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Trump wins presidency for second time

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Re: Trump wins presidency for second time

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Post by partiallypro »

drawkward wrote: post #553

It's the economy, stupid: -Inflation is not prices; it is the rate of change in prices. Low inflation doesn't imply low prices. -Aggregate statistics don't necessarily explain individual outcomes. The Dems failed on this count massively, and have, for maybe the last 40 years, which is about the amount of time it took for my state to go from national bellwether (As goes Ohio, so goes the nation) to a reliably red stat…

Trump isn't going to bring down prices though, so what's the point? Inflation wasn't tamed by your own definition under any Republican either.

Re: Trump wins presidency for second time

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borg16 wrote: post #586

one thing i definitely worry is about using public lands for oil, mineral extraction purposes. while America has a bounty of public land acreage wise, 4 years and a complete control of the government is a lot of time to do some lasting damage to the ecosystem by opening up these areas for privatization.

Realistically the GOP will have the complete control for only 2 years. Dems will sweep the midterms.

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Post by ergocoder »

nazgulsenpai wrote: post #382

Wouldn't it be amazing if we had a viable third party? I can dream, can't I?

I am in a country with multi-parties. It doesn't feel better. It feels like tits for tats (e.g. trading politicians with special interests) and nothing gets done at all.

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Post by ergocoder »

chrishare wrote: post #804

Even if you support his economic approach, for example, wouldn't his criminal behaviour, or his racist and transphobic views disqualify him? One does not wash away the other.

I watched his McDonald's video, and he was coming off as racist at all. He interacted with black employees like a regular person.

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Post by ksec »

I thought it is interesting to note the vibe shift on HN between first election, his 2nd try and now. ( Although not specific to election but how the political shift of HN has changed from 2008 to now )

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12907201 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12909752

The 2nd obvious observation is that HN now manage to fit 9435!!!! comments ( and counting ) in a single page. I downloaded it and it was ~18MB or 2.7MB zipped. And Arc is now Clarc and works on multiple core. I guess this thread is a huge battle ground for further optimisation. I also wonder if this is the most comment HN thread.

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Post by i_am_a_peasant »

borg16 wrote: post #586

one thing i definitely worry is about using public lands for oil, mineral extraction purposes. while America has a bounty of public land acreage wise, 4 years and a complete control of the government is a lot of time to do some lasting damage to the ecosystem by opening up these areas for privatization.

I highly doubt that it's just 4 years of republicans. I think they'll win the 2 terms after trump as well, so we're potentially looking at 12 years of republicans in the white house.

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Post by xnx »

borg16 wrote: post #586

one thing i definitely worry is about using public lands for oil, mineral extraction purposes. while America has a bounty of public land acreage wise, 4 years and a complete control of the government is a lot of time to do some lasting damage to the ecosystem by opening up these areas for privatization.

Agree. There are a lot of mistakes that can be undone, but ecological damage can take decades to restore its former beauty, and extinct species don't come back (some recent headlines notwithstanding).
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