The vast majority of people either voted for Trump or didn’t vote at all. Americans chose this madness either through action or inaction. They should feel accountable for the forthcoming consequences. Democracy in action.

Glad to hear that. Any resources you’d recommend? It sounds like a very level headed way to see things.

An American with self awareness. So glad I left corporate shithole Reddit for this place.

Hopefully it gets to that point. More than half of the guns that enter Mexico and Canada are from the US. It’s about time America got called out for its cultural shortcoming of valuing gun rights more than its children.

He also used the conflict with the US to quietly get re-elected a few weeks ago. So he’s playing his political cards well even if he’s a dumbass.

New York is Trumps home state. Fuck em.

They meant Don Jr.

Donald will be in the hyperbaric chamber attaining immortality, returning in 2032 as the Undertrump.

Yeah, no. Even if Kamala just continued whatever Biden was doing it would have been better than this.

I was hoping this would be the Turkish equivalent of two paper thin patties, three buns, some lettuce and thousand island dressing for $7 USD but yeah I can see how haggling the price of soap can be frustrating too.

I mean this is just a cultural difference. Of course as an American, where haggling is uncommon and not a part of societal norms, you will find it annoying.

In other countries, where retail sectors are not as standardized, haggling is seen as a form of social interaction and networking. It is, by all means, less efficient. But not every culture romanticizes productivity to the point of working / chasing a bag until you’re frail, incontinent and need to be put in a ‘home’.

The lack of efficiency is also antithetical to consumerism which is a cultural norm in many parts of the world where haggling is uncommon. You can buy 15 pieces of junk on Amazon in the amount of time it takes to haggle one peice of junk at a market. Which is more ‘normal’ depends on which part of the world you’re from.

Haggling in person is a completely different experience from online. You can fake your identity online, disappear randomly, and spam for the sake of spamming. It’s much harder to do that when you show up with your real face in a relatively close knit community.

Not in any way trying to dismiss your experience. I find it very uncomfortable as well but having South asian parents means that I’ve seen my fair share of such transactions and how they can have the interesting effect of bringing people together.

Sounds like capitalism working as intended to me.

A Big Mac is a bigger scam than anything sold in a market by ordinary people.

Going nuts in a reddit thread quickly becomes Black and brown people bad, white people good

A lot of people are sick in the head over there.

A majority of one particular demographic voted for Trump in the past three elections which PoC and I assume anyone reading this is acutely aware of.

Maybe it’s time we let people who know how to handle an economy run countries? It’s not like the alternatives have been that great so far.

At least they didn’t carve them into a mountain though?

Canada has a lot more leverage than eggs.

The US is much better prepped to withstand the storm but he’s not going to be able to exacerbate America’s cost of living crisis indefinitely and it isn’t just tariffs on Canada that will be driving that.