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The week's question
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: AlphaWolf ✸✹🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Chickenhawk Don’s Desperate Gamble...
Date: 03/31/26 10:12 AM
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It doesn't, and he won't care. Trump's all about Trump, as so many of his associates and supposed allies have learned over the years.

He won’t care?

He is incapable of caring, like all sociopathic narcissists.

And cult members are incapable of learning or empathy.

Over 40% of Americans are unable to cover a $1,000 emergency, most often through no fault of their own. Poverty breeds poverty.

Screw ‘em. I saved money so I don’t care about the “little people.”

And none of this goes away when Trump goes away. The Republican plan to fund tax cuts for billionaires is to cut healthcare and Social Security for the middle class and lower income Americans. We’ve burned farmers (twice now) and when a farm goes away, so does the food. Oil prices will likely stay high and look for inflation to stay as our companion. And we can’t rely on allies because Trump is alienating all of them, not being a proponent of “make friends before you need them.”

The damage done to America just through the amount added to our mountain of debt will cause pain into the future, not to mention the destruction of our governmental structure.

All great empires end, often through internal forces. I fear we are seeing the end of the American empire while a third of Americans cheer, and like their Dear Leader, incapable of learning or empathy.
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