Mark Blyth, the economist who's making sense

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ttystikk

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abandonconflict said:
The problem with this, which is well demonstrated in this thread, is that berntards do not have any real expertise in the subject of economics.
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Yet you've made no such effort at all and merely expect people to fall in line based on empty rhetoric and party identity.

You're an empty shill, it's no wonder you wash Buck's balls all day here.

Belittling those who are doing real investigation only shows that you have no substance to your arguments.
 
ttystikk

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abandonconflict said:
No, the major premise of the article is in fact:

"generation of students grew up focusing more on the issues of identity politics and the post-structuralist critique of subjectivity and desire. This is not to begrudge cultural theory for its achievements, but simply to point out that this became the dominant pathway for most students during this time. Those with a broadly leftist sensibility were immersed in this milieu, and opportunity costs dictated this was at the expense of economics training."

So no, you are flat out wrong, again, and you just keep saying "strawman" over and over again like a fuckless dick.
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Prove how you're right and the article is wrong, then.
 
abandonconflict

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ttystikk said:
expect people to fall in line...
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With what?

You're a windbag. Please continue spewing nonsense. I derive hours of entertainment from it. Your rants create signatures for @SneekyNinja and give me the opportunity to demonstrate how dumb berniebabies are.

Now give me another diatribe about how I don't criticize @UncleBuck . I need to be reminded constantly how important he is to you.
 
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ttystikk

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https://thebaffler.com/outbursts/all-worked-up-nowhere-to-go-frost

It's become clear that class warfare has been washed in America for decades, even while workers have been constantly distracted. Warren Buffet himself said that there is a class war and the rich won it. So how to go about reclaiming ground for the average citizen? Organize Unionize. Throw sand in the gears of capital until they recognize that workers are the ones creating the value that all else depends on.

Excerpt from the article;
"But those moments do happen. They’re sustaining, and they compound one another. Only labor can make it happen. Only workers can shut down production. Only workers can close the ports. Only workers can take capital hostage and make the whole world stand still."
 
abandonconflict

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Oh great, the guy who thinks that Trump being president is a good thing for the left, opposes revolution and thinks racism will go away as long as we don't talk about it has something to say about class war.

Derp.
 
ttystikk

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abandonconflict said:
Oh great, the guy who thinks that Trump being president is a good thing for the left, opposes revolution and thinks racism will go away as long as we don't talk about it has something to say about class war.

Derp.
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You've put up so many straw men your new nickname is the scarecrow.
 
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ttystikk said:
https://thebaffler.com/outbursts/all-worked-up-nowhere-to-go-frost

It's become clear that class warfare has been washed in America for decades, even while workers have been constantly distracted. Warren Buffet himself said that there is a class war and the rich won it. So how to go about reclaiming ground for the average citizen? Organize Unionize. Throw sand in the gears of capital until they recognize that workers are the ones creating the value that all else depends on.

Excerpt from the article;
"But those moments do happen. They’re sustaining, and they compound one another. Only labor can make it happen. Only workers can shut down production. Only workers can close the ports. Only workers can take capital hostage and make the whole world stand still."
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The moment is not now. Unions are divided on this. Especially those who work in manufacturing and the ports.

Are you just going to speak about theories or what is really happening? Republicans are using racial politics to keep workers divided. This is where you say that Democrats are corrupt and in thrall of big money donors. What really happened is Trump attracted racist white voters, many of whom work in high paying union jobs.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/08/opinion/sunday/the-unions-that-like-trump.html

The nation’s unions are divided into three camps regarding Mr. Trump.

The construction trades are the most pro-Trump. Many liberals have criticized Mr. McGarvey’s enthusiastic words for the president, but he said it’s smart to work with politicians. “We’re working on creating a building trades majority, Democratic and Republican, whether state or national,” he said. “We never want to be in a position where losing an election changes the economic trajectory of our membership.”

The strongly anti-Trump camp includes the Service Employees International Union, the National Education Association and several federal, state and municipal employees’ unions. These unions oppose the federal hiring freeze, the proposed budget cuts and repealing Obamacare and are aghast at Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s antagonism toward traditional public schools. “The budget they’ve put forward is horrible, and DeVos is on a path to destroy public education,” said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.

Then there’s the ambivalent, middle camp, including the autoworkers, steelworkers and machinists unions. They applaud Mr. Trump’s withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact and his vows to bring back factory jobs and renegotiate Nafta. Dennis Williams, the U.A.W.’s president, applauds Mr. Trump’s tough stance on Mexican trade — “We’ve been hollering about this for 20 years” — and at the same time slams his policies on immigration and Obamacare

It Looks Like Donald Trump Did Really Well With Union Households. That’s A Bad Sign For Unions.
Unions campaigned hard against the nominee, but exit polls suggest he did much better with union households than other Republican candidates have.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-did-really-well-with-union-households_us_582367d0e4b0aac62488cc32

Caveat: There are no completely reliable data on the votes of union members specifically. But Tuesday’s exit polling, which deserves a grain of salt, suggests that Hillary Clinton did worse among union households than the Democratic candidate has done in recent elections. (”Union household” is different from union member ― the designation includes not only union members but voters who live with one.)

The national exit polls gave Clinton an 8-point advantage in union households. She did better in some states: In Michigan, Clinton had a 16-point margin among union households.

But those would still be weak performances compared with other recent candidates. Exit polls from 2012 showed Obama taking union households by 18 points.



 
Dr. Who

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The pitchforks will be coming......Once the uneducated become aware of how they are losing out vs. Big Business profits and the increasing control of Big Business over the Fed.

Then again it's been "written on the wall" for years.

Never was a fan of Reagan but, he did remove all the loopholes from the tax's for Big Business. All that was overturned in less then the first 2 years of HW......

As long as business has congress, and now the president, in it's pocket. "Fair wages" are not going to happen.

How does a corporation, that dbls it's profit from 300 million a year, for the next 3 years in a row. Actually get away with telling it's employee's that they can't afford to provide even a cost of living increase?

The uneducated, simple minded majority of the workforce, signed off on a new contract by the corporation adding another $500 to the signing bonus! How does $500 now, trump over 2K in a year? Not to mention over the years of the new contact?

$40+ dollars a week doesn't look like much but, why can't people do the math? There are things you can do with that amount (and have more left over) that increase that simple amount to real deal life time returns!

I always send in at least $50 a month more to my mortgage. Principle only payment! Why? Because that 50 bucks, over the course of the 30 year note. Reduce's the total cost by over $80,000 dollars and shortens the length of the loan by 8 years!

This doesn't even include investing returns..... Sell out for $500 now? Stupid as all hell!

The lack of ability for many "everyday american's" to see truth. Is sadly lacking!

Listen to this guy too! @ttystikk Bet you saw this one too!

Nick Hanauer TED talk "Beware fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming."

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Trump = unrepenting narcissistic asshole.
 
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