Political Posts

[Blake Hampton]

4 minutes ago, whiskybravo said:

We may be on the cusp of a significant rise in the standard of living over the next generation that all the current political wrangling will be looked on as past noise.

Funny because I’m thinking the exact opposite.

[cubsfan]

11 minutes ago, whiskybravo said:

If we look at all possibilities. Invert as Charlie said.  Maybe there has been so much positive momentum from technology and possibly transformative future productivity gains from AI specifically, that this has blown away any potentially negative economic consequences of Trump’s policies.

 

Very true..... OR the so-called "expert" talking heads could just be all wrong, driven by their hatred of Trump.  I've never seen so many experts root for failure - over and over - never stopping.

 

Personally, I think if you just listened to Scott Bessent since the inception - you could just see the LONG term plan for the economy looked very promising.  The difference between Bessent's fiscal policy and Biden's fiscal policy was ALWAYS night and day.

 

Don't credit Trump - credit Bessent - and ignore the "talking heads" that have an ax to grind against Trump. 

 

[whiskybravo]

5 minutes ago, Blake Hampton said:

Funny because I’m thinking the exact opposite.

Depends on how transformative AI can be.

[Blake Hampton]

1 hour ago, whiskybravo said:

Depends on how transformative AI can be.

I’m sure AI has the capacity to do amazing things, and it reflects exactly how I feel about human beings in general. Humans are exceptional creatures with seemingly infinite potential. In the past, our species has multiple-times displayed great levels of strength, intelligence, adaptability, all in order to overcome enormous obstacles. I’m sure that with current technology we could do similar things squared in the future.

 

However, many of the things that I see today: the enormous asset bubbles, broken politics, huge global imbalances and debt levels, stupid behavior being encouraged, will all have to revert before we can get to that point. It will be extremely painful, so painful that I often fear it may drive people completely crazy.

 

And we’re already acting quite coo-coo.

 

Humans have done some stupid stuff getting us here.

[Blake Hampton]

And what is one of the single most important ingredients necessary for human progress? What is the one thing that has distinguished us the most as a species above all others?

Unity. Our ability to come together and solve problems as a collective. Humans excel most when they can successfully find a way to work together.

 

And that is ultimately the reason Trump fails as a leader. His greatest strength is promoting division, both within our country and around the world.

 

We will never prosper having a leader like that in office. Never.

[cubsfan]

2 minutes ago, Blake Hampton said:

And what is one of the single most important ingredients necessary for human progress? What is the one thing that has distinguished us the most as a species above all others?

Unity. Our ability to come together and solve problems as a collective. Humans excel most when they can successfully find a way to work together.

 

And that is ultimately the reason Trump fails as a leader. His greatest strength is promoting division, both within our country and around the world.

 

We will never prosper having a leader like that in office. Never.

 

Sure Blake, like humans have always been a peaceful species.   The reason we have government is to protect us from one another. Humans have always been flawed.

 

You live in la-la land.  

 

You sound like a social justice major that will legislate away all human flaws.