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If a troll is trying to waste your time geting you into stupid arguments about nothing, if you argue with them, they're winning and you're losing. Im happy to have good faith debates. Bad faith accounts will be muted and reported. DMs disabled.

Liz Truss speaking at a function. A banner is unfurling behind her. It shows a lettuce with eyes stuck on, with the caption 'I crashed the economy'.
Labour won 54% of the vote to Reform UK’s 35%, while Restore Britain secured 7%. Turnout was 58.75% – six points up on the general election, with 45,510 votes cast.
Highlighted text "Had the major parties met people’s material needs, no operation would have been able to take hold in this way. Both things are true at once. A polity that values its democratic nature needs to respond to this infiltration accordingly: - with exposure, - with regulation of the entities and platforms that fuel it, and - with fixing the material conditions that underpin it."
Screenshot of National Rail season ticket cost from Chelmsford to London, travelling in 5 days per week. Annual ticket £5204.00, monthly ticket £499.60.
Screenshot of previous posts, highlighting 'The strong emotional attachment to a dogma outweighs anything that can disprove it.' from first post, and 'State-controlled economy (USSR/ N Kor)' from third post, given as an example in the third post. The third post was a response to a second post asking for examples of left issues.
Article dated 01/06/2023
There are essentially three ways we get inflation. One is excess demand, so too much new money chasing too few goods. Then there are supply shortages, meaning there are too few goods for existing money to buy. And last there are political shocks which change the relative value of a country's money compared to other countries, importing inflation as a result through changes in the exchange rate.
There are essentially three ways we get inflation. One is excess demand, so too much new money chasing too few goods. Then there are supply shortages, meaning there are too few goods for existing money to buy. And last there are political shocks which change the relative value of UK money compared to other countries, importing inflation as a result through changes in the exchange rate.
Labour vote share on 23/02/2026 - 18%
Labour vote share on 23/02/2026 - 18%
GDP = C + I + G + NX. On the left side is GDP—the value of all final goods and services produced in the economy. On the right side are the sources of aggregate spending or demand—private consumption (C), private investment (I), purchases of goods and services by the government (G), and exports minus imports (net exports, NX). This equation makes it evident that governments affect economic activity (GDP), controlling G directly and influencing C, I, and NXindirectly, through changes in taxes, transfers, and spending. Fiscal policy that increases aggregate demand directly through an increase in government spending is typically called expansionary or “loose.” By contrast, fiscal policy is often considered contractionary or “tight” if it reduces demand via lower spending.
GDP based on PPP, share of world. The US is 14.75%. Therefore the rest of the world is over 85%
Full text Under the first approach, Donald Trump cannot be considered honest. But under the other approach he can be considered honest even if he is speaking a falsehood because he is sincerely expressing his belief even if it is false. Highlighted section because he is sincerely expressing his belief
Tesla’s electric-vehicle business accounts for almost all of its revenue but less than a quarter of its stock-market value, according to a Reuters review of more than a dozen analyses by banks and investment firms. The bulk of its worth rests on hopes for autonomous vehicles Tesla hasn't yet delivered, despite Musk's promises in every year since 2016 that driverless Teslas would arrive no later than the following year.
Screenshot of four posts in the converstaion. leading to accusation of unwillingness to listen. The first post explicitly talks about needing to listen.
Markets aren’t designed to solve national challenges. They’re designed to maximize profits. Left unchecked, they prioritize short-term gains over long-term resilience. That’s why our companies spend more on stock buybacks than on R&D. That’s why our healthcare system costs nearly $5 trillion a year while delivering worse outcomes than those of many developed nations. It’s why our infrastructure projects often cost multiple times more per mile than comparable projects in China. America wasn’t built by waiting for markets to fix everything. The transcontinental railroad, rural electrification, the arsenal of democracy, the Apollo program—these weren’t miracles of the invisible hand. They were the result of collective action, guided by a clear national purpose. The Chinese understand this. They have taken our old playbook and made it their own. While we’ve dismantled our capacity, they’ve built theirs. They’ve linked innovation to production, creating systems where engineers, manufacturers, and thinkers work together to solve problems in real time. That’s why they’re outpacing us—not because they’re stealing ideas, but because they’ve embraced the tools we abandoned. If we want to compete, we need to stop waiting for markets to save us. We need a national strategy to rebuild our industrial base, invest in critical industries, and tie public spending to measurable outcomes. Both government and corporations must be held accountable for delivering results. Most importantly, we need to reject the myth that markets alone will lead us to prosperity.
Fiscal policy is often considered contractionary or “tight” if it reduces demand via lower spending.
It shall be unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo.
Fiscal policy is often considered contractionary or “tight” if it reduces demand via lower spending.
Economic policies that fuel inequality do not win elections. A much better way for the right wing to win elections is to start culture wars
Consumers repaying loans are the most significant way in which bank deposits are destroyed in the modern economy. But they are far from the only way. Deposit destruction will also occur any time the banking sector (including the central bank) sells existing assets
Fiscal policy is considered contractionary or “tight” if it reduces demand via lower spending.