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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: ajm101 ✭  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Berkshire and Tariffs
Date: 04/04/25 12:50 PM
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Anyway.....here is an article on this tariff brouhaha that I found interesting: coffeeandcovid.com - The first seal fr...

The psychology of outrage based news consumption is similar to drug addiction. Reinforcement of confirmation bias produces dopamine, and as you get further along, just like a drug addiction you need to increase the dose to get a similar reaction. Damage to the prefrontal cortex leads to emotional dysregulation that compound this cycle, hence the age based correlation in demographics of partisan breakdowns.

It is immediately obvious that this site is a garbage source of information. This is a propaganda blog, and it legitimately concerning to me that with one side of your mouth you'd say "new hot topic comes up, newly minted experts propound on it" and then link there. Sites like this purely exist to soothe you when you have doubts. As exhibit A, this is just part of the intro from today's new roundup:

In today’s mind-blowing roundup: tariffs terrify media and globalist parasites; stock market woes — or are they?; tech leaders coordinate with Trump proving things are going to plan; Trump announces world leaders calling to make deals; the astonishing implications of the carefully orchestrated Trump tariffs;

Pay no attention to the stock market! Things are fine! Things are going to plan, although we can't point you to any evidence it was part of a prior plan or what our predictions were!

I am truly concerned for your wellbeing that you would consider this a source with passing along.
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