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50%?! That’s well over the “there’s going to be a violent revolution and/or populist strongman coup now, period, end of story” mark. He’s either a blowhard or
by hotnfresh 3y ago
50%?! That’s well over the “there’s going to be a violent revolution and/or populist strongman coup now, period, end of story” mark.
He’s either a blowhard or an idiot. Or maybe both, I guess.
- ReptileMan 3y agoNot if you have robot police force.
- somedude895 3y agoHe's also the guy responsible for the whole "Millennials should just stop eating avocados if they think they're poor" meme
- voisin 3y agoAll the times I heard this I assumed it was a caricature of boomer advice. I had no idea it originated with someone honestly stating it. Crazy.
- stuckinhell 3y agoI think a huge percentage of the executive class are extremely narcissistic and completely out of touch with the common person. Populism (Trumpism) will NEVER go away as long as we have an executive class without a ounce of empathy.
- mrguyorama 3y agoThe vast majority of them have never lived a single day of life experiencing what "normal" people do. They've never interacted with normal society, normal government, or normal businesses. They spend all their time patting each other on the back for milking customers for more.
- jagraff 3y agoI think what he actually meant was that it should jump 50%, ie that it should be 50% higher than it is now. Still horrible but that would imply an unemployment rate of ~6%, not 50%.
- MisterBastahrd 3y agoby, not to.
- hotnfresh 3y agoArticle reported it wrong, then?
- MisterBastahrd 3y ago50% unemployment is beyond Great Depression numbers. He'd have to have a death wish if he really wanted numbers that high.