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> But in actual reality, the project has succeeded in manufacturing mostly this: an endless supply of wonderful things for the President to promise his supporte
by threatofrain 6y ago
> But in actual reality, the project has succeeded in manufacturing mostly this: an endless supply of wonderful things for the President to promise his supporters. This past weekend, in an interview with a local Wisconsin TV station, Trump insisted Foxconn had built “one of the most incredible plants I’ve ever seen” in Mount Pleasant and would keep its promises and more if he was reelected. “They will do what I tell them to do,” he said. “If we win the election, Foxconn is going to come into our country with money like no other company has come into our country.”
IMO a fascinatingly complex story about the kinds of plays which occur at this level, and how much money it takes to keep up an empty story going. The city and state legislature acted most shamefully in denying its citizens any insight or oversight into what was happening.
- willis936 6y agoI live in WI and I don’t think anyone is fooled at this point. If there is a minimum amount needed to keep a lie going until an election, they didn’t hit the target.
- paxys 6y agoI'd love to agree with you but the Wisconsin election results are going to prove otherwise.
- willis936 6y agoI don’t think this is a very important issue to most people. It gets harder to deny truths that are physically close and more tightly tied into personal networks. I don’t think enough people are affected by this scandal to have many change their vote because of it.
- kickout 6y agoI would say the Scott Walker election was more closely linked than the national president race (but we'll see)
- dashundchen 6y agoWisconsin has been gerrymandered into a Republican run state with a minority of the vote. Add in efforts to disenfranchise Democratic leaning voters and Republicans can now get a 60% supermajority of state legislature seats with 48% of the votes in the state. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/gerrymandering-meets-coronavirus-wisconsin https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/gerr...
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