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Jared Kushner tried a similar thing in Serbia[0] and failed after a public outrage. [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/17/serbia-trump...
That Ivanka podcast interview about this island will go down as a masterpiece in tone-deafness. I assume there are already memes of it.
I simply don’t understand how American voters are fine with being robbed blind. Many countries have far more corrupt administrations than the current U.S. one, but even in the most degenerate ones none of them are as open about it. And it’s not just a political thing. Consider how the Chinese owned Smithfield’s is polluting lakes and land all over the Midwest with their highly intensive (and incredibly cruel) pig far…
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If things ever get bad enough that the wealthy need underground nuclear bunkers, the underground nuclear bunkers aren't going to be enough to protect them. The ordinary people who did the electrical, plumbing, security, etc. know where you are, and no level of security will protect you from an angry mob with nothing to lose.
I once saw a news article with interviews of anonymous bunker tenders; essentially, there is a small industry of former special ops folks that are paid to live in the bunker and maintain it. The main point they made during the interviews: If things ever get bad enough for the owner to want to move into the bunker, the #1 priority of the guards will be to neutralize the owner. They worked out detailed contingency plan…
But hey, I enjoy fake AI content on social media sometimes too!
I simply don’t understand how American voters are fine with being robbed blind. Many countries have far more corrupt administrations than the current U.S. one, but even in the most degenerate ones none of them are as open about it. And it’s not just a political thing. Consider how the Chinese owned Smithfield’s is polluting lakes and land all over the Midwest with their highly intensive (and incredibly cruel) pig far…
Most voters aren't fine with it. https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker
America is Trump.
I wonder how many more things like this are happening under the radar around the world
The article says: "If it was not Jared, they would not give a shit about what is happening in Albania," Rama said."
I simply don’t understand how American voters are fine with being robbed blind. Many countries have far more corrupt administrations than the current U.S. one, but even in the most degenerate ones none of them are as open about it. And it’s not just a political thing. Consider how the Chinese owned Smithfield’s is polluting lakes and land all over the Midwest with their highly intensive (and incredibly cruel) pig far…
I don’t get it either. I think it is a combination of the two party system, and short attention span / tribalism. Look at the California primaries. In every race I can name, the right wing (like funded by the same people as Trump levels of right wing) and the republican token candidate are advancing to the general election. We have open primaries, so, in theory, there could be a corporate democrat vs. a populist/prog…
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Americans aren’t “fine with it.” Trump’s approval ratings are very low. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/trump-approval-stays...
Which is weird because this is pretty much what they voted/abstained for. I think we have to trust the ballot box more than opinion polls.
I think voting trends are a pretty poor signal of voter values, but a much stronger signal of voter “alignment”, especially in first-past-the-post systems.
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If things ever get bad enough that the wealthy need underground nuclear bunkers, the underground nuclear bunkers aren't going to be enough to protect them. The ordinary people who did the electrical, plumbing, security, etc. know where you are, and no level of security will protect you from an angry mob with nothing to lose.
> The ordinary people who did the electrical, plumbing, security, etc. know where you are, and no level of security will protect you from an angry mob with nothing to lose. Governments around the world already keep many locations/facilities secret and hidden from the public. They will simply arrest you, or worse, just kill you. What’s your solution to that?
Jared Kushner tried a similar thing in Serbia[0] and failed after a public outrage. [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/17/serbia-trump...
That Ivanka podcast interview about this island will go down as a masterpiece in tone-deafness. I assume there are already memes of it.