Only the rich will have money to buy hundreds of billions of federal land.
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kokolowlander@lemm.eeto World News@lemmy.world•Harvard talks free speech but silences PalestineEnglish3·11 days agoMajority of people do not care, but certain very vocal and very rich people do care. AIPAC, wacky evangelical leaders who believe in end times, national security types who see Israel as paramount to US security in MidEast, etc. They get to influence policy because majority will not push back on their policy because Gaza is an afterthought.
kokolowlander@lemm.eeto World News@lemmy.world•Harvard talks free speech but silences PalestineEnglish154·11 days agoBecause vast majority of voters do not care what happens in Gaza.
This has more visibility than Sudan, Myanmar, Congo, etc. But its a problem in a far away land.
So few people (in th US) can wag the dog.
kokolowlander@lemm.eeto News@lemmy.world•Freak sell-off of ‘safe haven’ US bonds raises fear that confidence in America is fading33·1 month agoYup. US dollar is not the reserve currency because it’s attractive. It is the reserve currency because there simply is no alternative. There simply is no asset that can hold hundreds of trillions of dollar.
kokolowlander@lemm.eeto News@lemmy.world•Freak sell-off of ‘safe haven’ US bonds raises fear that confidence in America is fading2·1 month agoLet me tell you another irony.
Scott Bessent, Trump’s Treasury Secretary, worked for George Soros, and was one of the key architect for the attack on British Sterling. Go read the wikipedia on Bessent if you don’t believe me.
kokolowlander@lemm.eeto Technology@lemmy.world•EU considers tariffs on digital services Big TechEnglish5·2 months agoAren’t drop shippers finished with the recent tariffs, especially closing the loophole of de minimis?
kokolowlander@lemm.eeto World News@lemmy.world•The New Video of Federal Agents Ambushing a Student and Disappearing With Her Should Chill You to Your CoreEnglish32·2 months agoThe voters deserve the government they choose. This includes those who abdicated their responsibility by not voting.
kokolowlander@lemm.eeto World News@lemmy.world•The New Video of Federal Agents Ambushing a Student and Disappearing With Her Should Chill You to Your CoreEnglish4·2 months agoMilitary officer corp is easily the most non-political actors while the enlisted MAGA are diehards.
Then don’t. They are free to leave.