We’re not in a recession because imports are subtracted from GDP. Since Imports have plummeted with tariffs, gdp data gives the false impression of a growing economy. Had imports been unchanged we would’ve had negative GDP reported.

Prisoners dilemma, but in this case we’ve already seen how the other prisoner (Texas) has acted. Should we take 3 years while they go free? Or make it 2 and 2?

All valid concerns. I’d argue all also manageable with some education, experience, and common sense.

Selectively. If there are enough laws on the books that everyone is in violation all the time you can justify taking down anyone at any time.

crypto bullshit

Boom! Thats what I was going for. Lemmy seems so anti-crypto when it has real use cases like this. Even here stumbling into where it’s useful you call it bullshit, why?

What about the face scans through TSA and customs? I assumed those were going into every 3 letter agencies databases.

Thats the thing, do you really think anyone will be prosecuted for carrying out the orders? Its 99.9% for disobeying orders vs maybe 0.1% for carrying them out.

He won the primary so they have to run him.

Democracy in action! Those darned democrats.

I feel like yours is just an unproductive, cynical take. Look what the republicans did to transform from Bush era neo-con to whatever the fuck they are now. Sure the incumbents have an advantage, but parties do shift in their makeup and priorities. Instead of bemoaning the Democratic Party his win within it should be celebrated and a signal that it can be realigned into something people will get out and vote for. Really what is the alternative you are advocating for?

Edit: Read through the other comments eg https://lemmy.world/comment/20106587 I was just trying to highlight Mamdani winning as the system working and that DINOs like Coumo can be replaced. There are a lot of corrupt and entrenched democrats we agree on that.

See reply to another poster - I meant to point out that if governments move to censor sites the payment processors will move in lockstep to the govt in censoring payments.

I should have been more direct - if a site accepts credit card payments then they are working with a payment processor that will absolutely 100% cooperate with the govt in choking off sites access to revenue. So to answer your question did cc’s stop working on websites - yes! on many that a govt has decided needs to be shut down, for legitimate or illegitimate reasons. Wikileaks donations being a famous example but if a site doesn’t comply with Texas you bet they can snap their fingers and all payment processors will jump from that site.

Not a single one of those (collected over years) is as grandiose as those mentioned in the article from a single speech Trump made. If you had any desire to participate in good faith you’d acknowledge there is a 2 orders of magnitude difference between total false/misleading claims and a cursory review of the worst statements differ to the point of insanity.

I was going to say vimeo but checked the dates to make sure I remembered right - looks like it was up even before youtube 2004 vs 2005.

You have a good point but may not have an appreciation for what that means for the individual soldiers. I recommend this legal eagle vid. Even if they were clearly in the right in refusing the order (which they obviously are in this case) - do you think there is any chance they would get a fair trial with this regime in power?

Imo the check on this is impeachment and prosecution of the president and officials.

Isn’t Mamdani a democrat? Can you explain how the democratic party running Mamdani shows they are removed from their voters?

What about payments?

The Democratic Party ran someone 19 years younger than trump and you used the wrong gender pronoun for her.