Bust also, they got one of their #1 policy goals achieved
Nicolae Ceaușescu famously rejected the standing Soviet position on abortion in hopes that he could goose his country's population growth. A number of social scientists have commented at how the subsequent generation of Romanians was adamantly against the Ceaușescu government, ultimately leading to counter-revolution and his own trial and execution.
The whole Quiverfull theory of politics is completely divorced from the material conditions of the population it creates. All the homeschooling and indoctrination in the world won't keep a subsequent generation from rebelling in the face of deplorable quality of life. Neither will it ingratiate you to the modern day population that was subjected to your draconian enforcement.
I think predicting a recession at this point is a bit off. We've been saying it for like four years, and instead of a big whole-economy meltdown, we've had all kinds of weird, contradictory, sequential ups and downs. Obviously capitalism's tendency towards crisis isn't going away, but the second-biggest economic player globally is smart, centralized, and stable. China's ability to whether crises without them spiraling out into a broader economic issue has ripple effects on the global economy that lend the entire system a weird sort of stability.
Like, COVID didn't trigger a recession. What will now? Plenty of people say we're currently in a recession based on economic growth/contraction, but little else in the economy responds to what we'd expect to see in a recession. Shit's weird.
The stars have aligned for the perfect crash and it has had me super anxious lately. I'd been considering getting on disability but like... at this point, I'm just going to try to hold onto the job I hate because at least it's stable and provides good health insurance. Fuck.
:RIchard-D-Wolff: argues both covid and right now are recessions. thing is not every 'crash' or 'bust' necessarily lasts years or cripples industry. by all accounts the level of unemployment from covid and the other disruptions constituted a crash, during which suffering was mitigated with enormous gov't spending, so it didn't last as long as it could've.
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I'm thinking more and more the Republicans have really spoiled their chances for the midterms
Bust also, they got one of their #1 policy goals achieved, so most of them are probably willing to accept that
Nicolae Ceaușescu famously rejected the standing Soviet position on abortion in hopes that he could goose his country's population growth. A number of social scientists have commented at how the subsequent generation of Romanians was adamantly against the Ceaușescu government, ultimately leading to counter-revolution and his own trial and execution.
The whole Quiverfull theory of politics is completely divorced from the material conditions of the population it creates. All the homeschooling and indoctrination in the world won't keep a subsequent generation from rebelling in the face of deplorable quality of life. Neither will it ingratiate you to the modern day population that was subjected to your draconian enforcement.
to be fair, I’d want to execute someone who took away my bodily autonomy as well
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I think predicting a recession at this point is a bit off. We've been saying it for like four years, and instead of a big whole-economy meltdown, we've had all kinds of weird, contradictory, sequential ups and downs. Obviously capitalism's tendency towards crisis isn't going away, but the second-biggest economic player globally is smart, centralized, and stable. China's ability to whether crises without them spiraling out into a broader economic issue has ripple effects on the global economy that lend the entire system a weird sort of stability.
Like, COVID didn't trigger a recession. What will now? Plenty of people say we're currently in a recession based on economic growth/contraction, but little else in the economy responds to what we'd expect to see in a recession. Shit's weird.
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The stars have aligned for the perfect crash and it has had me super anxious lately. I'd been considering getting on disability but like... at this point, I'm just going to try to hold onto the job I hate because at least it's stable and provides good health insurance. Fuck.
:RIchard-D-Wolff: argues both covid and right now are recessions. thing is not every 'crash' or 'bust' necessarily lasts years or cripples industry. by all accounts the level of unemployment from covid and the other disruptions constituted a crash, during which suffering was mitigated with enormous gov't spending, so it didn't last as long as it could've.
I saw a post on r/conservative on :reddit-logo: and they do not seem confident about the midterms.
538 (I know, I know) still projects that the house will flip red.
North Carolina is heavily, heavily gerrymandered. Hell will freeze over before the state turns blue.
Maybe the GOP realizes that being in opposition is much better fundraising position and they decided to be the democrats.
They've infested the whole judicial system with fascists, they probably realize they can weather losing a midterm.