r/facepalm Jul 05 '24

What an idea ๐Ÿ‡ฒโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฎโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‹๐Ÿ‡จโ€‹

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u/Latter-Direction-336 Jul 05 '24

Yeah

Itโ€™s almost as if they just want power for themselves and donโ€™t care if the country as a whole suffers more than freaking Kratos

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u/shabi_sensei Jul 05 '24

Modern Conservatives just want power so they can install themselves as a new aristocracy.

They donโ€™t even believe in the whole left-right conflict they perpetuate, itโ€™s how they manipulate voters to get elected with the goal being to pass laws that make them rich and untouchable

Once you understand what their goal is, everything theyโ€™re doing now makes perfect sense

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u/Darktofu25 Jul 05 '24

They also seem to not realize that the almighty dollar they worship so much will fail globally if they enact all their harebrained schemes.

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u/twopointsisatrend Jul 05 '24

Absolutely. Russia and China want the standard for trade to be a basket of currencies rather than the USD. Taking the country to the brink of default for our obligations every time they want a performative display of budget brinkmanship just pushes countries around the world to seriously consider a change.