Can't believe the race is as close as it is. As I text this, Clinton needs 55 electoral votes to win but Trump only 26, with my home state of Michigan being one of the potentially and finally deciding "swing" states.
Economic markets are actually in chaos over the news.
Incredible to think one man, without even having yet the power to pass financial legislation, could, potentially, trigger a recession. One, lone, as yet unelected man.
Unreal.
Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
I bought Gold and Silver, my future is looking great, deal with it👆
Not so sure this is sound reasoning anymore, though I probably would have largely agreed with it a fairly short time ago.
Why?
Well, I watched a fairly remarkable video the other day that contrasted dictator countries with America. The video made clear that neither can truly claim to do good on the basis of morality, but American democracy functions better, because, UNLIKE traditional dictatorships, whose wealth is in limited resources dug up from the ground, ie gold and silver,
American prosperity and wealth is based on the productivity of people.
Thus it is less limited, and people in power have incentive to keep the population strong, able-bodied and at least semi-educated.
More productive, in other words; in service, ultimately, of the people in power.
Want to share that while I'm thinking of it:
The Rules for Rulers:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs
Re: Let's be real; Hillary Clinton is probably going to win
Originally posted by The Ellimist
Every single major model (PEC, 538, etc.) gives Hillary the edge, as do the betting markets, and a simple aggregate of the polls.Is it possible for Trump to pull an upset? Yeah, but at this point people are just saying he'll win either out of pessimism or hopeful fantasy, neither of which are very good substitutes for the hard data.
I think a lot of people are not very separating who they want to win from who probably win win.
But seriously,:
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Thus, let the liberal butthurt begin 🙂