From what I recall he had an LBJ style of leadership and direction but was much less abrasive towards his subordinates than Johnson infamously was. Those were pretty golden years for the country

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751724&forum_id=2Elisa#49111144)

it's a single event in a much longer trend towards offshoring manufacturing and production, and most of that wound up in asia. with NAFTA you could argue that it at least benefited two of the US' most valuable strategic and trade partners and was supposed to be part of a framework for a closer knit North America whereas with china i don't know what the fuck US planners were thinking, (especially after Jiang left his premiership) other than increasing short term profits at the cost of burning the citizenry

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751724&forum_id=2Elisa#49111389)

FOX or CNN or what have you orient the vast majority of their content around the present for maximum pressure on the viewer to stay engaged and in their programmatic OODA loops

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751724&forum_id=2Elisa#49111429)

with the internet anyone curious and intelligent enough to learn things has the ability to. TV used to have much more in-depth and serious discussions. it was replaced with salicious reality tv level slop because thats what the average person wants. if fox news aired a william f buckley grade program few would watch it. and i know this because this level of discourse is available yet fuentes, destiny, piers morgan, and rachel maddow all get way more views.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751724&forum_id=2Elisa#49111443)

rip. not typing that again

tldr there's a faction of market liberal that clearly wants to reduce the great deal of people within the populace to the level of utterly manipulable cattle and it's important to avoid language or ideas that might imply that you're a part of this group as it's seeming pretty likely that once they're named and identified in the minds of the public they're not going to be around for much longer

media companies bear the lion's share of responsibility for the types and quality of content and information that they put out to the masses and these sorts of decisions are made on a top-down basis. it's hard to credibly give the majority of the blame to the average viewer when accounting for the burdens and stresses they're under on the day to day

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751724&forum_id=2Elisa#49111467)

and i know this to be true because we've seen the traditional media landscape decline significantly and people still choose salacious slop over nuance and truth. thats why i put feuntes and destiny in the mix with pier and maddow.

with an endless sea of options people still choose slop. there isn't a top-down force. in fact in fuentes case he was canceled for a time from major platforms. there are plenty of highbrow and nuanced sources at everyones finger tips.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751724&forum_id=2Elisa#49111529)

he didnt do anything major, he was just a transition potus to the destruction of the US which started with dubya and jews doing 9-11

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751724&forum_id=2Elisa#49111267)

also did a lot for workers rights iirc without kowtowing to union demands

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751724&forum_id=2Elisa#49111364)

"the economy" should rightly, and has historically, been understand as the economic conditions overall and not just one slice of it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751724&forum_id=2Elisa#49111425)

but yes, the root cause is the economy. if your economy sucks, housing is cheap (unless you live in south africa or something similar)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751724&forum_id=2Elisa#49111448)

1) gdp going up does indeed make housing go up in absolute terms, but not necessarily in real terms. i.e. if peoples jncomes had rose at the rate of gdp then the real price of housing would not go up even if the price in dollars did.

2) i dont think the housing prices are fairly attributed to the economy being too strong to meet demand. that statement doesnt even make sense in this context becaue with sufficient resources a functioning economy will meet a demand unless something prevents it. which is whats happening here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751724&forum_id=2Elisa#49111493)

That sign singing Don't Ask Don't Tell and the Defense of Marriage Act were 180 moves.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751724&forum_id=2Elisa#49111452)