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The far right is outraged that the Biden administration has implemented socialism; the far left is outraged that they haven't.

dragonwriter 3y ago
I would say instead: The Right understands that positive perception of the economy rebounds to the benefit of the incumbent President and they want Biden to lose to the Republican nominee for partisan reasons. The far Left understands that positive perception of the economy rebounds to the benefit of the incumbent President and they want Biden to lose to Trump, who they expect to be the Republican nominee, for accelerationist reasons. The news media likes negative spins because public insecurity drives news media consumption.
- foob 3y ago
  That's quite the broad brush you're using to paint the Left as accelerationists who favor Trump over Biden.
  - dllthomas 3y ago
    Leaving aside possible disagreement on definitions, it's worth noting that dragonwriter said "the far Left" - that may still be too broad a brush, but it would not seem to extend to the entire Left.
FooBarBizBazz 3y ago
Or, they simply took the bait of 5% cash and were hoping some deals were going to be forthcoming. You could say I'm one of those people. I want home prices to come down. If the property-owning Boomers were to respond, in that housing-crash scenario, by voting for Trump, that'd be on them. I'm sick of being held hostage though. You want me to choose a political leader? How about Mao, to shoot the landlords, or Khrushchev, to build some apartments?
- mapontosevenths 3y ago
  Have you considering learning a new trade that pays better, or moving to a more prosperous area of the world as an alternative to razing the entire social order to the ground and installing genocidal despots in place of our leaders? It just sounds like it might be simpler.
  - FooBarBizBazz 3y ago
    > Have you considering learning a new trade that pays better I tried starting a lemonade stand and cutting back on Starbucks, but found, if I really wanted a roof over my head, that the thing to do was to SPAC a plausible-sounding company into the indexes. > moving to a more prosperous area of the world Those are precisely the ones with the inflated home prices. > as an alternative to razing the entire social order to the ground and installing genocidal despots in place of our leaders? ... It just sounds like it might be simpler. I dunno. It'll take 30 years to pay off a mortgage, but the Cultural Revolution was over in about a decade. I might still have some good years left after it ends.

dragonwriter 3y ago

I would say instead: The Right understands that positive perception of the economy rebounds to the benefit of the incumbent President and they want Biden to lose to the Republican nominee for partisan reasons. The far Left understands that positive perception of the economy rebounds to the benefit of the incumbent President and they want Biden to lose to Trump, who they expect to be the Republican nominee, for accelerationist reasons. The news media likes negative spins because public insecurity drives news media consumption.

foob 3y ago
That's quite the broad brush you're using to paint the Left as accelerationists who favor Trump over Biden.
- dllthomas 3y ago
  Leaving aside possible disagreement on definitions, it's worth noting that dragonwriter said "the far Left" - that may still be too broad a brush, but it would not seem to extend to the entire Left.

FooBarBizBazz 3y ago

Or, they simply took the bait of 5% cash and were hoping some deals were going to be forthcoming. You could say I'm one of those people. I want home prices to come down. If the property-owning Boomers were to respond, in that housing-crash scenario, by voting for Trump, that'd be on them. I'm sick of being held hostage though. You want me to choose a political leader? How about Mao, to shoot the landlords, or Khrushchev, to build some apartments?

mapontosevenths 3y ago
Have you considering learning a new trade that pays better, or moving to a more prosperous area of the world as an alternative to razing the entire social order to the ground and installing genocidal despots in place of our leaders? It just sounds like it might be simpler.
- FooBarBizBazz 3y ago
  > Have you considering learning a new trade that pays better I tried starting a lemonade stand and cutting back on Starbucks, but found, if I really wanted a roof over my head, that the thing to do was to SPAC a plausible-sounding company into the indexes. > moving to a more prosperous area of the world Those are precisely the ones with the inflated home prices. > as an alternative to razing the entire social order to the ground and installing genocidal despots in place of our leaders? ... It just sounds like it might be simpler. I dunno. It'll take 30 years to pay off a mortgage, but the Cultural Revolution was over in about a decade. I might still have some good years left after it ends.