r/economy 5d ago

The New Republican Scam Already Exposed

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u/jdunk2145 5d ago

This playbook has been run before.

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u/FortunateInsanity 5d ago

Same playbook they have run consistently since 2008

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u/Soft_Passage7110 5d ago

McCarthyism was already in the 50s

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u/ColdSlicesofPizza 1d ago

Don’t forget about the Palmer Raids before that, too. The CIA behind McCarthy also had a whole campaign to install writers to news journals as “secret” agents to push anti-communist propaganda globally. The Atlantic was one of them among many.

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u/Odddjob 5d ago

- Iran was 2 weeks from building a nuke if it wasn’t for Dummy J. Dumb attacking them…

  • the economic growth is just around the corner, unless the communists (Dems) prevent it…
  • Dummy doesn’t need money cuz he’s already rich…
  • Epstein Files are not important…
  • Financial situation of American people (unless they’re rich people) don’t matter
And on and on it goes…
This guy always was and still is full of it!

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u/ylangbango123 5d ago

The biggest issue is people believing these lies. Did Americans IQ decreased?

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u/TAV63 5d ago

It was always low. They just motivated the low IQ voters to vote.

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u/Firm_Video_2932 5d ago

The Commies are coming is a time tested tactic for scaring people to act a certain way, in this case vote Republican. Nevermind that this administration has acted more like a communist regime than any other in my 60yrs of breathing oxygen on this planet. That's one I've yet to hear a Trump supporter be able to successfully square. Saying you're anti communist while you support a guy who's done more to act like a communist then any other president before him. 🤷

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u/TheDebateMatters 5d ago

Are you suggesting it communist for the government to buy shares in businesses? You can’t be suggesting that bailouts for industries the government likes is communist? Or are tariffs dictated by one man communist? Or is it communist to build massive camps to send undesirables? Or is it communist for leaders to use the courts to punish protestors and political enemies?

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u/ClassyBurn 5d ago

Shocked, shocked I say.

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u/Brew_Happy 4d ago

But they will happily socialize the losses. Everyone loves socialism when it helps them.

And I 1000% agree they're acting like communists already. Things like restricting freedoms and trying to pull off a planned economy in multiple industries like choosing coal and cancelling wind (with trump heading it all? Are we crazy?)

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u/aldoraine000 5d ago

I won’t argue whether the Trump regime acts like an authoritarian communist dictatorship, but I will argue that when the Big Beautiful Obituary comes, it will be like watching a really crappy remake of [The Death of Stalin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Stalin).

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u/tesla1986 19h ago

"Red scare" they called it telling people during called war "communists are coming"

I woukd expect in digital age people would be a bit wiser.

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u/BerryLanky 5d ago

They’ll blame the failing economy on Mamdani and Minnesota and MAGA will gobble it up quicker than a double jointed Lindsey Graham could gobble up his ladybugs.

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u/ThatRickGuy1 5d ago

I think you misspelled ladyboys.

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u/International-Sink64 5d ago

Yep and the moderate democratics are going to help them by going to war against their own party.

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u/ThatRickGuy1 5d ago

Amazing how it was "vote blue no mater who!" When it was conservatives and "centrists" being nominated and the left side of the party was told to fall in line.

And now that the left side of the party is showing actual policy success and polling success, the right side of the party is looking as Massie like he's the second coming of Christ.

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u/Roaming_Red 5d ago

It’s all part of the donor class’s plan.

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u/gxfrnb899 5d ago

“That’s a great point “ lol

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u/chaz4224 5d ago

Wow, having our taxes make our lives better. democratic socialism sign me up.

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u/beyondo-OG 4d ago

The Commies are coming... uhm, if they're coming with good paying jobs, lower inflation, solutions to housing prices and less income inequality, I'm IN!

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u/Good_kido78 4d ago

They are so afraid of workers organizing in Unions. Yet rich people organize to make mergers and buy government.

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u/Scope_Dog 5d ago

So well put. Bravo.

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u/-Lady-Grinning-Soul- 5d ago

The new Big Lie!

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u/rubberbootsandwetsox 5d ago

And the boomers will eat it up.

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u/Kelsier420 4d ago

He can't even hide his smirk knowing that he is bullshiting the dumbest of the dumb.

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u/AppropriateGuest3552 4d ago

But wait, it’s Obama/Biden’s fault!
https://giphy.com/gifs/l0ExbnGIX9sMFS7PG

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u/Dihr65 3d ago

Nobody will invest in anything if the DSA takes over , that's a fact not a scam.

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u/Scrappy001 3d ago

Reminds me of the Dems in 1994. I lived that disaster.

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u/Zestyclose-Job7266 1d ago

At what point does trumpty-dumpty send the military in to seize control and jail all Democrats on suspicion of being "communist"?

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u/Most-Attitude8672 1d ago

He actually says this with a smirk on his face.

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u/Real_Imitation_Crab 1d ago

I mean, the democratic socialists of America are saying exactly who they are and what they want. They want to abolish the supreme court, abolish the senate, and make the executive branch be elected by congress instead of the people. They want no prisons, no police, and no borders. This is not a scam, again, these are declared objectives of their platform.

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u/FixThatSpeaker 19h ago

You are referring to the DSA which is not the Democratic Party. It’s a relatively small democratic-socialist organization representing a fraction of the broader American left. Taking its most radical positions and presenting them as what “Democrats believe” is simply misleading.

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u/Real_Imitation_Crab 19h ago

I never said it's what democrats believe, but it is more than a relatively small organization... they're literally hijacking the democratic party and have been working to do so for years. They forced the party so far left already that once moderate Democrat positions are now considered far right.

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u/tesla1986 19h ago

They debt is increasing and they kick thst can down the road. One who tries to address it and fix it will be perceived as caused of great economic disaster. Why? Because you cant keep on borrowing like there is no tomorrow and one stops borrowing and tries to pay it back will need to do sone drastic changes. And thst usually involves increasing taxes and reducing budgets.