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The end of western democracies ?

So as the US stock market starts to weaken, is this the end for the strong dollar ?
With the end of free trade world wide is that the end of world economic growth ?
With the end of strategic alliance across the Atlantic is that the end of world peace ?
With the birth of a new great depression is that the start of runaway global warming ?

These things are structural changes in the world order that will haunt us forever unless soultions can be found and I see nothing in the current situaiton to give us hope of a brighter future - the attitude of the world has to change before thing can get better. The attitude of the world is not changing, positions are just becoming more entrenched and hostility is rising. How can we the people stop this ?

In a world dominated by democracies - how are we letting dicatatorship rise and triumph again ?
In a world of shrinking resource and overcrowding of habitable lands, how can democracies based upon continued economic and personnal wealth growth even survive ?
This looks like its very much the end - sad to say - and we let it happen on our watch.

Sorry to sound pessimistic but "united we stand, divided we fall."

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jackjjackson · 61-69, M

“Free trade” hasn’t existed for decades. The sky isn’t falling tiger.

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Captain · 61-69, M

@jackjjackson NDX down 4.5% - Eruo banks down 4%, Gold was down but its back to level (ish) which part of not falling apart were you refering to ?

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

It’s part of a day. Since most aren’t panicking and instituting retaliatory tariffs this will all even out with the US having fairer trade deals and chipping away at the deficit. The markets will adapt be catch back up within a month. @Captain

Mudkip · 31-35, M

@jackjjackson try explaining this to some of these people, it'll go way over their heads. Funny how all of a sudden we have a resurgence of tariff experts.

Captain · 61-69, M

@Mudkip All of a sudden we have a resurgence of tariffs...

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

Typical. Misquoting someone. You and your ilk only want to take take take contribute nothing control the thoughts of others squash free speech and pretend the second amendment does not exist. @Captain

Captain · 61-69, M

@jackjjackson Our constituion is make it up as you go along, whereas yours is get all your cronies in the Supreme Court and become a dictator. As for take take take American firms have done that to me every time I worked for them so as the pilot says on his final run in Indepedece day "Up *****"

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

Actually the SCOTUS is supposed to interpret laws and when controlled by dims makes laws even though that in Congress’s job. Based on your conduct here I surmise you were a lousy employee and as a result got fired regularly and drifted from job to job. @Captain

Captain · 61-69, M

@jackjjackson Well thankyiu for your expert judgement on somebody you don't even know. Im sure I'll spend all night worrying about you diagnosis of my situation.

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

If you were going to improve yourself you would have done it while younger. @Captain

Mudkip · 31-35, M

@Captain cry me a river. Stop acting like these tariffs are impacting you dramatically. They might not even be impacting you at all, like many of the low iq "tariff experts" we have here.

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

Excelllent point! @Mudkip

Captain · 61-69, M

@Mudkip if you hurt Europe and the rest of the world, you hurt the UK. If you hurt uyourselevss you hurt the UK. These tariffs will do both. The fact they are going to exist will mean more tariffs will be raised. We are probably the most trade dependant nation in the world. save for Japan. We will be hurt as mush as anyone.

Captain · 61-69, M

@jackjjackson Just watch what happens to stock markets around the world. The maket is smarter thamn you inward looking republicans. If everyone else goes into recession, yiou go into recession as well, You have less buyers. Its that simple.

Captain · 61-69, M

@jackjjackson How are the markets going today mate ?> Yiou think you're smarter than the markets ? Good luck with that one.

Captain · 61-69, M

@jackjjackson Oh yes the sky is caving in , you just havent realised yet because you only understand the cost of everything and the value of nothing. Your country was buily on speculation and risk taking you've just stifled both and it will take a hell of a lot to get that good will you road on back again.

Kwek00 · 41-45, M

@Mudkip

@jackjjackson try explaining this to some of these people, it'll go way over their heads. Funny how all of a sudden we have a resurgence of tariff experts.

Funny how you are backing up a guy that was clapping like a seal for it's master, when his presidential candidate was telling everyone that countries and manufacturers are going to pay the tariffs and fill the US treasury. That orange calf, also promised that he would make things a lot cheaper. But now that reality is creeping in, the orange calf is spinning his new messages that saying that Americans will feel the consequences of the tariffs... but he has not yet admitted that this is a blatant tax on consumers. But that doesn't matter to Jack, because he's still clapping.

I also wonder if you can explain anything... because the comments you are inserting here are also really empty.

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

You’re bitter because your free ride is coming to an end. @Kwek00

Kwek00 · 41-45, M

@jackjjackson You don't know what you are talking about Jack.

Captain · 61-69, M

@Kwek00 I don't think he knows hes talking ! Infact I dont think hes talking. Infact he doesn't think, he just rants

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Captain · 61-69, M

@Kwek00 Yeah but he still gets a vote - Socrates may have had a point.

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

No anger here. Just keeping the factual record accurate and making sure that low information folks like you don’t spread it to innocent folks. @Kwek00 @Captain

Captain · 61-69, M

@jackjjackson Why do you keep batitng on about that - what DJT is doing is totlaly out of proportion to what anyone eles ehas done and similar to the sorts of things done during the 1920s - bit of ocurse that all way beyind the end of your nose which is as far as you ae prepared to look I think this conversation is pretty pointless really. I think you need to go and have a sit down and pray your net investments dont hit zero.

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

You’re right. This has been a complete of my time. I haven’t read a fact or benefited at all from your claptrap. Adios muchacho. The end. @Captain

Captain · 61-69, M

@jackjjackson Bye

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