      • @[email protected]
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        411 hours ago

        It’s like we’re all playing a game together, and these yokles think that if they increase the difficulty level people who are just marginally getting by will suffer a lot more than they will, and they’re sure that by being part of the favored team they can be exempt from the more difficult rules enitrely

  • @[email protected]
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    3517 hours ago

    Fine, if he still supports this although he is suffering from it, his choice. But making a lot of others suffer from this, possibly in the long run, just makes him an ignorant asshole.

    • Scrubbles
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      I knew I would suffer, but I’ll be okay. I’m also making everyone else suffer along with me, and I decided that was okay too.

      The selfishness of the average voter everyone. Notice he didn’t talk about anyone else there except in terms of “whiners” while in the same breath admitting he is causing more suffering.

      • @[email protected]
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        413 hours ago

        They said that it would be more suffering in the short term for them, but it would protect their future and their country

        This wasnt about selfishness, this was about being disinformed

        • Scrubbles
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          512 hours ago

          No there’s still selfishness. They don’t consider how much short term suffering affects other people. If that person owns their home, has savings, can brace for not having a job for a while that’s great. But it’s pretty blase to say that they’ll be fine while they disregard everyone else who isn’t set up as well

          • @[email protected]
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            212 hours ago

            You can ignore a lot of things if you think its for the greater good

            Also, being selfish and not thinking through all consequences is not the same thing

            • @III
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              Yes but the selfishness lies in how he claims he will be fine, without regard for others. Selfish. He isn’t either selfish or ignorant, he is both.

              • @[email protected]
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                They are saying that they would be fine in the context of being a part of the people that would suffer. They might have not considered that there are people in worse situations

  • @[email protected]
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    TFW you’re being principled and thinking long-term but your principles and thinking are a total disaster

  • magic_lobster_party
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    ”I was full aware the leopards would eat my face. I’m in great pain right now, but I believe it’s for the best ”

    • 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆
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      The leopards are eating everyone’s faces, including mine. While this is usually deadly to others, I’ll be fine. I’m willing to take the gamble for everyone as a whole that if enough of their faces are eaten, things will be better long-term. The whiners need to grow a spine and let the leopards eat because the payoff will be worth it.

      • TheEmpireStrikesDak
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        The gammon types do know that their faces will get eaten, the important thing to them is that the people they hate will have their faces eaten even more. That’s what happens when your life revolves around hating others.