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From other posters’ added context, it sounds more like what around the clock, pursuit of profits above all else propaganda results in

This feels like it would be AI, no? Crazy if not.

There is nothing in the world that has been built by humans in which not a single human on the planet understands how it works…



Except AI

Cholesterol probably isn’t bad… but inflammation sure as shite is.




High cholesterol from eggs, milk and meat: no problem

High cholesterol from synthetic industrial additives: you gonna die!

The overall cost is roughly the same. The taxpayer just isn’t picking up a huge chunk of the check any longer, so you’re feeling more of it.



I know that’s not exactly comforting, as it’s still a brutal slam to be coming out of pocket. But people need to remember that when we were warning people way back when about how bad Obamacare sucked, this is what we were warning y’all about. The only reason these crazy out of pocket cost increases were delayed is because the taxpayer was picking up a huge chunk of the cost for you. That isn’t a sustainable system.



Now it’s time for those lazy frick Republican congressmen to get off their asses and design a system that actually works. No more kicking the can.

It’s an intentional distraction to get people to disengage with the really fricked up thing that was posted in the OP. Stop engaging. It’s bumping all of the posts calling out this bullshite to later pages. Which is exactly what Kafka wants.


To the point of the thread…

The total value of all imports into the US is 4.11 trillion LINK

To total size of the US economy is 30.62 trillion LINK


4.11/30.62 is 13.42% I was off by a little, but not by much.





But even more important than that, what part of your post in any way shape or form refutes my underlying point?

Of course we import inputs into the production process. But the value of those inputs are built into the final sale price of those goods. All those construction inputs, all those auto parts, all those medical supplies… they still only collectively represent 13.42% of the total value chain.

Yes, imports still go into the production of other goods. But the cost of those goods already incorporates the cost of imports into it. Meaning 13.42% is still 13.42%. That’s the portion of the total US economy which is attributable to imports. So if those imports increase in cost by 10%, and if 100% of that cost increase is passed along to consumers (big if), that only a 1.342% increase in the overall cost of goods in the economy. Total expenditure for the same number of goods would rise from 30.62 trillion to 31.03 trillion.


That’s not an insignificant sum. But it’s also not the sky falling outcome you want to paint it as.

Yes, it does seem out of the realm of possibility.

It is hard to conceive of any version of the cartels that would knowingly and intentionally give the US federal government the excuse that they want to start a full blown war on the cartels. Don’t fall for this.

I don’t think the cartels would be stupid enough to do this

So America First has officially been thrown out the window. We’re back to the wettest of neocon regime change wet dreams.


Cool. Good to know.