Expected. The way to make your candidate good is to make the other candidate bad. So there's gonna be a lot of drivel. Just like Trumpsters don't have an open mind, I'll admit mine's made up: Trump has done a horrible, disappointing job and there's no way I'd vote to put someone that incompetent back into office. Talk bad about Biden all you want; it really doesn't matter to me. Trump isn't even moderately successful and doesn't deserve another four years of worsening our nation. All this anti-Biden BS means nothing.
Well based upon the bar set in the Trump thread, things have a long way to go before sinking to that level in here. It is very well established that you can say anything you want about Trump and his supporters over in there with no objection other than by me or KK.
Biden sure as hell ain't no saint and is just as creepy as Trump or more so when looking backwards at his history in which he has been on both sides of every issue at least a couple of times. He is demonstrably racist as well, with a long history of video clips to prove that point.
Be prepared for a veritable shit storm over President Biden since you all cannot call those disapproving of his policies racist because he isn't black just for openers. This will be a whole new ballgame going forward. You all will reap what you all have sown over in there.
Remember, the bar going forward will be what has been established in the Trump thread. Speaking for myself only, it will be very hard to sink as low as some of you have gone over there. I won't try, either. Just making the shoe fit should be enough for me.
Straight out of the Netflix documentary "The Social Dilemma" I advise all to check it out. It's worth watching and helped me understand these adamant people and their theories. Well a little better, anyway....lol
You live in the Magical Kingdom of Capitalism. ......
Yes. The overall material standards of living are outstanding by both historical and international standards. It could be argued that Nordic social democracies do capitalism extremely well, some would argue even better than the USA because economic property rights, individual and collective, are more secure. The socio-economic outcomes are outstanding.
As a general rule, the better people cooperate, the better the economic outcomes. Designing market institutions that work requires cooperation.
Trump's zero-sum take on capitalism along with the nepotism, cronyism and corruption is but one vision of capitalism. The international liberal order as represented by the OECD and negotiated freer trade deals are all about reducing the scope for the kind of thuggish, mercantile capitalism Team Trump would like to practice.
While Trump tries to drag the USA back to a glorious era of Mafia-style capitalism, corporations are increasingly committing to ESG. Environmental - Social - Governance. It is a long ways from perfect but transparency and accountability have improved considerably.
Some really interesting comments.
The OECD is a great example of fairness, rulemaking, and an attempt to establish rules that are reasonable. The rules have been established as a way to hold large corporations (and smaller ones too) accountable to the people who support their organizations. If Facebook earns $1B in France from ads to French people, then they should pay corporate tax in France on that money, not be able to send it to the inter-company IP management entity set up in Ireland or Grand Cayman to avoid corporate income tax. Europeans (IMO) deeply believe in that fairness and understand the policies and reasons much better than Americans.
Americans, on the other hand, are always looking to pay less than their share. The less a company pays in taxes, the more the value of the stock, the larger the payouts for the executives. The measurements are all short term. Almost nothing happens anymore in large corporations for the extended future, as the leadership won't invest (and reduce their profits/bonuses) for potential they won't get paid for. We've lost our way.
Change to US corporations is still decades away. The good news is that the pace of change has accelerated. In 1965, the average tenure of S&P 500 companies was 33 years. By 2026, it's expected to be around 14. If younger leaders prioritize ESG as you point out, the older people are leaving the arena and change can happen fairly quickly. The next generation (I think...) is a bit less greedy. They were too young for the Gordon Gecko speeches.
You live in the Magical Kingdom of Capitalism. ......
Yes. The overall material standards of living are outstanding by both historical and international standards. It could be argued that Nordic social democracies do capitalism extremely well, some would argue even better than the USA because economic property rights, individual and collective, are more secure. The socio-economic outcomes are outstanding.
As a general rule, the better people cooperate, the better the economic outcomes. Designing market institutions that work requires cooperation.
Trump's zero-sum take on capitalism along with the nepotism, cronyism and corruption is but one vision of capitalism. The international liberal order as represented by the OECD and negotiated freer trade deals are all about reducing the scope for the kind of thuggish, mercantile capitalism Team Trump would like to practice.
While Trump tries to drag the USA back to a glorious era of Mafia-style capitalism, corporations are increasingly committing to ESG. Environmental - Social - Governance. It is a long ways from perfect but transparency and accountability have improved considerably.
Expected. The way to make your candidate good is to make the other candidate bad. So there's gonna be a lot of drivel. Just like Trumpsters don't have an open mind, I'll admit mine's made up: Trump has done a horrible, disappointing job and there's no way I'd vote to put someone that incompetent back into office. Talk bad about Biden all you want; it really doesn't matter to me. Trump isn't even moderately successful and doesn't deserve another four years of worsening our nation. All this anti-Biden BS means nothing.
Hillary isn't running this time. Joe does accept Chinese yuan's and whatever currency they use in Ukraine. But it is hard to say who learned from who regarding Hillary and Joe.
They were partners in the whole Russia, Russia, Russia hoax. That has been well established by now.
Deflection.
You live in the Magical Kingdom of Capitalism. Everything can be bought. Swampy Don knows this. And he (as well as access to him) can be bought just as easily, despite claiming otherwise (based on fake wealth).
Hillary isn't running this time. Joe does accept Chinese yuan's and whatever currency they use in Ukraine. But it is hard to say who learned from who regarding Hillary and Joe.
They were partners in the whole Russia, Russia, Russia hoax. That has been well established by now.
Joe doesn't take yuan....he just accepts the dollars we send China in the largest trade deficit in 14 years, thanks to the great orange negotiator and his failed tariff charade.
So vote for the guy woman who sells the office for roubles, shekels, and riyals.
Hillary isn't running this time. Joe does accept Chinese yuan's and whatever currency they use in Ukraine. But it is hard to say who learned from who regarding Hillary and Joe.
They were partners in the whole Russia, Russia, Russia hoax. That has been well established by now.
