Feddit.onlineI didn't vote for this
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29369418
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"I didn't vote for this"
Yes... you literally did vote for this.
Swedneckit'll never cease to be hilariously ironic that conservatives love to call others naïve, as they themselves fail to realize that people will tell blatant lies in order to get votes
It's all projection. Poorly educated people cannot comprehend that people smarter than them exist.
Anyone who think they are smarter must be an idiot and must be more naive than a them to believe they are actually smarter.
While I agree, education and intelligence are not equivalent. Be careful when calling well-educated people "smart"
I use poorly educated to mean people who do not pick up the education skills to keep themselves educated.
One can graduate from an Ivy League and be poorly educated, we've had presidents that prove this to be the case.
There is a difference between being given and education and becoming educated. One can become educated by sheer personal will as well as reject education despite all external efforts.
Good does not equal well.
Bad does not equal poor.
jlow (he / him)And I bet they'll do it again in ten years when the next swindler comes along telling them lies.
CatmaYea fuck this man sideways.
These idiots really don't understand how it works, do they? "trans the kids"
nobody was transing the kids, idiot Austin. That's not how anything worked.
Honestly the best response to that kind of thing is just "lol based" completely short-circuits them
BakkodaOh no Trump took away my buisness with his economic policies. At least I can rest easy knowing that we're legislating child genitals
I didn't vote for this
Didn't you know what you were voting for?
Yes.
Well, he's a liar, an idiot, or both. I'm going with both.
Rofl he doubled down????
They have to. Their world view is so fragile that accepting they're wrong about even the smallest thing risks shattering the whole.
So I am someone who used to get defensive when I was wrong about something, until I heard a great trick. Think of being corrected as knowing the truth, then spin it in your head that now that you know the truth you are now right. It's selfish as hell, but it works for me. Less defensiveness, less arguing, better mentality.
lilsolarHey the important thing is that there isn't a trans kid playing soccer!
So he clearly shows he knows next to nothing butwhat he's been shovel fed. He's using trans in a verb form, which shows his ignorance very clearly. Maybe if he learned more or met some trans individuals (you see, it's an adjective in this sentence), he might understand more. But empathy is a sin, so can't do that. That Bible he knows 4 words from says so, he was told it said that, along with hating homosexuals and immigrants... jfc, I'm so sick of blatant stupidity. I can forgive ignorance, but wanton idiocy just flabbergasts me. We as humans crave knowledge and are by nature curious. Why some people are content to just sit like automatons and refuse to learn anything I just cannot comprehend.
blinfabianpeople picked wealth over human rights and healthcare. now they get neither
ByteJunkIt's a genuine mistake (/s), they thought that pro-business/anti-regulations would help their small business.
As with everything, they lied. It's about billionaires making more billions, at the expense of EVERYONE else - workers, but also other businesses. I'm convinced that all the rest, including the racism, xenophobia, transphobia, misogyny and overall bigotry are just tools to convince people to act against their own interests.
roofuskitThey didn't even lie. They said this is what they were going to do. He chose to believe that plan would only hurt people he disliked.
arakhis_people picked wealth over human rights and healthcare.
Let's not pretend that either human rights or healthcare were on the ballot in 2024.
The republicans came within a vote of defunding Obamacare in 2018 and have talked about kicking out immigrants for a generation. To say that neither of those things were on the ballot is incredibly naive.
Sorry, I thought you meant universal healthcare, not a half measure from a decade and a half ago.
Democrats already adopted republican border policy last year.
Neither was on the ballot. Neither candidate wanted universal healthcare, and neither was going to protect civil rights.
Notice that they voted for "Trump" but that it's "government" that damaged their business. Curious.
Well it's safe to say someone got owned
Literally everyone warned you. Everyone.
But you wanted to "own the libs" so those leopards you let brainwash and manipulate you are now feasting on faces.
Conservatism is, as always, a complete failure of empathy, a lack of ability to recognise that if you don’t care about other people and you choose to put people who also don’t care about other people in charge, the people in charge simply and absolutely don’t care about you or your friends or your family.
Conservatives don’t understand that “them” and “us” are actually all just us.
aceshighNo more DEI, no more LGBTQ. You losing your business was totally worth it right? Thats what you voted for.
𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍I actually really like seeing these.
You dumbs fucks did this to yourselves, the unfortunate part is that they were not smart enough to understand what was really happening and what was going to happen.
The unfortunate part is all the misery they will cause for the good people (and I don't mean one political party or another).
The enshittification of the world (which has been happening for a while) is picking up speed because of these dumb fucks.
Nusm
All I ever want to say to these people is: YOU DUMB FUCK. YOU STUPID GODDAMN FUCK. YOU SCREWED US ALL WITH YOUR STUPIDITY.
Sturgist
KokeshThese make me really happy
What comes around, goes around. They are pretending that they didn't wish ill will against others first.
I actually agree with this quote, but I don’t think it applies here. I don’t want ordinary people to suffer, including Trump voting lunatics. The difference here is that this guy is a public figure and probably rich. Let him eat the tariffs and get a job at McDonalds.
See, the thing is, these people were perfectly fine with everyone else suffering the consequences of their actions, but now they're bitching because the chickens have come home to roost, and they demand sympathy. No. Show me you've learned and you'll improve before you demand anything from me.
Eta: nobody's enjoying the schadenfreude because you "voted differently" than them, you disconnected asshats. It what and who you voted for.
☂️-i love this comm but its sad that most of these people will probably do mental gymnastics to stay a far right nazi.
🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷The de minimus exemption was never meant to be used as a loophole by any business, big or small. He's basically admitting tax fraud. "I bought lots of sub $800 orders to avoid paying taxes and it's the only thing that kept me profitable!"
Look, he voted for Trump too. Clearly the guy doesn't think anything through or even have good ideas.
ddashBut he owned the libs, right?
Owned himself to own the libs. Good work, buddy, you sure showed 'em. 🙄
Rikudou_SageI'm afraid with his business going down, the best he can do is rent the libs.
Austin Wade Petersen (born February 19, 1981) is an American writer, political activist, commentator, and broadcaster. He is the host of the Wake Up America show daily newscast. He was the runner-up for the Libertarian Party's nomination for President of the United States in 2016,[1] finishing second place to Gary Johnson with 21.9% of the vote.[2][3]
Libertarian
Vote for Trump
Hmmmmmmm
All Libertarians are just republiQans who don’t want to take responsibility for republiQans.
Mostly, yeah. I identify as left libertarian, in that I'm generally opposed to all forms of coercion, including economic coercion, and there are dozens of us all over the country. We're far, far outnumbered by the right libertarians and the embarrassed republicans that have successfully hijacked the party. For example, the LPUSA used to have an official policy plank supporting the right to abortion; that got shitcanned after 2020 in an attempt to try and court republicans. It's a damn shame, too, because their party mascot, the porcupine, is pretty fucking sick.
I used to identify as "libertarian" but it was obvious that the party itself was in no way, shape or form ideologically libertarian. They were neolibs at best, and alt-right, goosestepping fascists at worst. I no longer use the term to describe me or my ideology because it's been completely co-opted by the right.
And he will never ever actually try to find or figure out the answer to his own question, just wait to be told what to think
DUMBASSThese are like Herman Cain awards and I'm as here for it as I was for those.
Democracy cannot survive an electorate that is this fucking stupid.
paying the taxes
LMAO, swing and a miss...
I mean, they will pay them. And then charge more for product to cover the additional cost. It's a lot easier to tolerate that in the short term if you're bigger.
I find it amusing they though they'd be safe from the increased tariffs under a de minimis limit. That's a thing that could have happened, but that tends to benefit small purchasers over large ones which is the opposite of GOP thinking and is also no something Trump et al had ever mentioned, so I don't know why they would expect it?
For anyone that doesn't know, de minimis is a tariff exception for small purchases, basically that it's not worth the administrative cost of levying the tariff for fiddling small change, so if it's a small enough shipment they won't bother.
NutWrenchIf you thought Trump was ever going to help you or keep his word on anything, you are just aggressively, ferociously stupid. You knew EXACTLY what he was and was warned 1000 times what he was. You got told.
TheDemonBuerIt's the only way they'll learn... If only they were capable of learning.
tacosanonymous
sarcasticsunriseAh yes. The serotonin hit I just received from resding this was divine. This is one of the most satisfying FAFO's I've seen recently
I hope Steffi leaves him for a better man (although there's a good chance she voted Trump too, in that case I hope the better man dump her)
Trump literally saying he doesn’t care about small business, only corporations
Well he can get an exemption if he pays a $10 million consulting fee to Ballard Partners. I assume he's okay with that, because that's what he voted for.
iAvicennaoh wow money and power worshipping billionaires only supports big brands? I am completely shocked I must say
If this dork were a REAL capitalist he’d know that money flows to where it is utilized most efficiently. Lesser enterprises are best killed off. Charming small businesses are for the weak!
/s
This is not a battle between good and evil.
This a battle between stupid and evil. And stupid is scoring home run after home run!
I like the sentiment but... Who's evil and who's stupid?
Trump is definitely evil and his voters evil and stupid, but I'm not sure his stupid voters are winning IE OP
I don't know... I feel like sane people are losing because our system gives shit hole states as much power as California
You get exactly what you fucking deserve you stain on humanity. I pray you starve to death in the streets so everyone can see what your malicious selfishness has earned you.
Edit: downvote all you want, these monsters only understand empathy as applied to them, their continued living does nothing for humanity - their messy, miserable, self inflicted death for all to see might actually teach some people something.
From another post, in case you think my initial assessment too harsh -
Because they don’t give a shit about you Austin, get a fucking clue
From the other thread.
Is it possible to have negative sympathy?
Yes, its called Schadenfreude: pleasure derived from someone else's misfortune.
Yep. It’s called antipathy.
Nobody is "transing" the kids. These people are beyond all reason.
if telling kids their identity is valid means "transing them" then fucking write me up officer
He's really owning the libs now. Sure showed us. Boy howdy.
I hope he owned the libs, because he doesn't own a shoe business any more.
The Japanese have a word for this: kamikaze
Wow, it's almost like Donald isn't the class traitor here. Weird.
well he was always in the robber-baron-class…
I like how in the second post he's whining about the big, bad government like it's some abstract evil without naming trump. These tariffs are 100% his baby.
Like even when Trump is pooping directly into his mouth he can't badmouth him.
Right. It’s not even clear that Trump has the authority, but republicans are too spineless to challenge him on tariffs.
BIG GUBMENT BAD!
get owned, con
Shoe business? Does he mean drop shipping business?
Yeah. I also imagined a shoemaker at first.
I guess the other shoe just dropped.
You voted to self-own, just too blinded by mindless hate to face reality
I am just too naive. Whenever I see something like this I just think how they got slapped back to reality and are now at least going to realize what they supported.
And then they double down.
And I don't even know if they still truly believe in their shit or just do everything in their power as to not admit to being wrong.
"I'm going to vote to ravage my country out of spite for a group I don't understand"
Why would Joe Biden do this to her???!
B... B... B... But trump was supposed to only destroy the people I was told to HATE, not me!!!!
I don't even feel mad about it, just sad and confused. How can anyone be past adolescence and remain this stupid and petty? How have you managed to live this long with what's very obviously some major cognitive impairment? Could we even sit down and talk like people are supposed to or are you more beast than person? :/
I’m not owned enough. He needs to lose it all and then some.
Diabeetus epidemic goes through leopard population! More at 11.
I've no more fucks to give
My fucks have runneth dry.
I tried to go fuck shopping
but there's no more fucks to buy.
I've no more fucks to give
my fuck rations are depleted.
I rallied my fuck army
but it's been fucking defeated.
It appears we where libs all along.
It should have clicked for everyone with Amazin wanting to place a tariff on their receipts. But Jeff Bezos is a pussy ass and people don't pay attention.
Haha. FAFO, ass hat. I feel bad for small businesses, except when their leaders vote for tRump to ‘own the libs’ get wrecked.
Voted himself out of business. Not even the world’s smallest violin could make as pathetic a song as this dude deserves.
The de minimis exception probably should go away, Trump or no. The only argument I can really see for keeping it would be that getting rid of it adds to transaction cost, but aside from that, it just doesn't make sense to impose tariffs on people importing in bulk but exclude people importing small quantities.
If --- and I don't know if this is actually the case for this guy --- your business model fundamentally depending on leveraging being exempt from paying tariffs when a number of competitors had to pay them...I mean, you were on pretty dangerously thin ice to begin with.
Without De minimis you would need a customs structure say, a hundred times larger, or more, I dont have the figures, but it'd be ridiculous.
Also, it would make people buy from the big importers, who would have the capacity to process many shipping containers in one go, and these would have it easier to impose the prices they want, since consumers woulnd be able to source from overseas. De minimis makes a lot of sense.
Just from your description, isn't the point of the de minimis exception to support small businesses and help them compete against larger companies that can bulk import?
That's exactly the reason it exists, because you need to start somewhere and eliminating cost can help drive business growth.
How many times is this going to get reposted?
By me? Once.
First time I've seen it ever, how many social media sites do you frequent?
It’s literally the top THREE posts on this sub.
You should be happy there's a "one of the thousand" visiting here today.
Eyyy! I'm lucky!