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ipython ◴[31 Oct 25 03:05 UTC] No.45767903[source]▶
My concern is that we will end up in a state of perpetual government "shutdown". The republicans, instead of reopening the entire government, will simply choose agencies to fund in order to keep the pain felt by the American people just low enough so they don't get fired (ala office space).

Once that happens, Congress has basically iced itself out. Oversight from unfriendly government agencies? No worries, they're shut down because they're unpaid. And clearly this demonstrates the executive needs more power, since Congress is completely frozen. Finally, the Supreme Court is no longer an issue either, since that's not funded either.

Someone tell me why this couldn't happen.

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1. ares623 ◴[31 Oct 25 03:08 UTC] No.45767921[source]▶
Speed running to become an actual developing nation. This is what millions of migrants are trying to escape from. Ironic, for all parties involved (well, except for the ones on top of course)
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2. donmcronald ◴[31 Oct 25 03:30 UTC] No.45768083[source]▶
> Speed running to become an actual developing nation.

That's what it looks like from the outside, but I can't understand what the gain is. Who benefits? The result of the middle class was massive advancement and an equally massive increase in standard of living for the wealthy who captured most of the gains.

What do they gain from stagnating innovation and a lack of education, services, etc.?

It makes me think of the old Olympic and sports videos. The participants basically suck because they're coming from a small pool of people wealthy enough to not need a job. Do they really want the pool of candidates competing to become doctors, etc. to be smaller which will end up lowering the overall quality for them?

Or do they think they'll simply hire the best and brightest from other countries that are investing in their citizens?

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3. SlightlyLeftPad ◴[31 Oct 25 03:33 UTC] No.45768112[source]▶
It’s a failed state and people need to get out.
4. bryant ◴[31 Oct 25 03:37 UTC] No.45768142[source]▶
"better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven" is the expression and idea you're looking for.

Alternatively "better to rule among the miserable than to serve among the great."

It's a consistent theme with most autocracies.

5. estimator7292 ◴[31 Oct 25 03:43 UTC] No.45768178[source]▶
Short term profit extraction for the already obscenely-wealthy.

That's it, that's the only goal.

6. lamontcg ◴[31 Oct 25 04:36 UTC] No.45768473[source]▶
The ridiculously wealthy view the system as a strictly zero-sum game, and they want to keep everything they have, and deny the rest of the population of everything. They understand this isn't sustainable, so they're fortifying bunkers and buying up islands.

The days of Henry Ford capitalists who think their workers should be paid enough to buy their products seems to be unfashionable (even though he was a Nazi supporting racist, he had his head screwed on better than they do).

The end game of full on narcissistic capitalism is coming. Hopefully the Henry Ford types wake the fuck up and do something about their peers losing the fucking plot entirely.

7. vkou ◴[31 Oct 25 07:15 UTC] No.45769181[source]▶
> Who benefits?

People who would rather be kings of shit mountain, than rich and powerful but bound by law in a functional society.

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9. danaris ◴[31 Oct 25 12:21 UTC] No.45771233[source]▶
> Who benefits?

In addition to what the other replies are saying (I think they're all at least partly right), Trump benefits. Right now.

He's getting to be the King he always believed was his right and due.