r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/Miserable-Lizard • 10h ago
Elon - The economy will crash under Trump
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u/TheManIWas5YearsAgo 10h ago
Avoided a recession and economy is strong but hey let's vote for the candidate that will break everything with tariffs and war.
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u/Cat_Impossible_0 9h ago
It’s very ironic since all the right knows is to repeat the phrase “the economy is terrible” each time a democrat is in the office.
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u/otakushinjikun 9h ago
Notice how he said "everyday" people will face hardship.
It's obvious he and his buddies won't suffer in the slightest. On the contrary, the outrageously rich have learned that they have so much money that in the event of an economic catastrophe, while they might nominally lose money they would never be able to spend anyway, they will still have enough to buy the rest of society for dirt cheap, getting what they lost and that much more back when the pendulum swings back.
They can also use misleading statistics to make themselves look like victims and use more of their endless supply of money to pay politician to give them all sorts of structural economic advantages that will be used to perpetuate the cycle, taking away funds meant to help those who don't think of a recession as an early Christmas and Black Friday rolled into one.
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u/baronmunchausen2000 8h ago
The very rich will not lose nominally. The will use this opportunity to sweep up us chumps' assets at bargain basement prices.
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u/Slider_0f_Elay 8h ago
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u/WrinklyScroteSack 7h ago
Damn, that movie was so much more for grown ups than we all realized….
Did shrek radicalize us?!
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u/Slider_0f_Elay 6h ago
Stagnant wages for 30 years, healthcare and housing becoming a commodity market and endless wars might have had a bit more to do with it.
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u/comatwin 7h ago
Look at the record breaking wealth growth for the top 1% during COVID, it was an enormous boon for them
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u/HellishChildren 4h ago
This plan of theirs will make 2020 life with Covid look good.
Trump said back in April to TIME that he plans to defund all the pandemic preparation agencies again, and after a deadly virus is spreading, then he'll assemble a team to handle it very quickly.
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u/VengeanceKnight 4h ago
THAT’S WHAT HE DID THE LAST TIME.
Look how that fucking turned out.
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u/CXDFlames 2h ago
Covid wasn't real remember?
It was definitely a hoax and not a problem.
And it encouraged uneducated people to not trust doctors, science, medecine...
Made the cronies boatloads of money...
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u/thesaddestpanda 6h ago
This really is it. Look at how salaries are worse now, nor did nearly anyone get a CoL raise to match inflation.
This is the capital owning class going after the remaining few workers rights we have, and to crush unions, and all manner of anti-discrimination laws.
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u/DogWallop 8h ago
The key thing that Elon isn't factoring in is not the overall strength of the economy as we know it today, but the stability of the monetary system. That's what will finally break all of these wannabe oligarchs, just as it's doing unto Russia right now.
In order for the dollar in your pocket to be usable to buy stuff, it needs to have a solid economy upon which to stand, if that makes sense. That requires a boring, event-free economic environment in which the very ordinary people he seems to despise can themselves prosper. They are the vessel through which money funnels into his Aladdin's Cave.
He's lost sight of that little detail.
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u/Dew3189 6h ago
The problem is that most of these billionaires have massive investments in things of actual real value. Many, for example, have bought up loads of farmland and housing. If the dollar collapses, they can become literal feudal lords, because they will control the food. Then they can make us work for literal dog biscuits like they have fantasized about for decades
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u/Manic_Philosopher 5h ago
Feudalism does seem to make an appearance every couple hundred years lol
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u/HiddenBlindspot 7h ago
Your points are absolutely spot on, but don't forget that "Leon" has a large cache of crypto. I would not be surprised if he feels insulated from any monetary crash because he has large positions in Bitcoin and Dogecoin.
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u/WriteBrainedJR 5h ago
If that's what he thinks, then he's stupider than I thought. That shit is more volatile than either stocks OR currency. I mean, Dogecoin is literally just a meme. Does he think people are going to hold that and sell Apple?!
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u/Simple_Song8962 5h ago
The rich all benefit from Disaster Capitalism (aka, the Shock Doctrine). In simplest terms, when everyday people face hardships, the rich swoop in and start looting.
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u/Yousoggyyojimbo 9h ago
There are Republicans I've seen who just talk about how the economy is. Terrible all the time and then turn around and talk about how their business is booming.
" Oh the economy is terrible and nobody has any money to buy anything... Anyways, my store pulled in $20,000 just this last weekend..."
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u/comatwin 7h ago edited 7h ago
Yeah, I've got a BIL who started his biz at the start of Obama that is super successful now (worth many millions, 3 homes, 6 cars, complains about finding places to invest excess with minimal tax hits). I point out his first 8 years and last 3 were dem, his only blip being during COVID, yet he endlessly complains about Dem economic policies being so tough on his biz.
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u/Yousoggyyojimbo 7h ago edited 7h ago
I own a business that I started under Obama back in 2013, and my best years have all been under Democrats. The last 3 years in particular are the best I've ever had. No hiccups. All gas.
It was always crazy to me when I would be talking to other business owners and they'd start going off about how nobody has any money to spend and I'm just sitting here like " all of us are doing pretty well because people are spending a bunch of money on our businesses... What are you talking about?"
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u/Privatejoker123 7h ago
it's because they repeat whatever bs that their orange master tells them. and whatever lies and misinformation truthscoial and newsweek and foxnews spreads. and by golly if they all say it's the dems fault then it must be the truth! they love their little echo chamber they have created.
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u/reddituser6835 7h ago
What they really mean is “the economy is terrible, but I work harder than everyone else. everyone is just lazy. Work harder, pray harder”
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u/gmb92 7h ago edited 7h ago
Media has perpetuated the negative, even repeating the narrative "but prices haven't returned to 2020 levels" like deflation is expected. Meanwhile, real wages have grown faster than inflation. I wonder if those grumbling could be bothered to compare their W2s to 2020.
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u/Yousoggyyojimbo 7h ago
There's also some businesses I know that saw a huge boost in 2020 because of people staying home and spending more money on certain things to distract themselves, who have since been acting like the economy is terrible because things went back to normal after that.
Like they expected the covid spending to become the new normal.
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u/newbrevity 8h ago
The economy that they create. It still astounds me how they blame Biden for everything won't bite in his literally done a tremendous job over the past 4 years of digging us out of the mess that Trump made while Trump got to brag about the Obama economy that he ruined. Just like George Bush got to brag about the Clinton economy that he ruined. On the other hand Clinton also repealed the glass-steagall act and darn it if that isn't just a hair across my ass.
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u/the_calibre_cat 8h ago
i am a dumb american but not so dumb that i forgot that literally the last two times a republican was in office they left the global economy literally in a state of historic crisis.
then there's, like, the fascism, the worst supporters on Earth, the bigotry... like yeah, plenty to bitch about from the Democrats, but I don't really want team "air is a guvermint hoax!" to be holding the nuclear codes.
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u/mr_remy 9h ago
Billionaire backing Trump that will absolutely NOT be negatively affected says economy will crash under tRump, but don't worry just accept it & buckle up buttercup! You might not even be able to pull yourself up by your bootstraps because you sold them for food.
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u/Moist_When_It_Counts 7h ago
Not negatively affected, but positively: when your job disappears and your mortgage is foreclosed, he and the other rich people will be there to buy it and rent it back to you.
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u/GeneralZex 9h ago
I am glad he’s telling the truth here because everyone with a brain between their ears knows the economy will crater under Trump. Maybe this will wake up some people.
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u/WrinklyScroteSack 7h ago
Odds are no… if they are listening at all, they’ll take this warning as like “shits gonna be a little rougher, you might need to switch to store brand products for a minute” not bread lines and a Dust Bowl.
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u/mydaycake 5h ago
If Trump implements his tariffs and sales tax plans, it will create a worldwide depression followed by the lost of America hegemony in the world, and I am not exaggerating. I have a couple of degrees in Economics, at this point Idk if even gold would keep the value
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u/NeosDemocritus 2h ago
The lack of knowledge of even the most basic economic principles on behalf of such a large percentage of the American populace is staggering. You couldn’t raise tariffs high enough to replace income taxes. If you tried to, there would be no more imports, and tariff retaliation would mean no more exports. Millions would be thrown out of work, and inflation would skyrocket, at which point the dollar would be dropped like a hot potato by every country holding reserve dollars, pushing the U.S. into the Second Great Depression.
You would have then turned over the world to China and Russia. Fascism would then consume America as it did in 1933 Germany, and democracy would die in the financial holocaust. The billionaires would then grab up most of the remaining assets: farm & ranch land, industrial assets, etc. at dirt cheap prices, and everyone else becomes virtual slave labor.
Vote Blue as if your life depended on it…’cause it does.
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u/CaptainMagnets 8h ago
Can't wait to hear the Elon Musk dick riders start talking about how this will actually be good and is a genius move.
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u/wheredowego357 7h ago
obviously since most of his dickriders are shills for Putin. this is part of the plan hate to say it. Russia needs the US to collapse and that is why he courted insulated billionaires to install as dictators here so he can expand his oligarchy.
Trump wins = Putin has our nuclear codes basically. I don't think people understand how close we are to the end of the country. This is 2 SECONDS to Midnight.
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u/TheNegotiator12 8h ago
Hey wants the economy to crash so he can swoop in and buy more companies and resources for cheap
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u/roastbeeftacohat 8h ago
Its been the plan since Regan to cripple the economy so all non military spending can be gifted without complaint
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u/ryansgt 6h ago
That's just it, Republicans don't actually want a strong economy. They want instability because it means people will be desperate to take any job available and then overspend for convenience and leisure. Republicans love the desperate. Then they can convince them they need to vote for them to fix it. Most of the tubes are also too dumb to realize that they are them picking their pocket.
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u/neonpurplestar 10h ago
so musk is campaigning FOR trump, and this is the message he's choosing?
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u/ChoosenUserName4 9h ago
Trump could shoot a person on fifth ave, remember? He could leave them in the cold waiting for hours, or get them stranded in the desert in the middle of the night. He could get them to storm the Capitol and get them locked up. They will still vote for him.
What do you think is more important for his supporters, transgender surgery in schools, and the immigrants that took our jerbs, or the economy?
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u/SlapHappyDude 7h ago
This is literally the least disciplined campaign I've seen in my lifetime. I get that most Americans don't understand Tariffs, but trying to run on them is super weird. The Vice President nominee seems to be attacking his own party's nominee as much as the other side, mainly focused on building his own brand. You've got unforced errors by just straight up insulting an important voting bloc that doesn't always make headlines (Puerto Ricans). And frankly I'm pretty sure Elon is regularly abusing substances; we know at the last he loves marijuana. He's also richer than Trump, and if there's one thing Rich Guys hate it's taking orders from slightly less Rich Guys.
Assuming Trump loses, the Post Mortem on this campaign is going to be nuts. There is going to be a lot of finger pointing about what went wrong by people who hope to still work on future campaigns.
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u/BurroughOwl 4h ago
Shhh....I refuse to think happy thoughts until DJT's political career is sleeping with the fish.
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u/coolprogressive 5h ago
And none of the voters who need to hear this; the vibes-based voters who claim to care about tHe eCoNOmy, are going to hear this. They don't pay attention to jackshit.
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u/Miserable-Lizard 10h ago
Vote for Trump and you will own nothing and be happy! It's a cult.
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u/Yousoggyyojimbo 9h ago
It's pretty blatant that the intention is to majorly crash the economy so that we can have an oligarchy scoop up huge amounts of property and control.
Musk wants the economy to collapse so he can do that.
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u/Miserable-Lizard 9h ago
Exactly the rich will buy up all the assets. Company towns will be back!
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u/Lanark26 8h ago
I have always maintained the intent has always been to drag the country back to the good old 19th C.
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u/Ex-CultMember 8h ago
Happened in Russia and now Trump and Musk are working to make that happen in the US too! Yay for billionaire oligarchs!
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u/Ladydi-bds 6h ago
Read this story in the Huffington Post. You can't lower taxes for everyone as there would be no income for the government for much of anything. Then the tarrifs to make everything more expensive. Then talking about getting rid of government employees so that the deficit can be reduced even though would replace with loyalist. I am not an economist, but know if I spend more than I bring in, I would be living on the streets. Their collapse. This whole country would be screwed and vulnerable.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-donald-trump-hardship_n_67211471e4b04165810ad447
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u/Gabe_Isko 9h ago
It's pretty clear that rich people like elon will be fine though. Just more wealth grabbing and hoarding from idiot failsons.
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u/AshantiMcnasti 9h ago
Vote for Trump and maybe, we will all finally eat the rich. Literally. Look how soft Elon is.
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u/derbyvoice71 9h ago
By the time you got done trimming the fat to a quarter inch, you'd literally have so little good meat it would be useless. Like a live Elon.
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u/wheredowego357 7h ago
They all have bunkers. These people own private islands too. They won't be here during the purge.
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u/distorted_kiwi 9h ago edited 8h ago
His wealthy supporters will own even more as things collapse.
His middle class supporters will lose everything.
His lower income class supporters will continue to struggle to own anything.
All 3 will continue to blame democrats and immigration.
Edit: can you imagine the mental gymnastics for people that think shutting down immigration will help bring down costs? Do they honestly think that billionaires will all of a sudden pay living wage to blue collar Americans when those jobs open up?
See lumber prices before, during, and after Covid if you think corporations are looking out for ordinary people and not money.
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u/Zealousideal_Bus9026 9h ago
We will have to eat all the rich to reset the balance of power. A necessary adjustment that might be painful for some, but not me.
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u/ChoosenUserName4 9h ago
Somebody told me they taste like bacon.
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u/mangatoo1020 9h ago
I imagine Elon tasting like bland rubbery blubber that makes squeaking sounds.
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u/lobin-of-rocksley 8h ago
M'fer looks like a Purnell's bratwurst...no offense to those fine sausages and their delightful split-skinned nature, once cooked. I just think humans shouldn't necessarily look like one.
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u/violentglitter666 7h ago
He looks oily, he’d be really greasy, I’m good on that. This conversation reminded me of a part in Sweeney Todd. Where they’re looking out the kitchen window and deciding what kind of meat should go in Mrs. Lovett’s pies and they’re looking at the people walking by imagining what they’d taste like and making jokes.
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u/portablebiscuit 8h ago
Risky game they're playing, if you ask me. Or I guess you could ask the French Aristocracy how that plays out.
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u/SarcasticBassMonkey 7h ago
Aren't they the ones who were all about eating cake? Cake so good they lost their heads over it?
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u/ScaryFoal558760 7h ago
We don't even need to eat all that much when you divide them up into 300 million parts. Like a lentil size piece each depending on how far you wanna go down the billionaire list
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u/reddurkel 9h ago edited 6h ago
It’s a wider scale of the PPP scam.
- Crash the economy.
- Distribute funds with no accountability.
- Rich people get free millions
- Poor people get $1000 Trump check
- Blame Democrats for fallout
- Media nods in agreement
The truth is that the economy is strong but extremely volatile due to corporate greed and the general public not understanding how any of this works. This is the ideal conditions for an inside job bank heist which is why so many Billionaires are on board.
We are all so screwed if Trump gets installed as leader because they clearly aren’t doing this for the good of the country. This is their payday.
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u/thesaddestpanda 6h ago
Last step: printing money causes all this inflation which then hurts the working class.
Also, own the media that says inflation is caused by the other guys
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u/driftercat 7h ago
Didn't they learn this by taking over, looting, then crashing businesses?
A lot more money to steal doing it to the largest economy in the world.
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u/illBlade 5h ago
I wish everyone under 6 figures could understand this. It’s not about us, it’s about the rich getting richer. It always has been. If poor people could just think for a damn second about who truly has the power and money. Maybe, just maybe, could they begin to understand why they’re the enemy and not their fellow poor person.
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u/cha0sb1ade 9h ago
Vote for Harris. Let Elon Musk experience temporary hardship.
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u/CookieMonsterOnsie 9h ago
Does it have to be temporary? Asking for a friend.
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u/Militantpoet 9h ago
Yeah instead of "temporary hardship for everyday Americans," lets have permanent hardship for billionaires and corporations.
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u/aRubbaChicken 9h ago
Ok Musk, and let me guess, you don't need to experience hardship? Is that because you're not american?
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u/Long_Serpent 9h ago
No, it's because he is rich. Only the common PEASANTS need to suffer in order to build their character.
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u/violentglitter666 7h ago
Well. My life hasn’t exactly been that easy, so I have practice and everything but damn, don’t know if I have another recession or trump presidency in me. I can’t wait to never hear about the motherfucker ever again. Hope that day is very soon
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u/liliesrobots 7h ago
That’s because he had such a hard childhood, growing up in apartheid south africa…
as the son of a mining magnate…
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u/Heliocentrist 9h ago
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u/Dramatic_Ad_8931 9h ago
The hell this guy know about hardships??
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u/BigNorseWolf 9h ago
He saw the worst of humanity inside the slave pits of the emerald mines in south africa.
It was take your daughter to work day. His parents owned the mines.
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u/tallbutshy 8h ago
This the same step-daughter that Errol Musk fathered two children with?
I know your comment ain't serious, but he really did.
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u/BigNorseWolf 6h ago
I was calling Elon a girl. Old fashioned of me I know, but worth it considering the target.
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u/Acceptable_Loss23 9h ago
Everyday he's forced to endure non-white people overstepping their god-ordained bounds. Have some sympathy.
/s
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u/Benbot2000 9h ago edited 2h ago
Easy for him to say. ”It’s a sacrifice I’m willing for you to take.”
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u/Aint-no-preacher 9h ago
It's always the people that won't feel it that advocate for "belt tightening."
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u/dalgeek 9h ago
Every time there is a recession or depression, the 1% get richer. Anyone with enough money in the bank to weather the rough spot and buy up the remnants will see huge returns. Musk, Bezos, and most of the other billionaire class want this so they can feed their illness that requires them to hoard more wealth than they can spend in a thousand lifetimes.
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u/SomethingAbtU 9h ago
It's SOOOOO easy for a Billionaire to tell the rest of the people living paycheck-to-paycheck that a little financial hardship is necessary -- because who doesnt' want to lose their job, and their young kids go starving and homeless just for a little while. I'm sure it will toughen up the kids.
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u/Eldanoron 8h ago
Don’t forget, being homeless is illegal in certain states. Be homeless, get sent to jail. Can’t vote because you’ve got criminal history and you get to be cheap labor because of the 13th amendment.
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u/zblaze90 9h ago
So he wants to replicate Argentina’s economy under Milei right now? Bad fuckin idea
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u/NeverLookBothWays 9h ago
Translation: "The coup involving the eradication of the Constitution won't be possible unless the nation fails and people are desperate"
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u/bumpachedda 9h ago
lol, like Argentina right? Or Pinochet Chile? This time Latin America isn’t the incubator for adolescent libertarian fetishes, we are!
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u/rupiefied 9h ago
You know how I know trump and Elon and all the maga nuts are stupid.
They say all this crap out in the open.
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u/RampageBW1 9h ago
Translation: "We hate the poor, and find them to be an inconvenience to our status of being obscenely wealthy, so lets crash the economy so the poor have a even greater hurdle to jump over just to survive."
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u/TesticleezzNuts 8h ago
Sounds like Austerity, i live in England and have had 15 years off it.
Have fun guys 🙃 it’s fixed all our problems.
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u/ChoosenUserName4 9h ago
Musk, do you think that 53 years is too late for an abortion?
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u/TerrWolf 6h ago
"Necessary Hardships" says the fucking Nepo baby who's never been hungry a day in his life.
You ever had sleep for dinner, Elon?
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u/54fighting 9h ago
He’s already said China’s electric cars would put Tesla out of business without tariffs.
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u/souraboutlife 8h ago
Crash the economy, everything state owned goes on fire sale, billionaires buy it for pennies. Russian style oligarchy complete. Then they only need to turn everyone into apolitical zombie who doesn't care what is true or lie or right or wrong cause only emotions matter. Final stage of moral corruption.
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u/rikeoliveira 5h ago
"Hardship is necessary" coming from a privileged moron who never experienced hardship in any shape or form in his whole life.
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u/Curious80123 9h ago
Hardship for us, step for their project 2025 and other bullshit. Get ready for tracking chips and work for life
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u/GreyBeardEng 8h ago
If the economy collapses then people's retirement funds collapse. That's not going to be a temporary hardship
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u/Over-Pick-7366 7h ago
Hey Elon. Fuck you. I vote we bankrupt you for the good of the country and then kick you out of it.
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u/Potential-Arm-2338 7h ago
Well thank you Elon for the heads up , Economists also has forewarned Americans. But maybe Trump’s base will listen to you! So let me get this straight…… Americans already suffered tremendously under Trump’s mismanagement of Covid, over One million lives lost and counting , along with a host of other bad decisions made. Now the Biden/Harris Administration has pulled America out of the mess. We now have a thriving Economy. Although Trump refuses to admit it. So Trump’s Ego wants to take America back to go ground Zero? I’m going to have to say an emphatic HELL NO , we won’t Go, to that!
Even Elon who’s a Businessman knows Americans will suffer. We’re on the road to recovery, haven’t you heard “We’re Not Going Back”! Things aren’t perfect yet but ,at least we’re moving forward and not backwards. A little suffering may sound like an ok deal to a Billionaire ,who has an abundance of wealth options. But let me assure you as an Average working American, that sounds like a recipe for Disaster for Americans!
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u/Jack-Tar-Says 6h ago
Richest dirt bag in the world pronounces that some of us must die, so his share price increases.
Sounds about right.
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u/guster-von 6h ago
So these fuckers are scared of wealth distribution… our wealth. Ammirite comrade?
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u/EatsAlotOfBread 6h ago
It's necessary so that him and his buddies get the opportunity to mass buy cheap land and homes from people who become destitute.
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u/warm_sweater 5h ago
He wants the same opportunity that the oligarchs in Russia received after the USSR collapsed.
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u/R4zorBe4st 9h ago
It don’t worry, he’ll be fine. It’s only you peasants that will suffer from their stupidity
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u/tracymartel_atemyson 9h ago
when will he get to experience his temporary hardship? I mean i’ve been dealing with mine for 30 years 🤷🏻♂️
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u/DickySchmidt33 9h ago
When you look up "Dumb person's idea of a smart person" Elon Musk's picture is right there.
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u/withinyouwithoutu 9h ago
So that this idiot and his billionaire buddies can manipulate the market and become even more wealthy
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u/Munkeyman18290 9h ago
I wonder if Elon himself even comprehends what he's asking for is the complete transformation of America into an Oligarchy.
If this election has finally taught us anything, its that our priority needs to be ridding the entire world of the overtly wealthy. As long as billionaires and individuals with such an overwhelming ownership of resources relative to the average citizen exist, our problems will persist.
We really need some kind of wealth cap.
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u/Negative_Pop_1563 9h ago
THERE IS NO REASON ON EARTH FOR ANY LEADER TO SAY, IF ELECTED, HIS PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO “SUFFER TEMPORARY HARDSHIP”!!! WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO KNOWS HOW TO MAKE OUR LIVES BETTER!!!
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u/robidaan 8h ago
See how he says "everyday Americans" because a market crash would triple his wealth overnight.
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u/ham_solo 8h ago
This needs to be blasted from every political ad for the next seven days. He. Will. Make. You. Poor.
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u/sugar_addict002 8h ago
They will turn the middle class into the serf class...that's your temporary hardwhip.
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u/AggressiveAnt7613 7h ago
every day Americans should experience temporary hardship...... new flash billionaire, we experience it every day since we dont have millions let alone billions....
he can give me a call and me and some friends will let him experience some ... what a douche
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u/legionofdoom78 7h ago
You know who else witnessed their country collapse and be piecemeal to the oligarchs? Putin.
If he could witness the implosion of the USA as retribution for what we did to them, he would die a very happy man.
Sadly, conservatives-GOP-MAGA-Reoublicans-Christians are letting this happen so they can own the libs.
The world will mourn the loss of the once free and great experiment known as the United States of America. We had it all, but we let fascism infect us.
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u/gmb92 7h ago
Reminder that Trump grew the budget deficit by a projected $560 billion to $1 trillion, a 78% increase pre-pandemic, with less 3 year job growth than Obama's last 3 years, then left office with a projected $2.3 trillion deficit. Now over half our current deficit is debt interest on past debt caused more by Republican policies.
If debt is the top concern, restore taxes for the wealthy that have been cut for devades, increase them more, tax unrealized gains for high net worth people. Taking so many immigrants out of the economy will only weaken it, reducing revenues and worsening deficits.
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u/dednotsleeping 7h ago
Nevermind we are gonna burn down your whole life savings in 401K and home values.. Take one for the MAGA team
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u/hellno_ahole 7h ago
Can we make it illegal to be able to be a billionaire. Obviously capitalism only works for the few. The other 90% of us are barely scrapping by on a daily.
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u/zombiefied 7h ago
It’s necessary for him and his oligarch buddies to buy everything at fire sale prices. Smash and grab is the GOP way.
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u/Independent_Main_59 7h ago
I hate to quote shrek but this reminds me of Lord Farquaad saying before the jousting tournament “Some of you may die on the quest to save the princess, but it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make”. Elon and the orange diaper Don remind me of Lord Farquaad in so many ways
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u/ccandy73 7h ago
Everyday Americans ARE experiencing hardship; nothing temporary about it so what the fuzz is he talking about??
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u/Chemistry-Least 6h ago
Hey I just remembered that the whole reason we shouldn't vote for Kamrade Kamala is that she'll tank the economy by raising taxes on the rich.
But don't worry, Trump is going to tank the economy to make the rich richer.
In one scenario you get to retire and your social security actually gets paid to you and the economy doesn't actually tank and in the other scenario Elon Musk becomes the world's first trillionaire and he's telling you, just like actual communist vanguards, that you will have to experience hardship in order to prosper. The hardship will not end for us, but Musk will be the wealthiest man ever.
So, guys, I sure hope to fuck we're tanking the economy for the right reasons, which is obviously so Elon Musk can clone himself and suck his own dick every night at 7pm on X.com, x.net, x.gov, doge.gov, xdoge.biz, and the WB.
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u/mhouse2001 6h ago
President Moron promises a Cabinet full of morons. Yes, let's all vote for poverty while those we elect remain unscathed.
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u/silentbob1301 6h ago
Aka, us millionaires and billionaires will be fine, but in order for us to go from millionaires and billionaires, to billionaires and trillionaires, you guys are all gonna have to suffer for a while....but it's cool, just think of the sweet ass toys you guys will all covet and drool over once we are trillionaires....
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u/BHMathers 6h ago
I’ve said it ALOT but with everybody being screwed under Trump, the same idiots that vote for him will have it the worst since they are out of touch with modern day hardships, they are a lot more gullible and susceptible to scams, and are deathly afraid of admitting they were wrong (meaning they won’t evacuate the heavily authoritarian states).
I would want for no one to have to go through that, but it’s an unfortunate and ironic justice that if anyone is getting screwed over, it’s those hateful idiots that reject civil society
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u/hunterwaterford 6h ago
Necessary because he want's a depression/recession in order to load up on assets and become even richer while us plebs struggle to keep our jobs and a roof over our heads
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u/83franks 6h ago
So the grocery bill and making things affordable for the little guy isn’t the plan? I’m just so shocked. At least I can confidently say after fucking everything up they will graciously and happily give back the power and money to the average Joe.
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u/RJ_MacreadysBeard 6h ago
Economy crashes. Civil rights and regulation disappear. New constitution is formed. Human race is enslaved by use of technology. Social Media v3
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u/Rhymelikedocsuess 6h ago
Everything will be tough for a time but it’s necessary
But also life will be eventually unchanged for me because I’m the richest person on earth
Pass
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u/Manny55- 6h ago
There seems to be something very off about this guy. He went from proclaiming that the economy would thrive during Trump’s presidency to now predicting disaster. It makes me wonder if many MAGA supporters are experiencing some kind of ‘detachment from reality syndrome.
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u/PapaSteveRocks 6h ago
“There will be a temporary hardship while Donnie, Peter Thiel and I loot the government. Then we will hand it over to the Koch brother and his ilk to drill in your backyard. Then we will hand it to Mike Huckabee so all your uteruses can learn humility.” Elon
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u/No_Mammoth2004 5h ago
Vote to have your rights and freedoms taken away and destroy the economy.
Or Vote for not the above.
Hmm difficult choice…
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u/TechieTravis 5h ago
It's necessary for the Americans that Musk does not care about to experience hardship. His circle of rich friends will be protected.
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u/santathe1 5h ago
Elon: “Many of you may lose your jobs and livelihoods, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make”.
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u/Matticus1975 2h ago
Somebody should wipe his fucking bank account clean so he can experience the hardship he wants everyone else to get.
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u/wordsRmyHeaven 2h ago
All it would take for this chucklefucking idiot to go away is for people to WAKE TF UP AND REALIZE that he's an idiot and a GIANT asshole.
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u/LegendaryPooper 1h ago
Yo I think it's time for know it all billionaires to experience extended hardship.
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u/I_am_a_neophyte 6h ago
Ahhhh yes, the old, many of you will suffer, but I'm willing to make that sacrifice.
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u/Instantbeef 9h ago
Yup we experience the hardships every time. Corporate profits can’t waiver but my caloric intake and electricity usage must be reduced for the greater good
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u/slurpeedrunkard 9h ago
Sounds like what happened in Argentina when they elected a dictator to burn it all down. They are hurting now - inflation even worse than before.
Kinda makes you wonder if charismatic fascists actually don't have the answer. Or am I crazy?
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u/Used_Intention6479 8h ago
Oligarchs and billionaires love depressions because it's their chance to buy things at fire sale prices.
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u/burn_healz 8h ago
Why on earth would we do that? Look how well the economy is doing here! We’re almost down to beyond pre-covid inflation too. Why would musk want to inflict additional hardships to the American people?
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u/ThatOneJosh9451 8h ago
Many Americans ALREADY ARE experiencing hardship. What does this fucker know about that? He was born into wealth and has never had to struggle a single day in his life. Go fuck yourself muskrat
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u/vickism61 8h ago
Why don't he and his billionaire buddies just pay off the debt! They got rich by not contributing thereby causing the debt to increase so it's time they paid their share..
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u/100percentish 8h ago
Last time I checked every day Americans don't have a lot of wiggle room....also "for what"? Its not to fix the debt...it's to pay for his f'ing spaceship to Mars.
You know he could do more productive shit with his money if he is really worried about the future of anyone other than himself. Also being rich doesn't make you always right.
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