And if corporations didn’t choose short-sightedness they wouldn’t want to eliminate government. There are many provisions of public goods and services that government does precisely because you can’t profit from them, or not much, thought they benefit people and corporations greatly and widely indeed.
1. I have felt the ground shifting too, in many of the same ways you have.
Y2. es, Trump was a real estate developer, and sees Canada, as well as Greenland and Panama - and for a while, at least, saw Gaza - as opportunities for real estate development. Yes, he does seem to genuinely believe that tariffs are a good thing. From my Canadian perspective, I would say that he sees tariffs also as a tool to break our economy so that acquiring the territory is easier.
With many others, I constantly note the fraud, waste, and abuse in what Trump's doing. Alienating Canada is abusive and wasteful. Statesmen pursue alliances. Trump trashes them. WHY? For the joy of exercising power, I guess.
And if corporations didn’t choose short-sightedness they wouldn’t want to eliminate government. There are many provisions of public goods and services that government does precisely because you can’t profit from them, or not much, thought they benefit people and corporations greatly and widely indeed.
Well put, and relevant to what I'm working on now.
Keep thinking, keep sharing, keep hearing witness. The temptation is to look away because watching is too painful. Thank you for persisting.
But it is very hard to watch what is happening when the actions are deeply illogical and cruel - unless cruelty is the logic.
As I said in the post, it's hard to know what Trump's rationales actually are. But there's good evidence that he finds cruelty useful.
1. I have felt the ground shifting too, in many of the same ways you have.
Y2. es, Trump was a real estate developer, and sees Canada, as well as Greenland and Panama - and for a while, at least, saw Gaza - as opportunities for real estate development. Yes, he does seem to genuinely believe that tariffs are a good thing. From my Canadian perspective, I would say that he sees tariffs also as a tool to break our economy so that acquiring the territory is easier.
With many others, I constantly note the fraud, waste, and abuse in what Trump's doing. Alienating Canada is abusive and wasteful. Statesmen pursue alliances. Trump trashes them. WHY? For the joy of exercising power, I guess.