Trump is not wrong on effects of Amazon and also its local tax-dodging, but his objections are tainted by his very clear political motivation. He is after Bezos as a revenge for The Washington Post coverage.
I disagree. Trump *benefits* from WaPo attacks because WaPo is seen as elitist, what better proof to your base that you're doing the right thing than when a "swamp-supporting" newspaper is upset with you.
Rather, in my opinion, Trump is a traditionalist (despite being socially fairly liberal), and he sees Amazon as attacking the American traditional way of life, hurting the working and middle class and so on. That attitude has been a pattern of his since the 80s. I don't know that Amazon can be stopped, and I'm not 100% sure that it should be, but I think it will be interesting to see Trump try it.
he sees Amazon as attacking the American traditional way of life
You are PAINFULLY ignorant.
This guy kills every. single. thing. he. touches. He's not concerned with any of that. He's just projecting the rage from his equity fund buddies who are losing their shirts because they bet on shopping malls and lost.
I disagree. Trump *benefits* from WaPo attacks because WaPo is seen as elitist, what better proof to your base that you're doing the right thing than when a "swamp-supporting" newspaper is upset with you.
You mean the "swamp-supporting" newspaper that investigated, uncovered and reported the Nixon / Watergate scandal that lead to President Nixon's impeachment and resignation? Can't imagine why Trump and his base would be upset with them... Oh, wait.
It seems to me that the left leaning people in particular love using this "... oh, wait" fake surprise literary "device". It's disingenuous and to me it shows the writer's need to appear clever. Just make your argument, and if you can be funny, be funny, that's always welcome, but there's nothing funny about this one. If anything it reinforces the perception of people on the left as smug.
Sorry but few things carry more hubris with them than claiming to be on the right side of history, if that is the claim you are making regarding the left. To say so means not only to completely understand all the intricate nuances of society and human needs and values but also to be able to predict the future -- and the alternative future. I saw more than one facebook friend on Nov 7 2016 calling people to cast their vote for Hillary so they are "on the right side of history."
Me neither, that's a public link. Actually I had been on FB but deactivated it (a week before the CA "scandal", maybe Trump will inadvertently help get people off of facebook, for that alone he'd deserve the second term.;-). Posted the FB link since the comments -- for and against -- are better quality than youtube ones.
I have a feeling that if Trump tried to stop Amazon from taking over retail it would look like tariffs on each product they sell directly passed on to consumers to the tune of let's say $1.3 Trillion per year payable to the federal government. This would "Stick it to Amazon" for screwing over local businesses and shift the burden of the tax cut right back where Trump wants it. Corporate tax rate would drop to 0% and the rest of us would pick up the tab.
Trump's down to his base of hard-core deplorables. That's not enough to win anything, although it is enough to greatly affect Republican primaries. He's been doing the wrong thing and hurting his supporters pretty steadily, so if they're still with him some more publicity won't make any difference.
If Trump were a traditionalist, he;'d operate his own businesses in a traditional matter. He's shown no desire to help the working and middle classes. He wants to unconstitutionally loot the Trea
Have you ever made any effort to imagine yourself being Trump, just to try to understand what his worldview may look like? This may sound like some esoteric psychology but is really what we unthinkingly do with everyone we can relate, whether they are family or friends or enemies. (Speaking of enemies, that ability to understand the other is presumably one of the reasons why Caesar was so successful in his military adventures.)
If you do that exercise on Trump -- without going into details of what may make i
Of course not. He wanted to become President to feed his own ego. Having become President, he's favoring his own businesses and cutting his own taxes and attacking his personal enemies. Unfortunately for him, none of this is going to make him happy.
I do put myself in other's minds to the best of my ability. I can get some good insights that way.
As far as Trump supporters go, they lack such insight, or most of them would have realized that Trump would screw them over.
So we are on the same page methods-wise. Obviously we've come to very different conclusions. Less obviously perhaps neither of us will ever know what really goes on in Trump's mind. But we can put our models to test by making predictions what he might do in the future regarding specific situations. If you'd like to try, I'm game.
As for your remark, I consider myself a Trump supporter, have been since early 2016. I'm a registered Independent, formerly a registered Green. I don't consider myself screwed over
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I disagree. Trump *benefits* from WaPo attacks because WaPo is seen as elitist, what better proof to your base that you're doing the right thing than when a "swamp-supporting" newspaper is upset with you.
Rather, in my opinion, Trump is a traditionalist (despite being socially fairly liberal), and he sees Amazon as attacking the American traditional way of life, hurting the working and middle class and so on. That attitude has been a pattern of his since the 80s. I don't know that Amazon can be stopped, and I'm not 100% sure that it should be, but I think it will be interesting to see Trump try it.
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he sees Amazon as attacking the American traditional way of life
You are PAINFULLY ignorant.
This guy kills every. single. thing. he. touches. He's not concerned with any of that. He's just projecting the rage from his equity fund buddies who are losing their shirts because they bet on shopping malls and lost.
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I disagree. Trump *benefits* from WaPo attacks because WaPo is seen as elitist, what better proof to your base that you're doing the right thing than when a "swamp-supporting" newspaper is upset with you.
You mean the "swamp-supporting" newspaper that investigated, uncovered and reported the Nixon / Watergate scandal that lead to President Nixon's impeachment and resignation? Can't imagine why Trump and his base would be upset with them... Oh, wait.
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It seems to me that the left leaning people in particular love using this "... oh, wait" fake surprise literary "device". It's disingenuous and to me it shows the writer's need to appear clever. Just make your argument, and if you can be funny, be funny, that's always welcome, but there's nothing funny about this one. If anything it reinforces the perception of people on the left as smug.
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If anything it reinforces the perception of people on the left as smug.
Perhaps, but more so than not, no the right side of history.
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Sorry but few things carry more hubris with them than claiming to be on the right side of history, if that is the claim you are making regarding the left. To say so means not only to completely understand all the intricate nuances of society and human needs and values but also to be able to predict the future -- and the alternative future. I saw more than one facebook friend on Nov 7 2016 calling people to cast their vote for Hillary so they are "on the right side of history."
If you've heard of PragerU you
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Me neither, that's a public link. Actually I had been on FB but deactivated it (a week before the CA "scandal", maybe Trump will inadvertently help get people off of facebook, for that alone he'd deserve the second term. ;-). Posted the FB link since the comments -- for and against -- are better quality than youtube ones.
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I have a feeling that if Trump tried to stop Amazon from taking over retail it would look like tariffs on each product they sell directly passed on to consumers to the tune of let's say $1.3 Trillion per year payable to the federal government. This would "Stick it to Amazon" for screwing over local businesses and shift the burden of the tax cut right back where Trump wants it. Corporate tax rate would drop to 0% and the rest of us would pick up the tab.
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Get real.
Trump's down to his base of hard-core deplorables. That's not enough to win anything, although it is enough to greatly affect Republican primaries. He's been doing the wrong thing and hurting his supporters pretty steadily, so if they're still with him some more publicity won't make any difference.
If Trump were a traditionalist, he;'d operate his own businesses in a traditional matter. He's shown no desire to help the working and middle classes. He wants to unconstitutionally loot the Trea
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Have you ever made any effort to imagine yourself being Trump, just to try to understand what his worldview may look like? This may sound like some esoteric psychology but is really what we unthinkingly do with everyone we can relate, whether they are family or friends or enemies. (Speaking of enemies, that ability to understand the other is presumably one of the reasons why Caesar was so successful in his military adventures.)
If you do that exercise on Trump -- without going into details of what may make i
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Of course not. He wanted to become President to feed his own ego. Having become President, he's favoring his own businesses and cutting his own taxes and attacking his personal enemies. Unfortunately for him, none of this is going to make him happy.
I do put myself in other's minds to the best of my ability. I can get some good insights that way.
As far as Trump supporters go, they lack such insight, or most of them would have realized that Trump would screw them over.
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So we are on the same page methods-wise. Obviously we've come to very different conclusions. Less obviously perhaps neither of us will ever know what really goes on in Trump's mind. But we can put our models to test by making predictions what he might do in the future regarding specific situations. If you'd like to try, I'm game.
As for your remark, I consider myself a Trump supporter, have been since early 2016. I'm a registered Independent, formerly a registered Green. I don't consider myself screwed over