Prediction

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Clarissa

November 23, 2016

In under two years it will become clear that Trump won’t bring the [non-existent] industrial jobs back but people won’t care because he’ll distract everybody’s attention by starting some idiotic war with whomever the Russians tell him to attack: Iran, the Saudis, etc. Everybody will burn with patriotic enthusiasm, and the economy will be forgotten. And then, after Trump and his cronies steal everything there is to steal, we will have a global economic crisis.

Yes, it happened already, in very recent memory. But people tend to repeat the same dumb mistakes as many times as possible.

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18 responses to “Prediction”

Stringer Bell

November 23, 2016

Well, in this post-fact world this is already happening.

He tweeted recently that he talked with the CEO of Ford and they’re now shelving plans to move a factory to Mexico. A few minutes of research would’ve made it clear that this was a lie, and Ford never had any plans to move that particular factory anyway.

But it got reported as #NEWS. His supporters joyous that he’s already working hard for them even before he takes office.

If Breitbart and Fox news were all you consumed, how would you ever know he was lying?

The apparent single-issue voter of 2016 whose only concern was the financial improprieties of the candidates’ foundations still voted for Trump.

Nothing matters anymore.

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1. Clarissa
  
  November 23, 2016
  
  Absolutely. It’s not about facts. It’s about manipulating perception.
  
  But the chances that he won’t start a war to distract attention are slim anyway.
  
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matt

November 23, 2016

He will not have a war with iran or saudi arabia. ridiculous. Not even close to iraq btw, hope you can figure out why its different.

He is less likely to get into a war than hillary would have been. You are OBSESSED with the russia angle just like the sjw you mock are obsessed and blinded by their privellage and race and gender issues. Its not becoming.

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1. Clarissa
  
  November 23, 2016
  
  It’s spelled “privilege.” And “it is” is contracted to “it’s”, with an apostrophe. Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Russia and Hillary are proper names and thus begin with a capital letter.
  
  You are welcome!
  
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2. Shakti
  
  November 23, 2016
  
  It’s funny to me that you’re lecturing her on her tone. Clearly “tone” and what’s “becoming” doesn’t really matter anymore. How long have you been reading this blog, anyways?
  
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  1. Clarissa
    
    November 23, 2016
    
    The important thing here is that Trump, Hillary, Bernie, the Santa Claus, etc will not be bringing back manufacturing jobs. Because they are being phased out of existence.
    
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3. Stille (@aperfectbalance)
  
  November 23, 2016
  
  Trump himself will definitely not get into a war with whomever. Dude likes his high life. Unfortunately for us all, he’s nowhere near the level of competence required to run this shit, and I can make no such hedonist promises for the faithful he’s bringing into his administration.
  
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  1. Clarissa
    
    November 23, 2016
    
    Yes, he already has surrounded himself with super hawks.
    
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Evelina Anville

November 23, 2016

I agree with your analysis completely. I also agree with a post you wrote earlier that the almost miraculous economic recovery that Obama oversaw is somehow Trump’s doing. Ridiculous.

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1. Evelina Anville
  
  November 23, 2016
  
  “will be seen as Trump’s doing.” “not is Trump’s doing.”
  
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2. Clarissa
  
  November 23, 2016
  
  Just like the Recession of 2007-8 was Obama’s fault when he was nowhere near the White house when it started.
  
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  1. Stringer Bell
    
    November 23, 2016
    
    Remember when Obama founded ISIS when he was president in 2005?
    
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    1. Clarissa
      
      November 23, 2016
      
      The bastard started the war in Iraq in 2003. That evildoer.
      
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David Gendron

November 23, 2016

I just learned that a former colleague is now a postdoctoral fellow in Econometrics even though she was not as good as me. Post-factual shenanigans began way before Trump’s arrival in academia, especially in Econometrics.

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1. Clarissa
  
  November 23, 2016
  
  Do you know how I lost the chance of a job I really wanted? (And that department loved me, too). A fellow asked the chair to hire someone else as a favor. And then confessed it to me.
  
  So I hear you.
  
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  1. David Gendron
    
    November 23, 2016
    
    At least her department had no chance to like me, since my department is destroying my reputation.
    
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    1. Clarissa
      
      November 23, 2016
      
      It’s the worst thing when that happens. I’m very, very sorry.
      
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el

November 23, 2016

A good point:

Why Israel isn’t shocked by anti-Semites in White House
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4882021,00.html

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