• Limonene@lemmy.world
    38·
    21 days ago

    What they want is: to reduce the trade deficit. But they don’t know how to do that. The most straightforward way is to produce more American products that people in other countries want. But how can Japan do that for them?

    • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      20 days ago

      It’s worked on their constituents, but they can’t seem to understand why it doesn’t work on the rest of the world.

    • Optional@lemmy.world
      24·
      21 days ago

      South Park lost me with their many, many “both sides” over the years. I have yet to see them properly stab MAGA in the face out of more than temporary shame.

    • ysjet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      243·
      21 days ago

      South Park has traditionally supported the GOP by either normalizing things or both-sides’ing.

      Don’t expect them to suddenly stop now.

  • sparkyjones@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    20 days ago

    One of the contributing factors to the rise of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazi), was the economic state of Germany. Establishing an us-vs-them mindset and placing people into poverty might be the point.

    • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
      11·
      20 days ago

      The German economy overheated because of excessive government spending to appease the people. The Nazis went to war in 1939 to stave off the impending economic collapse through plundering of other country’s resources.

      Edit: to those who would say it was the Versailles Treaty to blame for Germany being bankrupt during the Great Depression, it is more complicated than that. Many argue that blaming the reparations clause from Versailles is basically a myth.

      But the resentment on Versailles treaty is not the only reason and it is far more complex. The US was basically providing money to Germany through loans, so that Germany can repay the reparations set by Versailles treaty (the United States along with Britain actually opposed the terms but the French insisted). Germany was actually on her way to pay the reparations and the economy boomed after World War 1. But, when 1929 came the Great Depression happened which means the United States had no more money to give, which means Germany also had no money to pay the reparations. This caused the country to default leading to hyperinflation.

      Hitler refused to pay the remaining reparations and gave jobs to the Germans by rearming. However, this caused another inflation and impending bankruptcy which prompted Hitler to invade regions and then countries to plunder for more funds.

  • whotookkarl@lemmy.world
    5·
    20 days ago

    The American administration are not serious people, how can so many people not see this? It’s like they’re obviously not sees.