The Joe Biden Drops Out thread

[zodium]

crony capitalism emerged as the development and direct continuation of the fundamental characteristics of free markets in general. but free markets only became crony capitalism at a definite and very high stage of its development, when certain of its fundamental characteristics began to change into their opposites, when the features of the epoch of transition from free markets to a higher social and economic system had taken shape and revealed themselves in all spheres. economically, the main thing in this process is the displacement of free competition by monopoly. free competition is the basic feature of free markets, and of commodity production generally; monopoly is the exact opposite of free competition, but we have seen the latter being transformed into monopoly before our eyes, creating large-scale business and forcing out small business, replacing large-scale by still larger-scale business, and carrying concentration of growth and money to the point where out of it has grown and is growing monopoly: conglomerates, funds and trusts, and merging with them, the capital of a dozen or so banks, which manipulate thousands of billions. at the same time the monopolies, which have grown out of free competition, do not eliminate the latter, but exist above it and alongside it, and thereby give rise to a number of very acute, intense antagonisms, frictions and conflicts. monopoly is the transition from free markets to a higher system.

[Trexller]

Originally Posted by zodium [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

crony capitalism emerged as the development and direct continuation of the fundamental characteristics of free markets in general.

so you mean to tell us that at some point a few smart and unscrupulous people maneuvered themselves into a position to make a shitload of money, and they then used that position to make a shitload of money in a supercilious, underhanded manner?

Fake news. That never happens.

[douglas1999]

Originally Posted by zodium [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

crony capitalism emerged as the development and direct continuation of the fundamental characteristics of free markets in general. but free markets only became crony capitalism at a definite and very high stage of its development, when certain of its fundamental characteristics began to change into their opposites, when the features of the epoch of transition from free markets to a higher social and economic system had taken shape and revealed themselves in all spheres. economically, the main thing in this process is the displacement of free competition by monopoly. free competition is the basic feature of free markets, and of commodity production generally; monopoly is the exact opposite of free competition, but we have seen the latter being transformed into monopoly before our eyes, creating large-scale business and forcing out small business, replacing large-scale by still larger-scale business, and carrying concentration of growth and money to the point where out of it has grown and is growing monopoly: conglomerates, funds and trusts, and merging with them, the capital of a dozen or so banks, which manipulate thousands of billions. at the same time the monopolies, which have grown out of free competition, do not eliminate the latter, but exist above it and alongside it, and thereby give rise to a number of very acute, intense antagonisms, frictions and conflicts. monopoly is the transition from free markets to a higher system.

Cool but just hit shift sometimes man

[Bigsham]

I love trump but holy shit he needs a haircut badly

[Trexller]

Originally Posted by Bigsham [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I love trump but holy shit he needs a haircut badly

nah then we would see his ghost white bald spot, dude has a pretty elaborate comb-over

also, Blackbellamy is a genius

[Trexller]

Originally Posted by Kich867 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wow another person that actually idols him. God damn this explains so much. It's not that surprising I guess though most of you are just old people yelling at clouds at this point, but to think he's actually some kind of mastermind and not a dementia patient allowed to walk around in a suit? I mean you can be old but that's just naive.

Like, you know he was a nerd in college right? No one liked him or talked to him. His only claim to fame is having a rich dad? The book about him being a master negotiator was actually a huge lie and his company exists despite him and his multitude of failed endeavors and ideas and the only way they function is keeping him as far as humanly possible away from day to day activities? Maybe that's what it is though, the legions of useless, fat, racist, worthless americans finally found someone that resonates with them and the rest of us, being successful and dealing with real things like our jobs forgot about all those people in the bayous and the mid-west.

Your narrative is just stereotypes.

I'm 35, technically millennial, although im ashamed of anyone my age and younger. They are pretty much all entirely useless. I'm also in decent shape, racially inclusive, i work, pay taxes. What does being a nerd in college have to do with anything? Pretty much every politician was shoved in a locker at some point, most of you all are still flying the nerd flag. That ghostwriter on Trump's memoir spent 18 months at trumps side, writing the book. Thats 1987. Come 2016 if any author ever wanted to work again, he had to call out trump publicly.

What does it boil down to for me on the Trump issue?

I don't care what else he does as long as he continues to tell china/noko to go fuck themselves. Priority #1 by a wide margain. Anyone who doesn't understand the china threat on the world stage has their fingers in their ears while yelling la la la la

[Kich867]

Originally Posted by Trexller [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Your narrative is just stereotypes.

I'm 35, technically millennial, although im ashamed of anyone my age and younger. They are pretty much all entirely useless. I'm also in decent shape, racially inclusive, i work, pay taxes. What does being a nerd in college have to do with anything? Pretty much every politician was shoved in a locker at some point, most of you all are still flying the nerd flag. That ghostwriter on Trump's memoir spent 18 months at trumps side, writing the book. Thats 1987. Come 2016 if any author ever wanted to work again, he had to call out trump publicly.

What does it boil down to for me on the Trump issue?

I don't care what else he does as long as he continues to tell china/noko to go fuck themselves. Priority #1 by a wide margain. Anyone who doesn't understand the china threat on the world stage has their fingers in their ears while yelling la la la la

So, just to be totally clear, his stance on China is your only hook? His rhetoric? Or are you talking about what he's actually done?

[Trexller]

Originally Posted by Kich867 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So, just to be totally clear, his stance on China is your only hook? His rhetoric? Or are you talking about what he's actually done?

Pretty much. I also like his "fuck you" attitude in general. its refreshing to know what a politician actually thinks. Whatever he wants to do with his cronies really has no effect on any of us, unless you live on welfare. If he starts to get lovey dovey with xi jinping my support will wane. I'm also of a thought that if people are saying china is gonna rule the world, then they probably already do. So we might be fucked either way.

No president ever makes their major changes in their first term. Term 1 is all about re-election, term 2 is all about agenda. Thats why the dems made everything go to shit in an election year.
So i'm interested in what this sort of mafia-don type guy does in term 2. Rest assured its coming. Biden put the final nail in his campaign coffin by choosing Kamala harris. Trumps bases numbers are widely underestimated. see 2016.

[BarnabusCollins]

Anyone who still believes its still nation versus nation (like the press wants you to think) has their fingers in their ears. It's now, and has been since the 90s - The Illuminati versus everyone else. They have infiltrated the highest governement positions of every major world power they own controlling stock in every single Fortune 500 corporation, they run the 'free' press and control every bit of information the public sees and hears. They sell arms to both sides of any war. They have their 33rd degree blackbelts (highest ranking of the cult) in presidential/dictatorship leadership positions in many nations, including USA, Canada, France, Britian, Spain, China, Russia, India, Japan, Australia, and South Korea. They control who runs for positions and who is allowed to run. Thats why we will never have another John F. Kennedy.

[BarnabusCollins]

If Donald Trump really gave a shit about the USA like he claims, then on Day1 he would have used his Executive Powers as President of the United States of America to utterly abolish the CIA (like JFK planned to), NSA (Bush-era agency to spy on Americans), and Patriot Act (more Bush-era unconstitutional bullshit). He's one of them, just like the rest before (except Kennedy) and after. Doesn't matter who you vote for, they control who gets to even run.