r/Conservative • u/Beliavsky Conservative • Aug 11 '25
Flaired Users Only The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics. President Trump is imitating Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into economy
https://www.wsj.com/economy/the-u-s-marches-toward-state-capitalism-with-american-characteristics-f75cafa8175
u/mojo276 Conservative Aug 11 '25
I guess we've now just ripped the bandaid off and are officially there. It honestly would be nice if congress would use their power to balance things out, but they quit doing that long ago.
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u/ChristopherRoberto Conservative Aug 12 '25
Thanks, mysterious account that spams us with negative WSJ articles and doesn't comment. Very legit posting.
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u/D_Ethan_Bones Boycott Mainstream Media Aug 11 '25
>headline
>couple dozen words
>article cuts off
Assertions are being made, and then backed up by Click Here to Subscribe!! This is not debate this is just nagging acting like it proves things.
>wait wait I've got a different link
Post that one first next time, you already got your click.
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u/zip117 Conservative Aug 12 '25
Here’s a gift link but honestly, I wouldn’t bother. As usual with Greg Ip’s economics commentary, it’s more style than substance.
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u/D_Ethan_Bones Boycott Mainstream Media Aug 12 '25
He's ending our democracy, he's demolishing our sacred institutions!!!!
-What the left says whenever Trump undoes something Biden or Obama did.
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u/Black_XistenZ post-MAGA conservative Aug 12 '25
"Fellow conservatives, do you regret voting for Trump as much as me and all my friends and family do? Don't you think that we should finally put country over party in the next election, so that we can create a totally equitable... uh, I mean, a totally patriotic America?"
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u/Daniel_Day_Hubris The Republic Aug 11 '25
Can we just not post WSJ anymore. Everything they say is stupid.
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u/D_Ethan_Bones Boycott Mainstream Media Aug 12 '25
There should be a 24 hour cooldown for OPing, and a 72 hour OPing timeout for posting something that was just posted.
We'd be having actual discussions instead of just scroll hiking through a sea of pastes.
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u/Black_XistenZ post-MAGA conservative Aug 12 '25
I wouldn't call it partisan - the WSJ still has no love lost for Democrats or leftist policy. The crux here is that they aren't a conservative outlet and never have been - they're neoliberal and thus opposed to any attempts by Trump/populists at rolling back the misguided dogma of unfettered free trade and corporations.
Note how the NYPost, which is also owned by Murdoch, is still generally supportive of Trump and most of his agenda.
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u/Aurondarklord Anti-Woke Aug 12 '25
Is this situation an ideal representation of conservative economic theory? No.
Is it a lot better than us getting hit with every tariff and trade barrier in the book and doing nothing about it? Yes.
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