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minus-squareanarchoilluminati [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoAny writings you recommend for that in particular?
minus-squareLlituro [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agohttps://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/02/21/donald-trumps-economic-masterplan-unherd/ and then https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/04/03/will-the-trump-shock-prove-as-momentous-as-the-nixon-shock-unherd-op-ed-on-bbc-tv/ with the caveat that i think yanis is probably giving the trump guys too much credit in terms of actually having thought this through.
minus-squareBiggay [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoIf anything that makes me feel that even a hyper-liberal like Nixon was still actually competent, despite how much he fucked up but his administration were still planning things, they still cared.
minus-squareanarchoilluminati [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoCool, thanks!
Any writings you recommend for that in particular?
https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/02/21/donald-trumps-economic-masterplan-unherd/
and then https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/04/03/will-the-trump-shock-prove-as-momentous-as-the-nixon-shock-unherd-op-ed-on-bbc-tv/
with the caveat that i think yanis is probably giving the trump guys too much credit in terms of actually having thought this through.
If anything that makes me feel that even a hyper-liberal like Nixon was still actually competent, despite how much he fucked up but his administration were still planning things, they still cared.
Cool, thanks!