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So what does this mean for technology? Well there are 3 huge IPOs supposed to go out this year. This hurts liquidity and clogs the pipes. And then for early stage venture, where I work, it will be harder to raise funds and move new ventures forward. Especially given the extreme shifting of public assets to loyalists. Overall it’s a bleak time for American exceptionalism. The only companies that are in vogue are AI an…
Crazy how for a guy so obsessed with self image and legacy, Trump is leaving behind a world where he'll be known for making everything shit that it was before him. Amazing. How does this happen?
Him and his family will be richer and more famous than ever. I don't think he cares about legacy beyond that.
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My working theory is that Trump is best understood as an epically tragic character. So desperate to be valued and liked, that he desperately grabs at anything and everything to get the acclaim that, under normal circumstances, would signify that. His besetting character flaws foreclose any possibility of attaining the actual approval he seeks. And so, with his misguided approaches to getting praise and love, the hard…
> So desperate to be valued and liked, that he desperately grabs at anything and everything to get the acclaim Like all billionaires, he is an empty void that can never be filled. To borrow a phrase, he is a hungry ghost. After his first million he needed more, then after a billion he saw that it was not enough, then after becoming president... he is, was, and always will be an empty hole of a person who can never fe…
You can't become one as a person with basic empathy. To do so is a moral failing.
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And somehow expecting everyone will get the reference.
There are a huge amount of people that spend their entire life on reddit worrying about politics
At the very least, they could have put the comment in quotes to indicate they're quoting someone and it shouldn't be read at the object level.
Edit: Seriously? Am I wrong here? Are you all really okay with Poe's Law-ifying HN, where people post comments that are easy to read as serious when they were intended as ridicule of the person who said them, and the comments erupt in confusion and flames? That's not what we should be expecting out of HN.
In less than a decade, the Dow will likely go over 1,000,000. (Because the Dollar is about to tank) I used to believe the unwinding of the Petrodollar would take a generation, it's now likely to happen this year . Trump's wild late night rants threatening civilian infrastructure gave all the cover Iran needed to take out the infrastructure of any of our allies that have US connections or bases. The effects of those a…
Paper Tiger? they just obliterated Iran and have most of the nukes, advanced military tech and AI tech. So no.
Iran's power structure is unchanged. Oil is more expensive than in a long time. American alliances are fraying. Iran now exerts control over the Strait of Hormuz.
All this has done is to expose the limits of hard power, America's biggest asset.
Bad quarter for certain, but to keep things in perspective, the S&P is still up 13% over the past 12 months (likely 14% as soon as the market opens in 20 minutes). There's nothing magical about a "quarter". Had Q1 2025 ended 4 days later, it would have been significantly worse than this, but then the market went on to have a huge rally after that.
I don't know why you are asking about pedophiles and sex trafficing - The Dow is over 50,000 right now, the S&P is at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq is smashing records. Americans' 401(k) savings are booming, thats what we should be talking about.
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My working theory is that Trump is best understood as an epically tragic character. So desperate to be valued and liked, that he desperately grabs at anything and everything to get the acclaim that, under normal circumstances, would signify that. His besetting character flaws foreclose any possibility of attaining the actual approval he seeks. And so, with his misguided approaches to getting praise and love, the hard…
Interesting reading, but hard to have sympathy when he causes suffering for so many. I also don't think changing his behavior is within reach. His narcissism prevents him from growth and, like the scorpion in the tale, he can't help but sting.
I don't know why you are asking about pedophiles and sex trafficing - The Dow is over 50,000 right now, the S&P is at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq is smashing records. Americans' 401(k) savings are booming, thats what we should be talking about.
(Cue the autotune, "The Dow is over Fifty Thou…") Thank god I am still able to laugh at something during this administration—if only occasionally.