Microblog Memes

Speed running the collapse of an empire.

It's guaranteed because it's basically already happened. The ramifications just take time to be felt

A has-been empire with a massive military and an aggressive desire to get back to the days when everyone respected them.

They'll probably decide, fear is as good as respect...

If only there were signs that a spoiled, deranged imbecile, pedofile who bankrupted so many companies that he ended up as a game show host wouldn’t be a great leader

And the people who pointed out this would happen were laughed at or told we were being overdramatic

Congrats republicans, you MAGA'd your way to the downfall of America. Maka America Garbage Again

But Trump knows that his base will still vote for him regardless of how his policies directly impact them.

Their desire for hate and oppression trumps (pun intended) whatever economic hardship they face.

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

I dont know if country's in south America are filling the gap the US created, but if yes its probably much worse than farming in the US.

I once had the chance to hear a lecture from a Brazilian professor about how soy gets grown in Brasil and that shit was terrifying. Slavery like working conditions. Corruption, massive landgrabs, insane use of pesticides (they literally used to apply them with airplanes until it got banned due to health "concerns" (it actively destroys your health) for the civilians) and mono cultures all the way through. It was very informative, but fucking scary. Due to the fact that massive sizes of land are not really listed and nobody owns them. So farmers are literally creating their own documents, that say they own certain land, put them in a drawer with crickets, so the paper looks older than it is, go to the local government and surprise, they now own even more land.

Most soybeans grown in the US aren't food grade. Something like 95% of US grown soybeans are grown for livestock feed and soybean oil, not for human consumption - the GMO varieties they grow don't taste good as edamame and may not be safe to eat due to the high levels of pesticides used.

The soybeans China imports from the US are used for soybean oil and livestock feed, just like most of the US soybean crop. You might see cheaper jugs of soybean oil as a result of China bowing out of the US market, but you're not going to see cheaper green soybeans in your grocer's freezer.