USA 2024 Elections Thread

[grarpamp]

@SallyMayweather’s post, and it’s certainly true that Imperial
Americans in DC benefit most from their control over the dollar. They
decide who is sanctioned, who gets the printed money first, etc. Other
Americans are often their victims

https://www.wsj.com/graphics/red-economy-blue-economy/
https://river.com/learn/terms/c/cantillon-effect/

@balajis
Mar 26
DID REPUBLICANS PAY FOR 2008? Let's revisit 2008. Lots of money
printed. All good, right? Well, no. Someone was diluted. That's what
inflation is. It's dilution. And maybe we can see *who* was diluted.
In 2008, Republican and Dem districts were equal. See the outline of
both distributions below? But by 2018, Democrats had pulled way
ahead.[1] That's the blue dots, with center ahead of red. Remember,
printed money went to coasts first. And Cantillon effect[2] gave
purchasing power. And most on the coasts were Democrats. And 2008-2016
was a Democrat administration. Perhaps just a coincidence that Dems
rich by 2018. And Republicans suddenly became poor. But it does seem
like the cost of the print... ...was imposed on the political
opposition. In a deniable and invisible way. Unconscious even to those
doing the imposing. [1]: wsj.com/graphics/red-economy… [2]:
river.com/learn/terms/c/cant…