Even the "right wing" billionaires love Democrats. I think that says something. Dems are just as capable of distorting the market in favor of their friends. Just look at the Green New Deal (cum Inflation Reduction Act, a term I refuse to use primarily).
R's were never the party of business; they were the party of certain business types, and the most valuable company in the world any more isn't Exxon Mobile; it's probably Apple.
And I think that's exactly what happened. The center of gravity of money shifted to tech as Americans stopped doing physical things. And there went the influence.
Yep. There's an interesting overlap with the concept of the petrodollar here. If you look at the countries as units, instead of individual people: The US exports some stuff; mainly food and IP. But it imports more. So then at some point we're paying each other with these dollars that mainly have value because people need dollars, with one of the main reasons for that being oil.
The pride flag is the unofficial DNC flag.
All those other teams were flying DNC flags.
Even the "right wing" billionaires love Democrats. I think that says something. Dems are just as capable of distorting the market in favor of their friends. Just look at the Green New Deal (cum Inflation Reduction Act, a term I refuse to use primarily).
R's were never the party of business; they were the party of certain business types, and the most valuable company in the world any more isn't Exxon Mobile; it's probably Apple.
And I think that's exactly what happened. The center of gravity of money shifted to tech as Americans stopped doing physical things. And there went the influence.
America's economy is as fake as its money.
Yep. There's an interesting overlap with the concept of the petrodollar here. If you look at the countries as units, instead of individual people: The US exports some stuff; mainly food and IP. But it imports more. So then at some point we're paying each other with these dollars that mainly have value because people need dollars, with one of the main reasons for that being oil.