simulacraengine.bsky.social @simulacraengine.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Make Dystopias Fiction Again. 040
simulacraengine.bsky.social @simulacraengine.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Silicon Valley tech bros have morphed into national security bros. Every VC pitch I see is a matter of "national security" Cringe transformation. 020
simulacraengine.bsky.social @simulacraengine.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Big Poppa Pump is your hookup. Holler, if you hear me! I have been watching 90's wrestling. It's awesome. 030
simulacraengine.bsky.social @simulacraengine.bsky.social · 21/04/2025The Madness. You can see it everywhere. 010
simulacraengine.bsky.social @simulacraengine.bsky.social · 18/04/2025There is alpha somewhere in here. 020
simulacraengine.bsky.social @simulacraengine.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Now that the trade war isn't going as expected, right wing Twitter is talking about destroying the Three Gorges Dam. Truly evil creatures. 000
simulacraengine.bsky.social @simulacraengine.bsky.social · 10/04/2025I didn't realize how much the West truly hates China. Carthago delenda est. 000
simulacraengine.bsky.social @simulacraengine.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Apparently, a 104% tariff on Chhhhhyna amounts to a shock similar to oil going from $60/bbl to $160/bbl Is this winning? Are we tired of winning yet? 000
simulacraengine.bsky.social @simulacraengine.bsky.social · 08/04/2025This is the position of the geniuses in the White House. Basic economics, theory, common sense, facts, data, evidence etc have no place here. Somehow the world will need to figure out to deal with this. 200
simulacraengine.bsky.social @simulacraengine.bsky.social · 08/04/2025At its core, this emerging framework presumes that all nations have an obligation to contribute economically to the maintenance of American primacy. Those who fail to do so are increasingly framed as unfair, ungrateful, or even adversarial actors within the global system. 100
simulacraengine.bsky.social @simulacraengine.bsky.social · 08/04/2025It is noteworthy that the term *tithe* historically denotes a fixed contribution of 10 percent, potentially providing symbolic context for the commonly applied 10 percent tariff rate. 100
simulacraengine.bsky.social @simulacraengine.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Such a policy orientation risks accelerating the fragmentation of the global economic order into two distinct camps: 1. States willing to align with and subsidize U.S. strategic and economic priorities 2. States that resist such alignment and seek alternative paths to sovereignty and development 100
simulacraengine.bsky.social @simulacraengine.bsky.social · 08/04/2025The ultimate objective seems to be the achievement of bilateral trade surpluses with all major economic partners. In essence, the United States appears to be asserting a claim to a form of global economic tithe. 100
simulacraengine.bsky.social @simulacraengine.bsky.social · 08/04/2025In this model, global actors are compelled to provide financial concessions to the United States, analogous to the tribute paid to a hegemon in earlier imperial systems. 100
simulacraengine.bsky.social @simulacraengine.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Contrary to the prevailing rhetoric surrounding “unfair” trade practices, this approach appears less focused on rectifying asymmetries in trade rules and more aligned with a coercive economic model. 100
simulacraengine.bsky.social @simulacraengine.bsky.social · 08/04/2025This policy framework reflects a broader geoeconomic strategy, wherein the international community is implicitly expected to bear the burdens associated with the United States’ hegemonic position—often referred to as the "exorbitant privilege" of issuing the world’s primary reserve currency. 100
simulacraengine.bsky.social @simulacraengine.bsky.social · 08/04/20251. Absorbing the imposed tariffs 2. Increasing imports of American goods 3. Expanding procurement of U.S. military equipment 4. Relocating manufacturing operations to the United States 5. Transferring capital directly to the U.S. government 100
simulacraengine.bsky.social @simulacraengine.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Working Global Macro Thesis Nations subjected to U.S. tariffs are left with a narrow set of strategic responses—each of which ultimately benefits the United States. These responses include: 100
simulacraengine.bsky.social @simulacraengine.bsky.social · 08/04/2025What do you think of this statement? www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st... 310
simulacraengine.bsky.social @simulacraengine.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Here is the trade war solution set: 1) Eat the tariffs 2) buy more american goods 3) buy american weapons 4) make in america 5) send america free money The world needs to share America's burden. All that exorbitant privilege is just too much to bear innit. 000
simulacraengine.bsky.social @simulacraengine.bsky.social · 07/04/2025If America buys more goods from you than you buy from America, then America is getting ripped off. Solid economic logic we are working with here. 000
