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Yeah, this article does not seem evidence backed to me. There is a ton of optimism now.

by cm2012 4mo ago

Obscurity4340 4mo ago
Isnt Economist , like, a super prestigious publication? Why would they let something flimsy seep thru?
- janderson215 4mo ago
  I know someone who has called it “The Ecommunist” for 20 years, so not everybody has the opinion that is is prestigious, but some see it as elitist.
  - VonGuard 4mo ago
    Calling the Economist anything resembling "leftist" is emblematic of the psychosis in the system. The Economist is what the Wall Street Journal was before Murdoch bought it: Focused on encouraging long term thinking, gains, and wisdom, while reporting on the short term trends. The Economist is the absolute embodiment of the old man and the kid joke from the Sopranos: The investor: "Hey dad, let's run down this hill and fuck that cow!" The Economist: "Be patient, son. Let's walk down this hill and fuck 'em all."
    - Obscurity4340 4mo ago
      This was and is my understanding
- matrix87 4mo ago
  Zerohedge is probably more reliable at this point
pfisch 4mo ago
How though...there is no reasonable way anyone could look at the oil futures price and think it isn't being manipulated, which suggests maybe a lot of the market is equally fake. Also SpaceX is getting ready to cheat SPY so the owners can basically use everyone's retirement funds as their exit liquidity. All the AI companies seem like they are a massive bubble that they are also going to try to dump on the market in what I'm sure will be a similar scheme. Then in politics we seem to be driving the US empire into the ground, while Trump steals billions. In just the last year Trump stole more than 10x Pelosi's entire net worth from her entire 40 year career in politics. The corruption coming from the white house is so extreme, it is probably more than all us politicians have stolen in all of us history combined. And what is absolutely insane is that a huge portion of the population seems to be in favor of it continuing this way. We are speedrunning the end of the US empire, when it could've been a slow US decline that could've lasted the next 40 years which would've given us a chance to turn things around.

Yeah, this article does not seem evidence backed to me. There is a ton of optimism now.

by cm2012 4mo ago

Yeah, this article does not seem evidence backed to me. There is a ton of optimism now.

Obscurity4340 4mo ago

Isnt Economist , like, a super prestigious publication? Why would they let something flimsy seep thru?

janderson215 4mo ago
I know someone who has called it “The Ecommunist” for 20 years, so not everybody has the opinion that is is prestigious, but some see it as elitist.
- VonGuard 4mo ago
  Calling the Economist anything resembling "leftist" is emblematic of the psychosis in the system. The Economist is what the Wall Street Journal was before Murdoch bought it: Focused on encouraging long term thinking, gains, and wisdom, while reporting on the short term trends. The Economist is the absolute embodiment of the old man and the kid joke from the Sopranos: The investor: "Hey dad, let's run down this hill and fuck that cow!" The Economist: "Be patient, son. Let's walk down this hill and fuck 'em all."
  - Obscurity4340 4mo ago
    This was and is my understanding
matrix87 4mo ago
Zerohedge is probably more reliable at this point

pfisch 4mo ago

How though...there is no reasonable way anyone could look at the oil futures price and think it isn't being manipulated, which suggests maybe a lot of the market is equally fake. Also SpaceX is getting ready to cheat SPY so the owners can basically use everyone's retirement funds as their exit liquidity. All the AI companies seem like they are a massive bubble that they are also going to try to dump on the market in what I'm sure will be a similar scheme. Then in politics we seem to be driving the US empire into the ground, while Trump steals billions. In just the last year Trump stole more than 10x Pelosi's entire net worth from her entire 40 year career in politics. The corruption coming from the white house is so extreme, it is probably more than all us politicians have stolen in all of us history combined. And what is absolutely insane is that a huge portion of the population seems to be in favor of it continuing this way. We are speedrunning the end of the US empire, when it could've been a slow US decline that could've lasted the next 40 years which would've given us a chance to turn things around.