Donald Trump can’t handle even simple questions about his midterm bribe.

President Trump got in the face of ABC’s Rachel Scott after she asked him a question about the rationale behind his national midterm voter bribe.

“Mr. President, on the checks: The U.S. is still $40 trillion in debt. If your economic policies are working, why do you need an incentive for people to turn out to vote?” she asked Thursday night.

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  • Optional@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    In fact if the government is involved it’s not an instance. If it’s not capitalists regulating themselves and making themselves more competitive and less shitty. It doesn’t count.

    Well that’s not how I see it, but I’d agree in a theoretical vacuum like that, yes, capitalism would always fail; as we see it doing.

    • Eldritch@piefed.worldEnglish
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      15 hours ago

      How you see it doesn’t matter. It’s how they understand it. And why they’ve muddied the waters so that others don’t have the same understanding. Why they own government, and why things are so consolidated.

      What you want is a strong social democracy to regulate and enforce against capitalism’s forced negative externalities. Key word being social… ist. The only time capitalism ever worked in a way close to how it was sold. Was when society forced it to.

        • Eldritch@piefed.worldEnglish
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          13 hours ago

          Decent doge. But no really. Its the difference between you and I thinking things should work one way. But being able to understand that it doesn’t, and why.

          If capitalism ever worked as advertised. It was before the automobile or the locomotive. Markets are fine. Capitalism is unfortunately fucked.