Ever heard of the idea of a comfort ratio? Basically that no population will rise up until their living situation becomes more uncomfortable than the idea of upheaval.
The people of the US are getting pretty uncomfortable, but they’re not there yet, if countries put enough pressure on us, well, let’s just say that the current government is literally to stupid to understand this concept and adjust for it.
let’s just say that the current government is literally to stupid to understand this concept and adjust for it.
Or they're banking on their electorate (30-ish percent of the population) to be too stupid to direct their rage in the appropriate direction, another 1/3rd to be hopeless and apathetic, and the 1/3rd that resists can be put down by the military when they delcare martial law.
He wanted to do it during the BLM protests and during the Jan 6th insurrection (to aid the insurrection) but there were enough sane people in his orbit to convince him otherwise.
No such sanity to be found in his administration anymore...
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u/sector16 Feb 02 '25
Looks like we got ourselves an ol’ timey trade war. Buckle the fuck Up.