“Their entire economy will just implode without our money. It will hurt but ultimately these tariffs are what needs to happen for us to rebuild our country.”
Then he was telling me about how Bill Maher, this “super liberal Hollywood guy” met with trump, and how impressed he was, and how genuine trump was, and how Trump knew all about him, and oh my god guys trump is such a genuine guy. What you see is what you get, and he “actually cares about people”. Even the liberals (everyone to the left of Bill fucking Maher I guess) see how great trump is.
Anyway I kinda hate my dad and I wish I could leave this hellhole.
There’s this Terry Pratchett novel where there’s a revolt against the unpopular ruler of a city. The army secures the palace, the banks and other posh neighbourhoods. The rebels - who are mostly working-class and have a better idea of what actually matters - take over the markets, the industrial areas, the city gates (through which food comes in and goods go out) and so on.