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I hear you but I have to disagree on fashion. Check out what the teenagers and 20 somethings are wearing in cities. There was also a racial divide in fashion and music when I was growing up that seems to be gone. Today you can spot a white kid wearing an ODB shirt and a black kid wearing a Nirvana shirt. Most of the "rules" are gone outside of work. I'm in my 40s and one day I might dress punk and the next I might have a more hip hop look. I can wear things that would have someone questioning my sexuality a decade ago and now it's normal for a straight person. It's fun and freeing.

I tried to phrase that last bit so I didn't come off as a homophobe but I'm done messing with it.

I once saw a group of about 15 elderly men having a get together in a Wendy's. This was in a very small town. I didn't speak to them but I got the feeling it was a regular thing. They were all very friendly with each other. Rather than a conference room, maybe it is more to attract groups like that.

I hope you're right, but I don't think it's hyperbole to call them a cult anymore, if it ever was. I think they will literally reject all evidence and blame whatever scapegoats are decided on by the administration.

Maybe in Canada. In the US, I fully expect corporations to increase domestic prices by 15-20%, and still have the more attractive option for consumers. If and when the tariffs are dropped, it is unlikely that prices will go back down. Trump essentially just created a permanent new regressive tax, affecting the poorest of US citizens the worst.

Anyone want to place a bet for what he blames it on? I'm hoping he goes for the classic Obama excuse.

turn trump's supporters against him

Other than this, I believe you are totally correct. After everything that's happened in the past 13 years, what makes you think this will change anyone's mind?

A scapegoat(s) will be found, and Trump will make himself out to be the victim. As sure as the sun rises in the east, this will happen. I do not believe his cultists can ever be turned.

Capitalist companies may lose income from lost sales, but they will be raising prices to match the tariff. Probably throw an extra 5-10% on top of that for greed, because they can blame it all on the tariff.

I bought a used car several years ago. I put 70k miles on it. It is now worth $4000 more than what I paid for it. This shit is ridiculous.

Many of them never left.

Vote suppression was rife. There were over two million mail-in ballots trashed. Black voters' ballots were nine times more likely to be trashed than white voters'.

Ordinary Men is another very good one. It uses testimony from after the war to establish the story of a real life German police unit and their commander who were ordered to start mass killing.

Progressive at this point means anyone who isn't a center-right Democrat.

Just be aware that if you were to do something atrocious like tax fraud, now would be the time to do it. I got audited once before (I was and remain clean), but this makes me 10X more likely to be audited in the future.