https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/comments/v7uon8/the_gas_pump_sticker_retaliation_has_begun/
Gas is more expensive under Biden. It doesn't really matter if it's his fault or not. It doesn't matter that it was cheaper under Trump who was a piece of shit. People just see higher gas prices and they're mad. Especially the people who don't know what a wojak is. Gas prices are demonstrably high and clearly hurting people. Yes, chuds take advantage of this and put stickers on gas pumps. But they're not stupid for thinking gas prices are higher under Biden. They are. Calling anyone who blames Biden for higher gas prices stupid isn't going to win them over. Especially with your online-exclusive meme.
If you're a real Democrat shill the better response would be to make Putin "I did that" stickers. But instead it's just go straight for the "If you don't like my guy you're actually brain damaged in a literal way."
If trump won. This war most likely would not be happening. You would be seeing the further decay of NATO as trump was not a fan.
This is out side of the empire to control and will have negative effects on the imperial core. The global supply chain of oil based products is going through a massive shift and it's leaving the west with not enough refinery power to absorb the loss of Russias huge petro product exports. This most likely would not have happened with out the Biden created Ukrainian war.
This is all biden's fault. At the beginning of his term it was just global COVID supply constraints, and you could laugh at the chud stickers. Its now been made way worse by forcing Russia into a corner and making them invade Ukraine.
The articles are already coming but you will be hearing more about demand destruction in the coming weeks. Which is the economic term for people aren't buying shit even fuel cuz it's too high. This will lead to all sectors of the capitalist economy to see losses.
This is not a win for capitalist. It was a huge miscalculation by a bunch of out of touch politicans. Yeah the mic will make money for a bit. But the amount of articles coming out about how over priced and useless American tech is will reveberate through loss of sales in the coming years.
At least that's how i see it.
This is a floundering Capital, trying to expand NATO and control more global resources to extract capital from. You could argue Trump may have done things slightly differently but he's still beholden to the same system at the end of the day. It wouldn't be hard for the GOP to convince him that stirring shit with Russia the same way he blamed China for COVID would make him popular.
What was Trump's and putins relationship again?
Surface level?
K cool.
You know Amerika is a net producer of oil, right? Why do you think the Rethugs have been all about Iran and Venezeula sanctions? High oil prices will definitely help out oil industry profits in the short and intermediate term. Maybe long-term people down size their cars a bit and adjust their lifestyles - which is a, uh, net positive for humanity.
So are we doing the whole high energy prices is actually good for poor people argument?
Net producer doesn't really mean anything. We are a producer. The largest in the world
We barely export more than we import. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=49596 this site is pretty simple and up to date of you actually want to get into the weeds of oil.
Its basically a wash. It's just us selling our oil to markets where it goes for more where as it we import stuff that is cheaper to refine here or just buy those refined products and bring them to market here. It doesn't mean what people think it means. It doesn't mean we have so much that we can export it. It just means that our production has allowed us to export more than we import. That's it. It's not some grand statement about our self sufficiency in natural resources.
Should the whole system be nationalized? Yes. Should it be price controlled? Yes. Should we be moving off it? Yeah decades ago.
Is capitalism to blame? Always. But it's the system we are forced into. So understanding it allows one to point out the ridiculousness of it. And if you use it properly you will get chuds to say that they think it should be nationalized but they don't actually know that's what they want till you tell them that's what they are asking for. And usually the 😳 look they give you is worth the effort
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The only people being forced to use less energy are poor global North people that already use a fraction of the energy that the rich do. And they aren't going to adjust their behaviors
So what you are saying is pain for poor global North people is overall good?
Also the global North. You mean the west right? You mean europe and America exclusively right? Cuz around 90% of the world population lives in the northern hemisphere.
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North and south is geographic exclusively. Looks like it's an extremely new term.
A confusing one
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If you have to explain it. It's not a good descriptor of what your are trying to convey. I just looked over it. And it includes all of Europe and russia. Many of those places are poor as shit also.
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1st and 3rd is racist and long abandoned
Developed and undeveloped is not really much better.
It's the west that had exploited the world.
Anyways.
But I'm glade you are defining which poor people you think are worth carying about.
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High gas prices and reduced driving doesn't matter when a large war was started to create that less driving.
Its a net negative We have oil trading hands several times from russia to India to europe to get past sanctions. Upping the already ridiculous carbon foot print of that sector to new levels.
Wish i could share that optimism that Americans driving less will make a dent when you have a whole system being realigned and a large modern war going on involving the movement of large mechanized war machines that guzzle diesel and have no emissions. Along with all the carbon from the explosions.
I'm not one to get off on poor people suffering.
All the losses lead to liquidation of assets that the truly wealthy can snap up and further consolidate capital. Ever crisis has it's winners even if it's the richer guy eating the rich guy's lunch