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He's just running a kleptocracy, and doing so reasonably well.

by rapnie 25d ago

rjzzleep 25d ago
People still happily buy his tokens though, and then blame China for getting scammed.
- bdangubic 25d ago
  Not China’s fault but Biden’s :)
  - deleted 25d ago
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trueno 25d ago
indeed. i'm sure he's surrounded by some lumber moguls stateside that are going to get very rich from this. very russia coded. i don't doubt deregulation on clearcutting as well as removing land ownership and no logging in national forests & protected lands.... are around the corner with this admin. feel like they attempted that during his last term with attempting to disgrace park rangers over wildfires and saying they didn't rake the leaves on the ground or whatever.
- ETH_start 25d ago
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  - forestrywat 25d ago
    My friend, sometimes the truth is partisan. And in those cases it absolutely belongs on HN.
    - ivewonyoung 25d ago
      The issue is that it only goes in one direction of partisanship.
      - dredmorbius 25d ago
        That is hardly the Truth's fault.
      - forestrywat 25d ago
        So you are suggesting less truth is good? That we should come here and post lies because that's more fair? Absurd.
      - watutalkinbout 25d ago
        I've noticed pretty heavy partisanship here on [flat earth] vs [spherical earth]. Shocking really.
      - valleyer 25d ago
        "Reality has a well-known liberal bias."
  - FpUser 25d ago
    You should try programming language X vs language Y, cloud vs on-prem, Framework A vs Framework B, OOP vs Composition etc., etc. HN is as partisan as it gets.
  - cammikebrown 25d ago
    Oh no! Not the implosion of democracy in real time!
  - xphos 25d ago
    I think the clamoring of the aesthetic of impartiality is destroying interesting discussion. The president is currently lining his pockets with tax payer dollars and being an overall bumbling buffoon. It is not partisan when the would view the US as weaker, less intelligent, and less reliable. Its consequences of inaction and bad policy of the current administration
    - ETH_start 21d ago
      There's enough corruption and special interest dealings in politics to fill an encyclopedia. If we start on that thread, then the forum will fill up with politics.
  - trueno 25d ago
    lol calling things partisan when it shines a light on what is effectively a mob seizing control of a nation and its resources is very funny. the ted cruz playbook
- TehCorwiz 25d ago
  They already started by shrinking national monuments. https://www.npr.org/2026/07/14/nx-s1-5893397/trump-again-shrinks-utah-national-monuments https://www.npr.org/2026/07/14/nx-s1-5893397/trump-again-shr... EDIT: Adding a TL:DR, this article explains how the Trump admin reduced the size of two national monuments by 90% and 91% respectively. This is just one example, there are more and most of them are out west in lands untouched for nearly a century. Saved for posterity because once they're gone, they're gone.

He's just running a kleptocracy, and doing so reasonably well.

by rapnie 25d ago

He's just running a kleptocracy, and doing so reasonably well.

rjzzleep 25d ago

People still happily buy his tokens though, and then blame China for getting scammed.

bdangubic 25d ago
Not China’s fault but Biden’s :)
- deleted 25d ago
  [deleted]

trueno 25d ago

indeed. i'm sure he's surrounded by some lumber moguls stateside that are going to get very rich from this. very russia coded. i don't doubt deregulation on clearcutting as well as removing land ownership and no logging in national forests & protected lands.... are around the corner with this admin. feel like they attempted that during his last term with attempting to disgrace park rangers over wildfires and saying they didn't rake the leaves on the ground or whatever.

ETH_start 25d ago
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- forestrywat 25d ago
  My friend, sometimes the truth is partisan. And in those cases it absolutely belongs on HN.
  - ivewonyoung 25d ago
    The issue is that it only goes in one direction of partisanship.
    - dredmorbius 25d ago
      That is hardly the Truth's fault.
    - forestrywat 25d ago
      So you are suggesting less truth is good? That we should come here and post lies because that's more fair? Absurd.
    - watutalkinbout 25d ago
      I've noticed pretty heavy partisanship here on [flat earth] vs [spherical earth]. Shocking really.
    - valleyer 25d ago
      "Reality has a well-known liberal bias."
- FpUser 25d ago
  You should try programming language X vs language Y, cloud vs on-prem, Framework A vs Framework B, OOP vs Composition etc., etc. HN is as partisan as it gets.
- cammikebrown 25d ago
  Oh no! Not the implosion of democracy in real time!
- xphos 25d ago
  I think the clamoring of the aesthetic of impartiality is destroying interesting discussion. The president is currently lining his pockets with tax payer dollars and being an overall bumbling buffoon. It is not partisan when the would view the US as weaker, less intelligent, and less reliable. Its consequences of inaction and bad policy of the current administration
  - ETH_start 21d ago
    There's enough corruption and special interest dealings in politics to fill an encyclopedia. If we start on that thread, then the forum will fill up with politics.
- trueno 25d ago
  lol calling things partisan when it shines a light on what is effectively a mob seizing control of a nation and its resources is very funny. the ted cruz playbook
TehCorwiz 25d ago
They already started by shrinking national monuments. https://www.npr.org/2026/07/14/nx-s1-5893397/trump-again-shrinks-utah-national-monuments https://www.npr.org/2026/07/14/nx-s1-5893397/trump-again-shr... EDIT: Adding a TL:DR, this article explains how the Trump admin reduced the size of two national monuments by 90% and 91% respectively. This is just one example, there are more and most of them are out west in lands untouched for nearly a century. Saved for posterity because once they're gone, they're gone.